International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000996

Chapter 2.6. Alternative syntaxes

Contents

  • Alternative syntaxes | html | pdf | chapter contents |
    John C. Bollinger, James R. Hester and Brian McMahon
    • 2.6.1. Introduction| html | pdf |
    • 2.6.2. Representing CIF data in JSON format| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.2.1. Overview of JSON| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.2.2. Mapping CIF data to JSON| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.1. General considerations| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.2. Mapping data values| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.3. Mapping data items and loops| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.4. Mapping high-level structure| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.5. JSON Schema| html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.6. Comments and recommendations| html | pdf |
    • 2.6.3. Data interchange in structural biology| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.1. PDBML: an XML schema for the PDBx/mmCIF and extension dictionaries| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.2. mmJSON: supplying a typed data structure to web browsers| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.3. BinaryCIF: efficient serialization| html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.4. Legacy and informal formats| html | pdf |
    • 2.6.4. Other database and interoperability implementations| html | pdf |
    • References | html | pdf |
    • Figures
      • Fig. 2.6.2.1. An example of the correspondence between CIF 2.0 syntax (left) and CIF-JSON (right)| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.2.2. Minimal (content-free) CIF-JSON messages| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.2.3. A JSON schema for CIF-JSON| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.1. The contents of the ENTITY category for PDB entry 9e6t (Horton et al| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.2. XML representations of a single atom-site record from structure 9e6t (Horton et al| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.3. mmJSON representation of ENTITY data from structure 9e6t (Horton et al| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.4. Organization of information within a BinaryCIF file (Sehnal et al| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.4.1. Round-trip CIF/JSON conversion illustrated by a Unix pipeline| html | pdf |