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buildingSMART advances IFC 4.4 integration toward ISO submission

BuildingSMART submitted the IFC 4.4 integration project to its Standards Committee for a vote to proceed toward ISO submission. Voting closed on 21 August; no outcome was published on the linked page when ZX checked it.

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The project consequence

A standards-committee vote or ISO-submission step is a development milestone, not automatically a production-ready contractual requirement. Projects need to distinguish a proposal, buildingSMART publication, ISO publication and software implementation.

What to do next

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    Keep live-project exchange requirements tied to a published, supported version and tested model-view definition.

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    Track authoring, checking and receiving-tool support separately.

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    Run representative exchanges before changing a BEP, EIR or contractual deliverable.

Boundary to watch

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The linked page records standards-process activity. Confirm the final vote, release status and software conformance before adoption.

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