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Dictionary Definition Language DDL1

The basic Dictionary Definition Language (DDL) is a formalism employed for the recording of CIF data names and their definitions and properties within CIF dictionaries.

See also the relational DDL2 dictionary definition language.

Current release

Version 1.4.1 of 29 June 2005
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- Formatted pdf version [Chapter 4.9 of International Tables for Crystallography Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data, First edition (2005)]
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Archival versions

Version 1.4 of 16 May 1995

Updated 21 July 2005

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