On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Armel Le Bail wrote:
> The number of papers published in crystallography which
> have incorrect space group or cell choice are quite numerous.
> Databases should show exactly the same number (5-10%
> or even more ??).
But isn't one of the values of a database that it should filter these out
- or at least point out any problems on the test cards? (eg 16677 in ICSD,
has the coordinates corrected.) Databases offer a central repository for
corrections and additions which are much easier to find than corrections
in later editions of a journal. This seems to be of great value?
Cheers,
Jon
PS: Has anyone found the error in that Fe3O4 entry yet?
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