Both you @devonsparks, @ylcnky and even @jonm have started the idea I shared in IfcXtreme project to see each entity as a component, an object, and start to improve each one independently and reduce/add data, datatypes, attributes, templates, etc object by object
I think XML and Graphs maybe be short-term solutions to use existing IFC, but the future will be different
I believe that in Labs and Institutes all around the world, some have started to think about my ideas to develop a “relational” IFC schema, especially based on SQL
Because SQL is the future
And JSON is good to for realtime approaches like IoT
The Built Environment Industry is not Media industry, the majority of data we see are or can be structured data, even let’s forget semi-structured data solutions like XML