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Chapter 8.1. Genesis of the Crystallographic Information File

Contents

  • Genesis of the Crystallographic Information File | html | pdf | chapter contents |
    Sydney R. Hall and Brian McMahon
    • 8.1.1. Editorial note| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.2. Prologue| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.3. Past approaches to data exchange| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.4. Card-image formats| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.5. The Standard Crystallographic File Structure (SCFS)| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.6. The impact of networking on crystallography| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.7. The Working Party on Crystallographic Information (WPCI)| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.8. The Crystallographic Information File| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.9. Diversification: the Molecular Information File and dictionary definition language| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.10. The macromolecular Crystallographic Information File| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.11. The Crystallographic Binary File| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.12. Future-proofing: syntax and dictionary enhancements| html | pdf |
    • 8.1.13. Other extension dictionaries| html | pdf |
    • Appendix 8.1.1. A timeline of crystallographic information| html | pdf |
    • References | html | pdf |
    • Figures
      • Fig. 8.1.4.1. An abbreviated example of a PDB format file| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.4.2. An example of a CSD BCCAB format file| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.5.1. An abbreviated example of a Standard Crystallographic File Structure (SCFS) format file| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.7.1. Example 1 of a CIF (using the same data as shown in Fig| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.7.2. Example 2 of a CIF (using the same data as shown in Fig| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.8.1. Initial set of data items considered to be essential in a structure report submitted to Acta Crystallographica Section C| html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.9.1. Informal DDL used in the initial version of the core CIF dictionary (superseded by DDL1.4 and DDLm)| html | pdf |
      • Fig. A8.1.1. Developments in crystallographic information before and after the publication of the CIF standard| html | pdf |