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
• Data requirements
• Required data items
• Hydrogen-bond considerations
• Tips for finalizing refinement
• Advantages of upgrading from SHELXL-97 to SHELXL-2014
• Combine multiple CIFs (catCIF)

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
• CIFs for powder diffraction papers
• CIF home page