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| Filename extension |
.cif |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
chemical/x-cif |
| Developed by | International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) |
| Type of format | chemical file format |
| Extended from | Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval |
| Extended to | mmCIF |
| Website | www |
Crystallographic Information File (CIF) is a standard text file format for representing crystallographic information, promulgated by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). CIF was developed by the IUCr Working Party on Crystallographic Information in an effort sponsored by the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Data and the IUCr Commission on Journals. The file format was initially published by Hall, Allen, and Brown[1] and has since been revised, most recently versions 1.1 and 2.0.[2] Full specifications for the format are available at the IUCr website. Many computer programs for molecular viewing are compatible with this format, including Jmol.
- ^ Hall SR, Allen FH, Brown ID (1991). "The Crystallographic Information File (CIF): a new standard archive file for crystallography". Acta Crystallographica Section A. 47 (6): 655–685. Bibcode:1991AcCrA..47..655H. doi:10.1107/S010876739101067X.
- ^ Brown ID, McMahon B (2002). "CIF: the computer language of crystallography". Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science. 58 (Pt 3 Pt 1): 317–24. doi:10.1107/s0108768102003464. PMID 12037350.