International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
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Chapter 2.6. Alternative syntaxes

Contents

  • 2.6. Alternative syntaxes  (pp. 1-11) | html | pdf | chapter contents |
    John C. Bollinger, James R. Hester and Brian McMahon
    • 2.6.1. Introduction  (p. 1) | html | pdf |
    • 2.6.2. Representing CIF data in JSON format  (pp. 1-5) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.2.1. Overview of JSON  (p. 2) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.2.2. Mapping CIF data to JSON  (pp. 2-5) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.1. General considerations  (p. 2) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.2. Mapping data values  (pp. 2-4) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.3. Mapping data items and loops  (p. 4) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.4. Mapping high-level structure  (pp. 4-5) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.5. JSON Schema  (p. 5) | html | pdf |
        • 2.6.2.2.6. Comments and recommendations  (p. 5) | html | pdf |
    • 2.6.3. Data interchange in structural biology  (pp. 5-9) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.1. PDBML: an XML schema for the PDBx/mmCIF and extension dictionaries  (pp. 5-8) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.2. mmJSON: supplying a typed data structure to web browsers  (p. 8) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.3. BinaryCIF: efficient serialization  (pp. 8-9) | html | pdf |
      • 2.6.3.4. Legacy and informal formats  (p. 9) | html | pdf |
    • 2.6.4. Other database and interoperability implementations  (pp. 9-10) | 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)  (p. 3) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.2.2. Minimal (content-free) CIF-JSON messages  (p. 4) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.2.3. A JSON schema for CIF-JSON  (p. 6) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.1. The contents of the ENTITY category for PDB entry 9e6t (Horton et al  (p. 7) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.2. XML representations of a single atom-site record from structure 9e6t (Horton et al  (p. 8) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.3. mmJSON representation of ENTITY data from structure 9e6t (Horton et al  (p. 8) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.3.4. Organization of information within a BinaryCIF file (Sehnal et al  (p. 9) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 2.6.4.1. Round-trip CIF/JSON conversion illustrated by a Unix pipeline  (p. 10) | html | pdf |