The implementation and evolution of STAR/CIF ontologies: Interoperability and preservation of structured data

Data Science Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hall, Sydney R ^a   McMahon, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b International Union of Crystallography   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystallographic information file; Crystallography; Data exchange standard; Machine readable dictionaries; Ontologies

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ONTOLOGY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; DATA EXCHANGE STANDARD; DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; DATA-DEFINITION LANGUAGES; GLOBAL APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION DOMAINS; MACHINE-READABLE DICTIONARIES; MOLECULAR SCIENCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84975801822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16831470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/dsj-2016-003     Document Type: Article

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