IFC
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IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is an open, vendor-neutral data model standard used to enable interoperability and information exchange in Building Information Modeling (BIM) across different software platforms.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8823225 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IFC Context triple: [Revit, supportsStandard, IFC]
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A.
IFC
IFC is an American cable television channel known for airing offbeat comedies, cult films, and independent programming.
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B.
IFC
IFC (Interface Clear) is a dedicated control line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used to reset and clear connected devices on the bus.
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C.
IFC Original Productions
IFC Original Productions is a television production company known for creating original programming for the IFC cable network, including the sketch comedy series "Portlandia."
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D.
IFCU
IFCU is the acronym for the International Federation of Catholic Universities, a global association that brings together Catholic higher education institutions for collaboration in teaching, research, and service.
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E.
International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation is a global development institution that is part of the World Bank Group and focuses on promoting private sector investment in developing countries to reduce poverty and support sustainable growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IFC Target entity description: IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is an open, vendor-neutral data model standard used to enable interoperability and information exchange in Building Information Modeling (BIM) across different software platforms.
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A.
IFC
IFC (Interface Clear) is a dedicated control line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used to reset and clear connected devices on the bus.
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B.
IFC
IFC is an American cable television channel known for airing offbeat comedies, cult films, and independent programming.
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C.
IFC Original Productions
IFC Original Productions is a television production company known for creating original programming for the IFC cable network, including the sketch comedy series "Portlandia."
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D.
IFCU
IFCU is the acronym for the International Federation of Catholic Universities, a global association that brings together Catholic higher education institutions for collaboration in teaching, research, and service.
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E.
International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation is a global development institution that is part of the World Bank Group and focuses on promoting private sector investment in developing countries to reduce poverty and support sustainable growth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data model standard
ⓘ
file format ⓘ interoperability standard ⓘ open standard ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Industry Foundation Classes ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
building lifecycle management
ⓘ
clash detection ⓘ design coordination ⓘ facility management ⓘ quantity takeoff ⓘ |
| basedOn | object-oriented data modeling ⓘ |
| characteristic |
open and non-proprietary
ⓘ
platform-independent ⓘ vendor-neutral ⓘ |
| dataModelType | schema for building and construction industry data ⓘ |
| developedBy | buildingSMART International ⓘ |
| domain |
Building Information Modeling
ⓘ
architecture ⓘ construction ⓘ engineering ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.ifc
ⓘ
.ifcXML ⓘ .ifcZIP ⓘ |
| fullName | Industry Foundation Classes ⓘ |
| governingBody | buildingSMART International ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable interoperability in BIM
ⓘ
serve as a neutral data schema for building information ⓘ support information exchange between BIM software ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | ISO ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | openBIM ⓘ |
| relatedStandard | buildingSMART Data Dictionary ⓘ |
| serializationFormat |
STEP physical file format
ⓘ
XML ⓘ ZIP-compressed STEP or XML ⓘ |
| standardNumber | ISO 16739 ⓘ |
| standardType |
data exchange standard
ⓘ
product data model ⓘ |
| status | widely adopted in the AEC industry ⓘ |
| supports |
3D building geometry
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building elements and components ⓘ building services information ⓘ construction sequencing information ⓘ cost and quantity information ⓘ materials and properties ⓘ relationships between building elements ⓘ spatial structure of buildings ⓘ |
| supportsConcept |
parametric building elements
ⓘ
semantic building information ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data exchange between BIM authoring tools
ⓘ
data exchange between analysis and simulation tools ⓘ data exchange between facility management systems ⓘ long-term archiving of building information ⓘ |
| version |
IFC1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
IFC1.5 ⓘ IFC2x ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
IFC2x2 ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
IFC2x3 ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
IFC4 ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
IFC4.3 ⓘ
linked to:
IFC
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IFC Description of subject: IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) is an open, vendor-neutral data model standard used to enable interoperability and information exchange in Building Information Modeling (BIM) across different software platforms.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.