>> The 'CIFReader' in CDK is only a partial reader. > > Correct. The CIF format is copyrighted (or even patented...) and you can > call a reader a CIF reader if and only if it reads the *full* spec. The > CDK reader does not do that.
Understood :-) >> Egon put in comments >> saying that it is ad hoc and only extracts some fields. It looks to me >> like it extracts: >> 1. cell data >> 2. atom coordinates >> 3. _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M >> >> Q: In the context of Jmol, would it be useful to have a reader that >> only supports these items? > > It did not support more fields, because those were not used then... > since Jmol can now display B-factor, occupency it makes sense to read > those too... Good. >> The PDB offically supports/promotes mmCIF. The .pdb reader in Jmol now >> extracts quite a bit of information from .pdb files. > > Yes, it makes sense to read those fields from mmCIF too... OK Migel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Jmol-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-developers
