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 # cif_ed
 
 Data names for describing electron diffraction. These are presented here as a CIF extension dictionary, although in practice many are equally applicable to X-ray or neutron studies. This draft, when approved by COMCIFS, will be incorporated periodically into the existing core CIF and possibly imgCIF dictionaries.