1. IFD Library Objectives and plans for the future
Jacob Mehus
Director of marketing Standards Norway

2. IFD Library??? IFD Library will never be important in itself
Most users will never directly interact with the IFD Library
IFD Library is only relevant if it helps:
Reduce cost
Increase profit
Add extra value
Create new business opportunities
IFD Library provides:
Multilingual capabilities – important in a globalized world
Unique global reference to any concept – GUID
IFC model enrichment and link to product specific data
Database and sub-databases of terminology and definitions

3. Objective
To develop an open, international and multilingual IFD Library based on the principles of ISO
To provide support for the implementation of the buildingSMART technology in the building and construction industry.
To be financially nonprofit but also self supporting

4. IFD Library - main activities
Technical development – unification project
Adding and maintaining content
International collaboration and standardization
Demonstration and implementation

5. Technical development Unification Project
Full merger between Lexicon and BARBi
Status:
New API (WS) beta release today
Open access for users
Tool for maintenance of IFC-property sets
IAI XM7 project –> IFC 2x3G close to completion
Short term:
Completion of the unification project
Need to identify long term development goals
Develop API to fit the needs of new partners?
Less emphasis after completion of unification project?

6. Adding and maintaining content
No value without content that can be trusted
Stability is crucial – established GUIDS are fixed
Status:
Procedure for adding content in Norwegian buildingSMART project established
Software tool for adding and maintaining content developed – the IFD Propertylizer
Five levels of content established in Unification Project (draft, checked, approved…..

7. Adding and maintaining content
Short term:
Merging of exiting content in BARBi and Lexicon
International accepted procedure for adding content
International accepted procedure for moving content
Quality assurance of data
Challenge:
Critical mass – concepts, relationships of concepts, definitions and translations
Maintaining and quality assurance is costly - perhaps
Draft level is free and open?
Checked and approved levels – not free?
Supporting move towards generic IFC elements and objects

8. International collaboration
IFD Library need to be international to succeed
Cannot be solved nationally
A GUID must be G = Global
Status:
Merging Lexicon and BARBi - the start
XM7 in IAI – improved IFD support in IFC 2x3G
ISO/TC 59/SC 13 – home of the IFD standard
New chair – new start November 3rd – Washington

9. International collaboration
Short term:
Establish consortium of partners committed to the development of an international IFD Library
Find a “home” for the IFD Library
In an existing well established international organization
In a new international organization
Continue international standardization within the IFD Library context in ISO/TC 59/SC 13
Continue close collaboration with IAI
Challenge:
Financial model for long term development and maintenance

10. Demonstration and implementation
Yesterday - the HITOS IFC-file :
IFC – very powerful but still limited amount of information
Enriching a selection of objects with IFD-GUIDs
Enabling translation of all text linked to a GUID
Access and search product specific information
Store FM relevant documentation for selected products
Product database (NOBB one example)
Mirror of generic IFD property sets with GUIDs
Interface for manufacturers to maintain product data
Wide range of opportunities for further estimations, analysis and simulations

11. Demonstration and implementation
Important to provide demonstrations and support implementation
Yesterday major milestone – first time live
Rough but proof of concept
Only the beginning
Implementation – many opportunities but market driven
IFD Library provide a generic API and content
Business opportunities?
Demonstration – dominated by commercial interests
API open – in time a wide variety of demonstrations

12. IFD Library for buildingSMART
Comfortable and pleased with current status
Good momentum and good progress
Endurance to stand the distance
Lots of challenges and lots of opportunities
Need to widen our international consortium