Persistent Digital Identifiers for Construction Products

该项目汇集了RIBA企业（RIBAE）， BSI和建筑产品协会（CPA）的独特专业知识和能力，以解决数字化建筑行业的关键基础设施需求；所有建筑产品都需要一个通用的、持久的数字识别系统。该系统将利用并建立在内容部门已建立的方案的成功基础上，使现有标识符方案的互操作性和长期访问产品信息的可靠性成为可能。该项目将研究和定义所需的元数据模式，试点和验证该方法，并建立一个注册机构来分配和管理标识符和相关的元数据。这将为项目合作伙伴和更广泛的建筑行业带来新的商业模式，促进数据交换和电子商务，并支持BIM的采用。该计划提供了扩展到建筑信息的其他方面和国际市场的潜力。

The project brings together the unique expertise and capabilities of RIBA Enterprises (RIBAE), BSI and the Construction Products Association (CPA) to address a critical infrastructural requirement for digitising the construction sector; the need for a common, persistent digital identification system for all construction products. The system will utilise and build on the success of a scheme that is well-established in the content sector, enables interoperability of existing identifier schemes and reliability of long-term access to product information. The project will research and define the required meta data schema, pilot and validate the approach and establish a Registration Agency to assign and manage identifers and associated metadata. This will enable new business models for the project partners and the wider construction industry, facilitate data exchage and e-commerce and support the adoption of BIM. The scheme offers potential for expansion both to other aspects of construction information and into international markets.