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. 2017 Jan 31;4:160134. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.134

Table 3. Description of metadata keys.

Key Datatype Description
material_id string Materials Project ID number
formula string Chemical formula
structure string Crystal structure in Crystallographic Informaiton File (CIF) format
high_forces boolean ‘True’ if remnant interatomic forces are larger than 0.01 eV/Å
poscar string Crystal structure in the VASP-specific poscar format
kpoints string k-points in the VASP-specific kpoints format
incar string simulation parameters definition file in the VASP-specific incar format
potcar string names of the VASP pseudopotentials used for each element
point_group string Point group in Hermann-Mauguin notation
space_group number Space group number as defined by the International Union of Crystallography
nsites number number of atoms in the primitive cell
kpoint_density number Number of k-points in the first Brillouin zone per reciprocal atom