# LOD and IFC equivalent?

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**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/lod-and-ifc-equivalent/1057 "2019-02-21T03:44:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/lod-and-ifc-equivalent/1057/6 "2019-03-05T16:01:42Z")

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Currently there is not a complete classification to solve the issues related to LoD (which has lot of definitions)  
But it seem that some classifications like CoClass have started to focus on it

Another issue is that “all classifications don’t support granular assets” this is why I introduced a concept that maybe IFC, IFD, and other groups focus on this “important” issue

> [@Does IFC support granular assets?](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/does-ifc-support-granular-assets/949):
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> I’d like to know your opinion about the classification methodology I’ve started to develop and also the potential of IFC to support these kinds of granular assets. The main aim of this granular hierarchy is developing a new method to classify buildings in a more granular way which current classifications do not provide This new classification divides a building into 10 layers: Elements: The biggest built objects which have some systems and sub-systems Systems: Set of things working toget…

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