buildingSMART International has launched a new certification program aiming at improving the quality and robustness of IFC implementations. The new certification process, called "IFC Certification 2.0" is the result of intensive discussions within buildingSMART and with users of the openBIM IFC interfaces. It responds to the strong demand to improve the quality of software interfaces and to strengthen the rigidness of certification. The call for participation in an "early-bird" program of first-comers had been successfully launched. 10 software companies world-wide signed-in to participate in the first round of the new "IFC Certification 2.0" process for the improved IFC2x3 Coordination View Version 2.0.
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