Dear PANalytical HighScore (Plus) User:

1.	Purpose:

The COD database file you find here is meant to be used with 
version 3.0a or higher of the PANalytical HighScore or 
HighScore Plus software packages.

ATTENTION:
This database can NOT be used with previous versions (1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0) 
of this software.

2.	 Procedure:

* Install the database file (COD_2013.hsrdb) on your PC by simply 
  unzipping it from the downloaded COD_May2013_4HS.ZIP file.
  You better ‘Defragment’ your disk before putting such a large file on it.
  (It is recommended to put such a database file NOT on the C: drive.)

* Announce the new database for use in the software.
  Use the ‘Customize, Manage Databases, Add HighScore database...’ 
  function or  the ‘Search for databases’ function.

3.	Details

The file ‘COD_2013.hsrdb’ contains a total of 223339 calculated reference patterns. 
This conversion is based on revision 79023-2013.04.04 of the original COD.
The reference patterns are subdivided into 4 subfiles:

a)	User Organic		190129 patterns (C-H bond present in CIF)
b)	User Inorganics	  33210 patterns (all other CIFs)
c)	Metallic	  	    1953 patterns (only metals present in CIF)
d)	User Mineral	 	  11795 patterns (mineral name is present in CIF)

These 4 subfile properties are automatically assigned, depending on criteria tested for each CIF entry. With the introduction of subfiles a separate minerals database file is no longer available.

4.	Changes:

No significant changes with respect to previous versions. The number of entries in the COD is growing fast.

5.	Citation

Please use the following text, when you publish results achieved with a COD reference database:
Gražulis, S., Daškevič, A., Merkys, A., Chateigner, D., Lutterotti, L., Quirós, M., Serebryanaya, N. R., Moeck, P., Downs, R. T. & LeBail, A. (2012) "Crystallography Open Database (COD): an open-access collection of crystal structures and platform for world-wide collaboration". Nucleic Acids Research 40, D420-D427.
COD reference database 2012:
Gražulis, S.; Chateigner, D.; Downs, R. T.; Yokochi, A. F. T.; Quirós, M.; Lutterotti, L.; Manakova, E.; Butkus, J.; Moeck, P. & Le Bail, A.; Crystallography Open Database - an open-access collection of crystal structures, J. Appl. Cryst., 2009, 42, 726-729.

When your research relies only the subset of COD containing mineral data
from AMCSD (the range 9* datasets), then please mention this source database:

Downs, R. T. & Hall-Wallace, M. (2003). "The American Mineralogist
Crystal Structure Database" American Mineralogist 88, 247-250."