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Crystallographic Information File

file format for representing crystallographic information
File Format Q2713137

Facts

7 properties

Identity

Instance of
file format
More facts +6
Publication date
1991[5]
Based on
Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval[2]
Has use
chemistry[4]
Developer
International Union of Crystallography[3]
File extension
cif[7]
Media type
chemical/x-cif[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en .cif en CIF en Crystallographic Information File en MmCIF he קובץ CIF he קובץ מידע קריסטלוגרפי ru .cif ru Crystallographic Information File
🔖 Identifiers · 6
GND ID
7544029-5
Described at URL
www.iucr.org
File Format Wiki page ID
CIF
Freebase ID
/m/0fq4mg
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
117170267
PRONOM file format ID
fmt/334

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🔗 Connections
← Readable file format 6
Mathematica, Jmol, PyMOL, Avogadro, OpenBabel, SHELX
Developer 1
International Union of Crystallography
Has use 1
chemistry
Instance of 1
file format
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Summary

Crystallographic Information File is a file format[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . iucr.org. Retrieved . iucr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . CIF: the computer language of crystallography. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . iucr.org. Retrieved . iucr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → International Union of Crystallography
    GND ID → 7544029-5
    Instance of → file format
    Based on → Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56529: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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