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NEN-EN-ISO 16739 is an International Standard for the computer-interpretable representation of construction and facility management information and for the exchange of building data. The objective is to provide a neutral mechanism capable of describing buildings and similar facilities in the built environment throughout their life cycle. This mechanism is suitable not only for neutral file exchange, but also as a basis for implementing and sharing product databases, and as a basis for archiving. This International Standard is based on the industry standard IFC4 developed by buildingSMART International Limited. This International Standard defines a set of data schemas using the EXPRESS language for data specification. These schemas, combined into a single computer interpretable schema, represent the IFC data schema used to exchange and share structured building information among various software applications used in the construction and facility management industry sector.