Extending – information delivery specification – for linking distributed model checking services

Abstract: Since the amount and representation of required information in BIM is extensive, a possible extension of the Information Delivery Specification (IDS) format is presented. This extension is intended to offer the possibility to include further checking resources in the checking process, to perform geometric and topological in addition to semantic checks. The IDS extension uses dynamic links to integrate external calculation services into the checking process. The functions of the calculation service for concept validation were identified based on the requirements for simulation of building energy models. The result is a dynamic extension for requirements checking using the IDS format.