AGCxml Project Scope, Process, and Schedule
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The AGCxml Project will result in a set of XML schemas for the project specific, user-defined building design and construction data that is now commonly exchanged in the following types of construction contract documents and forms:
- Owner/Prime Contractor Agreements
- Owner/Construction Manager Agreements
- Contractor/Subcontractor Agreements
- Schedules of Values
- Requests for Information
- Requests for Pricing/Proposals
- Architect's Supplemental Instructions
- Construction Change Directives
- Submittals
- Change Order Requests/Approvals
- Application for Payment Requests/Approvals
- Addendum Notifications
If time and resources permit, or, possibly, as a second phase of the project, XML schemas will be developed for the data now commonly exchanged in the following additional document types:
- Purchase Orders
- Punch Lists
- Daily Reports
- Meeting Minutes
- Owner/Architect-Engineer Agreements
- Owner/Trade Contractor Agreements
- Owner/Design-Builder Agreements
- Design-Builder/Architect-Engineer Agreements
- Contractor/Contractor (Joint Venture or Teaming) Agreements
The AGCxml schemas will ONLY enable the exchange of user-defined data; they will not facilitate the exchange of any standard contract language that is the intellectual property of any publisher of any of these types of documents. To the extent feasible, AGCxml will accommodate the technical requirements of leading software vendors for incorporating support for AGCxml into their software applications. Download the Summary Statement of Work [to be posted], for a detailed description of the project.
Process
A technical team under contract to NIBS will generate all deliverables, beginning with use cases and followed later by the draft AGCxml schemas. Software companies are invited to contribute similar XML schemas they may have developed for the technical team's consideration, or, alternatively, to provide the technical team with their technical specifications for the AGCxml schemas. The Review and Validation Committee will then review each deliverable and validate that each use case accurately represents actual business processes, and, later, that the schemas developed from the use cases represent the complete data set for each business process. Finally, the AGCxml Task Force will verify that the project deliverables have been properly completed.