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Kinds of Section C Selected AbstractsSingle-crystal structure validation with the program PLATONJOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Issue 1 2003A. L. Spek The results of a single-crystal structure determination when in CIF format can now be validated routinely by automatic procedures. In this way, many errors in published papers can be avoided. The validation software generates a set of ALERTS detailing issues to be addressed by the experimenter, author, referee and publication journal. Validation was pioneered by the IUCr journal Acta Crystallographica Section C and is currently standard procedure for structures submitted for publication in all IUCr journals. The implementation of validation procedures by other journals is in progress. This paper describes the concepts of validation and the classes of checks that are carried out by the program PLATON as part of the IUCr checkCIF facility. PLATON validation can be run at any stage of the structure refinement, independent of the structure determination package used, and is recommended for use as a routine tool during or at least at the completion of every structure determination. Two examples are discussed where proper validation procedures could have avoided the publication of incorrect structures that had serious consequences for the chemistry involved. [source] On the scope of Acta Crystallographica Section CACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C, Issue 1 2009Anthony Linden First page of article [source] Further developments for Acta Crystallographica Section CACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C, Issue 1 2008George Ferguson First page of article [source] Further developments for Acta Crystallographica Section CACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C, Issue 1 2004George Ferguson First page of article [source] |