Information management
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Appointed party
A provider of information — a consultant, subcontractor or supplier — appointed by a lead appointed party, usually organised into a task team.
Appointing party
The party that receives information about works, goods or services from a lead appointed party — usually the owner or client.
Common data environment (CDE)
The agreed single source of information for a project or asset, used to collect, manage and share each information container through a controlled workflow of states, statuses and revisions.
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
An open, vendor-neutral data schema for describing buildings and infrastructure — their elements, properties and relationships — published by buildingSMART and standardised as ISO 16739-1.
Information container
A uniquely identified, persistent set of information — such as a model file, drawing, document, schedule or data set — that can be retrieved from a file system or application.
Information management
The set of processes for specifying, producing, checking, sharing, storing and handing over information about a built asset so that the right people have reliable information when they need it.
Lead appointed party
The party appointed directly by the appointing party that coordinates information management for its whole delivery team.
Transmittal
A cover record that accompanies documents, drawings, samples or other items sent between project parties, listing what was sent, to whom, when and for what purpose.
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Asset information model (AIM)
The information model that supports the operation, maintenance and management of an asset during its operational phase.
Asset information requirements (AIR)
The information an appointing party needs about an asset to operate, maintain and manage it, specified so it can be delivered into the asset information model.
BIM execution plan (BEP)
The delivery team's plan explaining how it will carry out the information-management aspects of an appointment, in response to the exchange information requirements.
buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD)
A free online service from buildingSMART that hosts linked data dictionaries — classifications, object types and properties published by independent organisations — for use in BIM software.
Exchange information requirements (EIR)
The information requirements that an appointing party (or lead appointed party) sets for a specific appointment: what information is to be delivered, to what standard, when, and how it will be accepted.
Information delivery manual (IDM)
A method, standardised in ISO 29481-1, for documenting which information must be exchanged between which parties at which point in an asset's life cycle, starting from a defined use case.
Information Delivery Specification (IDS)
A buildingSMART standard for writing information requirements in a form that both people and software can read, so delivered IFC models can be checked automatically.
Level of information need
A framework for specifying the extent and granularity of information required for a purpose — covering geometry, alphanumeric data and documentation — so that no more and no less is delivered than is needed.
Master information delivery plan (MIDP)
The delivery team's combined schedule of all information to be delivered for an appointment, compiled by the lead appointed party from the task information delivery plans.
Organizational information requirements (OIR)
The information an organization needs to meet its high-level business, strategic and regulatory objectives in relation to its built assets.
Project information model (PIM)
All the information — models, documents and data — produced and managed for the delivery phase of an asset.
Project information requirements (PIR)
The information an appointing party needs to make its key decisions during the design and construction of a particular asset.
Responsibility matrix
A table that allocates information-management tasks and information deliverables to the parties and task teams responsible for them.
Task information delivery plan (TIDP)
A task team's schedule of the information containers it will produce, with responsibilities and delivery dates, for one appointment.