International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume G
Definition and exchange of crystallographic data
Edited by J. R. Hester and B. McMahon

International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060001011

Chapter 4.2 Core dictionary (coreCIF)


Index

Core dictionary version 3.3.0

Category PUBLICATION

Name:
'PUBLICATION'

Parent category:
CIF_CORE_HEAD

Definition:

   
    This is the parent category of a dictionary group encompassing the
    core publication data items defined and used within the
    Crystallographic Information Framework (CIF). Its child categories
    have a wider application than conventional literature publication,
    and include: the AUDIT categories that carry general metadata
    about the project under which the data set has been generated;
    JOURNAL and PUBL categories, which contain publication material;
    CITATION and COMPUTING categories, which carry subsets of
    reference material used in a publication, and the DATABASE
    categories that facilitate linking between publications and
    curated databases.

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