The Centre for Digital Built Britain

The Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) CDBB is a partnership between the University of Cambridge and The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). It is the custodian of HM Government’s Digital Built Britain, UK BIM, International BIM and National Digital Twinprogrammes.

The Gemini Principles

Purpose: Must have clear purpose Public good Must be used to deliver genuine public benefit in perpetuity Value creation Must enable value creation and performance improvement Insight Must provide determinable insight into the built environment Trust: Must be trustworthy Security Must enable security and be secure itself Openness Must be as open as possible Quality […]

attribute

Depending on the technology discussed, the term attribute can be treated as equivalent to a property or as a set of attributes, such as the number of elements in a file or the size of an element in the file. An attribute defines a certain value for a particular instance of a particular property or […]

class

description of a set of objects that share the same characteristics Note 1 to entry: The characteristics may be embodied by the use of properties, operations, methods, relations, semantics, etc.Note 2 to entry: Each class is a hierarchical element of a classification. [SOURCE: ISO 22274:2013, 3.4, modified — Note 2 to entry has been added.]BS […]

data dictionary

centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage and formatNote 1 to entry: The definition is from IBM Dictionary of Computing BS EN ISO 23386:2020

Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)

globally unique identifier (GUID) its a unique object identifier that guarantees its uniqueness throughout its entire life unique, the identifier is usually generated using an algorithm a unique identifier generated using an algorithm [1] identifier given to a product that guarantees its uniqueness throughout its entire life [2] In Windows operating system and Windows applications […]

buildingSMART Data Dictionary

PD 19650‑0:2019 In short, the BuildingSMART Data Dictionary is a library for everything to do with the building. NumberName is an int key and string value that can be stored in number names. In the dictionary, you can use zero objects as keys and values, in the dictionary data field as values

component

named and individually scheduled physical item and feature that might require management, such as inspection, maintenance, servicing or replacement, during the in-use phaseNote 1 to entry: Components can serve as interacting objects in a system (3.13). [SOURCE: ISO 6707-1:2017, 3.4.1.4, modified — Note 1 to entry has been added.]BS EN ISO 23387:2020

enumerated type value

data type consisting of a set of named values called elements, members, enumeral, or enumerators ofthe type

quantity

property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can be expressed by means of a number and a reference. for example a measure with a unit. Quantities can appear as base quantities or derived quantities. EXAMPLE 1 Length, mass, electric current (ISQ base quantities).EXAMPLE 2 Plane angle, force, power […]