STAR File is the broader structured text framework from which CIF was derived. It provides the underlying syntactic model for self-defining text-based data files and forms part of the historical and
technical context for CIF syntax.
This page is a short reference point for the STAR File within the CIF specification area.
Canonical references include:
- Hall, S. R. (1991), Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 31, 326-333
- Hall, S. R. and Spadaccini, N. (1994), Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences, 34, 505-508