IfcXML2 Release Candidate 1

The first schema, ifcXML for IFC2x2 (RC1) was unveiled publicly on January 28th, in Paris during the IAI summit. It currently has the release candidate 1 status. After intensive testing it is anticipated that a final recommendation would be officially announced during the next IAI summit in Bath,

This version 2 of ifcXML (short ifcXML2) is the new methodology to publish the IFC Standard as an XML schema definition (XSD). The ifcXML2 methodology is compatible with the current pre committee draft (CD) version of the upcoming standard to convert EXPRESS structures into XML schema structures - ISO10303-28 ed.2.

The ifcXML2 methodology has now been approved for the generation of XML schema definitions for IFC2x Edition 2 and forthcoming IFC releases.

• the ifcXML for IFC2x2 schema
• the p28 base schema to be included
• the configuration file for ifcXML for IFC2x2
• the configuration file schema

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