The industry has spent decades arguing over which single standard should dominate. This recent update from Kimon Onuma FAIA proves we’ve been asking the wrong question.
During a live BIMStorm exercise, teams integrated BIM and KNX data in hours—not weeks—without prior coordination, schema merging, or even using the same tools.
Why this matters:
- Identity Over Integration: By using IFC GUIDs as anchors and RDF/Turtle for meaning, they created a connected model without needing a “single platform.”
- Breaking the Expert Barrier: You don’t need to be a BIM expert to contribute valuable automation data, and you don’t need to be a KNX expert to consume it.
- Speed to Value: This approach moves us away from rigid planning and toward real-time, evolving Digital Twins.
As Keith Gipson noted in the comments, this is exactly how the rest of the web works (think Expedia). It’s time our buildings caught up.
Stop trying to force tools to talk the same language. Start aligning the meaning behind the data.
Live from the cloudBIMStorm. Posting several videos today with updates from the activity happening around the world. This is just day 5 since we started.
#SmartBuildings #DigitalTwin #BIM #KNX #Interoperability #C4SB #SemanticWeb #AutomatedBuildings
How does this look for your feed, or would you like to lean more into the “Internet of Agents” aspect of this workflow?
