Crystallographic Information Framework

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Macromolecular dictionary (mmCIF) version 2.0.09

_citation.id

Name:
'_citation.id'

Definition:

   The value of _citation.id must uniquely identify a record in the
   CITATION list.

   The _citation.id 'primary' should be used to indicate the
   citation that the author(s) consider to be the most pertinent to
   the contents of the data block.

   Note that this item need not be a number; it can be any unique
   identifier.

Examples:

primary
1
2

Type: code

Mandatory item: yes

Alias:
_citation_id (cif_core.dic version 2.0.1)
The following item(s) have an equivalent role in their respective categories:
_citation_author.citation_id
_citation_editor.citation_id
_software.citation_id

Category: citation


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.