# \#step

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## [Evolution of IFC: improving consistency and language independent data schema](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/evolution-of-ifc-improving-consistency-and-language-independent-data-schema/2457)

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**Author:** [@berlotti](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/berlotti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/evolution-of-ifc-improving-consistency-and-language-independent-data-schema/2457 "2020-03-16T23:15:50Z")

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In the evolution of IFC, it is time to work towards a technology independent data schema. This is also the time to improve consistency and remove redundancy. Therefore we started collecting issues on the GitHub issue lis…

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## [Industry Foundation Classes are a Data Schema, not a file format](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/industry-foundation-classes-are-a-data-schema-not-a-file-format/1398)

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**Author:** [@jonm](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/u/jonm)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.buildingsmart.org/t/industry-foundation-classes-are-a-data-schema-not-a-file-format/1398 "2019-11-11T12:01:47Z")

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Often a discussion topic seems to divert to the topic of IFC being STEP/Express and it’s evident that many involved would like to see more modern exchange formats. Here’s a discussion thread particularly on this topic. …