CIF information

This page provides information on how to prepare your CIF for publication, various facilities for editing and checking your CIF, and links to other CIF resources.

How to prepare your CIF

CIF templates
Example CIFs
Greek letters and special symbols
Extra tables in CIF
Standard data codes and keywords
Author checklist
Required data items
Hydrogen-bond considerations

Editing your CIF

enCIFer
publCIF

How to use the checkcif and printcif facilities

checkCIF
printCIF

Other information

Data validation criteria
Search for a CIF data name
A Guide to CIF for Authors
CIFs for powder diffraction papers
CIF home page