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Chapter 8.1. Genesis of the Crystallographic Information File

Contents

  • 8.1. Genesis of the Crystallographic Information File  (pp. 1-10) | html | pdf | chapter contents |
    Sydney R. Hall and Brian McMahon
    • 8.1.1. Editorial note  (p. 1) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.2. Prologue  (pp. 1-2) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.3. Past approaches to data exchange  (p. 2) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.4. Card-image formats  (p. 2) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.5. The Standard Crystallographic File Structure (SCFS)  (pp. 2-3) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.6. The impact of networking on crystallography  (pp. 3-4) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.7. The Working Party on Crystallographic Information (WPCI)  (p. 4) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.8. The Crystallographic Information File  (p. 4) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.9. Diversification: the Molecular Information File and dictionary definition language  (pp. 4-6) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.10. The macromolecular Crystallographic Information File  (pp. 6-7) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.11. The Crystallographic Binary File  (p. 7) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.12. Future-proofing: syntax and dictionary enhancements  (pp. 7-8) | html | pdf |
    • 8.1.13. Other extension dictionaries  (p. 8) | html | pdf |
    • A8.1.1.   (pp. 8-9) | html | pdf |
    • References | html | pdf |
    • Figures
      • Fig. 8.1.4.1. An abbreviated example of a PDB format file  (p. 2) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.4.2. An example of a CSD BCCAB format file  (p. 3) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.5.1. An abbreviated example of a Standard Crystallographic File Structure (SCFS) format file  (p. 3) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.7.1. Example 1 of a CIF (using the same data as shown in Fig  (p. 5) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. 8.1.7.2. Example 2 of a CIF (using the same data as shown in Fig  (p. 5) | 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  (p. 6) | 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 Informal DDL used in the initial version of the core CIF dictionary (superseded by DDL1.4 and DDLm)  (p. 6) | html | pdf |
      • Fig. A8.1.1. Developments in crystallographic information before and after the publication of the CIF standard  (p. 9) | html | pdf |