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Crystallographic Information File

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Crystallographic Information File

Summary

Crystallographic Information File is a file format[1]. It draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #104 of 297).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crystallographic Information File's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Crystallographic Information File's based on is recorded as Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval[4].
  • Crystallographic Information File's developer is recorded as International Union of Crystallography[5].
  • Crystallographic Information File is used for chemistry[6].
  • Crystallographic Information File was published on 1991[7].
  • Crystallographic Information File's described at URL is recorded as https://www.iucr.org/resources/cif[8].
  • Crystallographic Information File's media type is recorded as chemical/x-cif[9].
  • Crystallographic Information File's file extension is recorded as cif[10].

Body

Designation and Status

Crystallographic Information File's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

Crystallographic Information File draws 15 Wikipedia views per month (file_format category, ranking #104 of 297).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iucr.org. Retrieved . iucr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . CIF: the computer language of crystallography. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . iucr.org. Retrieved . iucr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Retrieved . fileformats.archiveteam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'pl', 'ru', 'sh', 'sr']
    Developer → International Union of Crystallography
    Gnd id → 7544029-5
    Instance of → file format
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
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