# buildingSMART IDS 1.0 and BCF > Tool · buildingSMART International · status: IDS 1.0 approved as a final standard; BCF in wide use · checked 2026-10-23 > ES: IDS 1.0 aprobado como estándar final; BCF de uso amplio IDS states information requirements in a machine-checkable XML (which entities need which properties and values); BCF carries issues between BIM tools. ifctester reads IDS and can report to BCF. ## How to connect or install Write IDS from a requirements table with /skills/loin-to-ids/SKILL.md; validate with /skills/ifc-ids-validation/SKILL.md. ## Links - https://www.buildingsmart.org/?p=30065 --- AI Builder Academy · https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app · checked 2026-10-23 · Made by Lo que habitas (Julián Páez). Agents: search more at https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/api/search?q=… or connect https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/mcp. Request a new prompt: aibuilderacademy@agentmail.to.