CIF (Crystallographic Information File) is the standard format for storing crystallographic structural data, sponsored by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). For more information on the CIF format please see these links.
- CCDC guide to CIFs
- IUCr collection of CIF resources
- The original paper describing the CIF standard: The Crystallographic Information File (CIF): a New Standard Archive File for Crystallography, S. R. Hall, F. H. Allen and I. D. Brown. Acta Cryst. (1991). A47, 655-685. doi:10.1107/S010876739101067X
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