Japan buildingSMART Chapter Status

buildingSMART Japan established as Japan Chapter of buildingSMART International. Focused on IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) standardization and interoperability. IFC became international standard ISO 16739 in 2013. buildingSMART Japan operates IFC Qualification program to increase IFC data precision and sharing in practice within Japan. Membership structure: non-profit organization open membership requirements collaborative organization decision making by consensus public disclosure of research findings. Definition of standard specifications through collaboration between software experts and construction industry experts publication of specifications. Japan participated in buildingSMART Summit Tokyo with 469 people from 45 countries working together to create open digital standards for built environment.