Feb 17 2012
In January, the buildingSMART alliance™ (bSa) hosted a meeting of the buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD) Management Group (MG) at the Institute. The bSDD, renamed from International Framework for Dictionaries (IFD) to fit in with other buildingSMART International (bSI) standards, is one of the core bSI standards along with the buildingSMART Reference Model (IFC) and the buildingSMART Process Model (IDM). The bSDD’s goal is to provide an open-source service for naming the components in BIM models, as well as the data that those models use from external sources. Global Unique Identifiers are assigned by the bSDD to concepts and made available through a web services Application Programming Interface (API). The Dictionary, based on an ISO Standard, is for use by software and data providers to promote semantic interoperability and exchange. Standards Norway/builidingSMART Norway, the STABU Foundation from the Netherlands, Construction Specifications Canada and the Construction Specifications Institute are developing the bSDD. During the meeting, a workshop on the status of the Dictionary and its application in projects, in particular its use in conjunction with classification was presented. Find out more about the Data Dictionary.
