In its recent meeting, the ETIM International Technical Committee has approved the release planning for ETIM 11.0. The deadline for handing in change requests in the ETIM CMT tool (Classification Management Tool) is set to the 30 th of June 2026. The local ETIM offices will inform their members on the local deadline for communicating requests, they need enough time to process change requests properly. The international staff office then has reserved sufficient time to proces

The xChange validation tool is now upgraded to also support the new version 2.0, that was released last November. The tool validates an uploaded file against the xChange schema and the referenced ETIM classification. The tool will automatically identify the schema version on which the file is based. If validated successfully, the user can create a certificate of validation. You can find the tool following this link . The validation tool is exclusive for ETIM members, you can

Today another important step for ETIM MC (Modelling Classification) was taken. We are happy to announce the ETIM MC Guidelines version 2.0 have now been officially been published and are available for download. The updated document has been restructured, gained increased clarity, removed redundancies, updated with new rules and guidelines aligned with future developments and use cases of the standard. Broadened scope This major update aims to improve the overall quality, impl

We are pleased to announce that version 2.0 of the ETIM xChange format for product master data exchange has now been officially released and is available for download. This major update not only resolves minor imperfections identified in the initial release, but more importantly introduces significant new features to meet evolving market requirements. Key highlights of version 2.0 Extended environmental data fields (LCA/EPD) : Developed together with our international working

Results of end-of-term elections at General Assembly in Valencia are in. On October 28th, the General Assembly of ETIM International gathered one day before the 4th Edition of the ETIM Forum in Valencia. In addition to tackling a wide range of topics, the ETIM members casted their votes with regard to the end-of-term elections of the ETIM International Board. Two out of seven seats needed to be filled. While Thorsten Ludewig was re-elected for another term, a new member of th

Techlink, official representative for ETIM in Belgium has decided to join the ETIM MC governance initiative starting January 1st 2026. Techlink is the Belgian professional federation of manufacturers, distributors, installers, and companies active in the field of technical maintenance and energy management within the Ecosystem of multifunctional installations. With their TechBiM object library being founded on the same technical principles as the ETIM Modelling Classes open s

On October 17th, the members of ETIM Austria agreed to expand their membership to include the sector HVAC, plumbing and sanitary supplies.  This means that from January 1st of 2026, members of ETIM Austria can expect full support, translations and change-request handling for product classes from this sector. ETIM Austria, starting out in 2009 only supporting the electrotechnical sector, already added the building materials sector to their membership scope in 2023. With now a

A little earlier than planned, today we published the beta release of ETIM xChange version 2.0. This beta release gives the ETIM community the opportunity to test the new draft version and report any issues ahead of the final release, scheduled for the 27th of November 2025. The beta release is open for review until the 21 st of November 2025 . During this phase, we can only correct errors and resolve issues — no new changes or additions can be accepted at this stage. If you

At ETIM International we have put AI to work to create definitions for each ETIM class. Today we have published the first batch of 3500...

Earlier in 2024, we launched the first version of the new ETIM xChange standard for the exchange of product master data. Its rapid...

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ETIM International has more developments to report about their bSDD publications. ETIM 10.0 has been awarded the verified status. A...

As per 1st of February, after a two-week testing period, we have published our latest ETIM release on to the buildingSMART Data...

ETIM International and ETIM UK have reached an agreement that ETIM UK will expand their membership and services into Ireland. During the...

October 30, 2024 – ETIM International, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Margaret Fitzsimons back to the Board of Directors. In...

Today we published a new version of the official international release format ETIM IXF for the ETIM classification. The new version IXF...

We would like to provide an important update on the progress of ETIM 10. To ensure that ETIM 10.0 meets the highest quality standards, we...

The launch of the xChange validation tool is a good moment to also publish a patch release for bug fixing in the ETIM xChange schema,...

We are pleased to announce that ETIM has become part of the GS1 Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) master data exchange standard...

Introducing ETIM’s newest team member Benjamin Sjölander Last month, ETIM International welcomed a new member to its staff.  Benjamin...