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{{FormatInfo | {{FormatInfo | ||
| + | |formattype=electronic | ||
| + | |subcat=Scientific Data formats | ||
| + | |subcat2=Chemical data | ||
|extensions={{ext|cif}} | |extensions={{ext|cif}} | ||
| − | |mimetypes= | + | |mimetypes={{mimetype|chemical/x-cif}} |
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| + | '''CIF''' stands for Crystallographic Information File and also Crystallographic Information Framework. The format is promoted and standardised by the [http://www.iucr.org/ International Union of Crystallography]. See [http://www.iucr.org/resources/cif Documentation and Resources for Users and Developers of CIF Software]. | ||
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| + | The [http://checkcif.iucr.org/ IUCr CheckCIF service] can be used to check the integrity and cosistency of crystal structure encodings in CIF. | ||
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| + | == Identification == | ||
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| + | CIF files encoded with the current version should begin with the 11 bytes <code>#\#CIF_1.1</code> immediately followed by whitespace. | ||
| − | + | == Specification == | |
| − | + | [http://www.iucr.org/resources/cif/spec Formal specification of the Crystallographic Information File format] | |
| − | + | == Sample files == | |
| + | * http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/chemime/example.cif | ||
| + | * [http://www.crystallography.net/result.php?journal=American+Mineralogist CIF files in Crystallography Open Database] | ||
| − | + | == Links == | |
| + | * [[Wikipedia:Crystallographic Information File]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:03, 27 October 2014
CIF stands for Crystallographic Information File and also Crystallographic Information Framework. The format is promoted and standardised by the International Union of Crystallography. See Documentation and Resources for Users and Developers of CIF Software.
The IUCr CheckCIF service can be used to check the integrity and cosistency of crystal structure encodings in CIF.
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[edit] Identification
CIF files encoded with the current version should begin with the 11 bytes #\#CIF_1.1 immediately followed by whitespace.
[edit] Specification
Formal specification of the Crystallographic Information File format
