# IfcX and IfcLite projects **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Tags:** ifc4, ifc5\ **Created:** [May 28, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcx-and-ifclite-projects/1440 "2019-05-28T16:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ReD\_CoDE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.buildingsmart.org/red_code/32/226_2.png) [@ReD\_CoDE](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/ReD_CoDE)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcx-and-ifclite-projects/1440/7 "2019-06-21T04:46:06Z")
> [@IFC SQLite Project](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifc-sqlite-project/1359): > > Dear friends, Do you think finishing some unfinished projects like IFC SQLite will help and speed up IFC development and implementation or not? Some say yes and some say no Would be happy to hear from you, Kind regards, Ehsan Azari > [@IFC for relational databases - ifcSQL](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifc-for-relational-databases-ifcsql/1524/4): > > The number of entities will reduce At the moment in EXPRESS (SPF) and XML or RDF (OWL) and all other approaches (formats) we see these huge number of Entities (776), Defined Types (130), Enumeration Types (207), Select Types (60), Functions (47), Rules (2), Property Sets (420), Quantity Sets (93), and Individual Properties (1722) So in SQLite these will be 60-70% of the existing I say let’s drop IfcRoot, IfcOwnerHistory, and IfcObjectDefinition, …, and just have the end one For instance an I… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/ifcx-and-ifclite-projects/1440)._