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

_citation.id

Name:
_citation.id

Alias:
_citation_id

Definition:

   
    The value of _citation.id must uniquely identify a record in
    the CITATION list. A value of 'primary'
    should be used to indicate the citation that the author(s)
    consider to be the most pertinent to the contents of the data
    block. Note that this item need not be a number; it can be
    any unique identifier.

Examples:

primary
1
2
3

Type: Word

Definition method:

    if (len(citation) == 1) {
        _enumeration.default = "primary"
    } else {
        _enumeration.default = ?
    }

Category:
citation








































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