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title: ifcmerge
type: software
authors:
  - given-names: Bruno
    family-names: Postle
    email: bruno@postle.net
repository-code: 'https://github.com/brunopostle/ifcmerge'
license: GPL-3.0-or-later
commit: '2022-06-12'
date-released: '2022-06-12'
message: If you use this software, please cite both the article from preferred-citation and the software itself.
preferred-citation:
  authors:
    - given-names: Bruno
      family-names: Postle
      email: bruno@postle.net
    - given-names: Dion
      family-names: Moult
      email: dion@thinkmoult.com
  title: Native IFC Whitepaper
  type: article
  date-released: '2022-09-02'
  identifiers:
    - type: url
      value: >-
        https://github.com/brunopostle/ifcmerge/releases/tag/2022-09-02
      description: PDF of Native IFC Whitepaper
  abstract: >-
    A simple to implement set of protocols for reading and
    writing BIM data, known as Native IFC, enables robust
    multi-user collaborative BIM workflows. We show how full
    version tracking, rollback, attribution, staging, merging,
    multi-user editing, issue tracking, automated checking,
    and publishing can be achieved by hosting IFC data in
    established commercial and open source git-forge services.
    We show that the git revision control system as a Common
    Data Environment (CDE) for BIM data is scalable, secure,
    future-proof and fully interoperable with existing
    systems. We show multiple software applications and
    libraries that already implement Native IFC, this is a
    real-world technology.
  keywords:
    - IFC
    - BIM Collaboration
    - ifcmerge
    - Native IFC
    - IfcOpenShell
    - BlenderBIM