# Standard XML for IFC Clasifications

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**Created:** [June 6, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/standard-xml-for-ifc-clasifications/1479 "2019-06-06T16:30:57Z")\
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**I want to break down IFC and re-build it in another way**  
And I think the first step is: **Develop a "classification based on IFC"**

> **[IfcXtreme/ODClass](https://github.com/IfcXtreme/ODClass)**
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> A new classification based on Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) - IfcXtreme/ODClass

I’m practicing to find that can I control IFC tree schema with classification and reduce/clean the majority of general entities like `IfcRoot`, `IfcObjectDefinition`, `IfcObject`, …, etc?

About other classifications: If all other classifications have to come closer to support IFC, then why not develop classifications based on IFC from scratch?

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