DOI: 10.1107/s002188980801385x. <i>VCIF2</i>: extended CIF validation software

10.1107/s002188980801385x

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International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)

Journal of Applied Crystallography (329)

Abstract

Recent revisions to the CIF standard, the growing number of dictionaries and the critical role played by CIF in the IUCr publication process led the IUCr to fund a two-year project to upgrade portions of the existing CIF software base to support longer lines and more rigorous validation of CIFs against multiple layered dictionaries. A database-based approach to validation to ensure compliance with data-range and enumeration specifications, to ensure compliance with parent–child relationships, and to detect missing and duplicated tags is presented here. This approach to validation is being extended to support the handling of binary synchrotron imgCIF data.

Bibliography

Todorov, G., & Bernstein, H. J. (2008). VCIF2: extended CIF validation software. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 41(4), 808â810.

Authors 2

Georgi Todorov (first)
Herbert J. Bernstein (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	17 years, 2 months ago (June 5, 2008, 11:38 a.m.)
Deposited	7 months, 1 week ago (Jan. 11, 2025, 9:44 a.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 5 days ago (July 26, 2025, 5:31 a.m.)
Issued	17 years, 2 months ago (June 6, 2008)
Published	17 years, 2 months ago (June 6, 2008)
Published Online	17 years, 2 months ago (June 6, 2008)
Published Print	17 years ago (Aug. 1, 2008)

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BibTeX

@article{Todorov_2008, title={VCIF2: extended CIF validation software}, volume={41}, ISSN={0021-8898}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s002188980801385x}, DOI={10.1107/s002188980801385x}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Applied Crystallography}, publisher={International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)}, author={Todorov, Georgi and Bernstein, Herbert J.}, year={2008}, month=jun, pages={808–810} }

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