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["Carter, Gary J." <Gary.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there serious any consideration to include support for IPC-2581 
a.k.a. IEC/PAS 61182-12 in KiCad EDA?

All the leading commercial software companies in the PCB Design and 
Fabrication space have support or a roadmap for support of this 
standard. The standard enables OEMs, Fabricators, and Manufacturing 
operations to embrace advanced constructs and technological capabilities 
today's design challenges require to be efficient and accurate through 
the entire product lifecycle.  It also opens myriad possibilities to 
integrate with other tools in the design flow and to external business 
systems and processes. The legacy data formats will never offer these 
avenues.

The IPC-2581 Consortia has been looking to engage the open source EDA 
community. We would welcome a conversation to explore the possibilities. 
Our website is www.ipc2581.com. Our charter can be found on 
http://www.ipc2581.com/index.php/about

The IPC Standards Committee Homepage for 2-16 Product Data Description 
(Laminar View) Subcommittee who actively develop the standard is found 
here: http://www.ipc.org/CommitteeDetail.aspx?Committee=2-16
Anyone is welcome to submit proposed enhancements through the IPC 
Standards Process. The IPC-2581 Consortium can provide KiCad Developers 
a voice and representation is desired.

Regards,
Gary J. Carter
Vice Chair, 2-16 Product Data Description (Laminar View) Subcommittee

On 9/23/2015 9:15 AM, Carter, Gary J. wrote:
> re:
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:54 AM, timofonic timofonic 
> <timofonic@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > In order to not hijack the ODB++ discussion, here's this other message.
> >
> > Is IPC-2581 support feasible? They mention about being open. But I'm not
> > sure how open, because isn't an ISO/IEC/ECMA/IEEE standard and that 
> > worries
> > me.
>
> IPC-2581 has been wholly adopted and endorsed by the IEC without 
> change. The IEC assigned identifier is IEC/PAS 61182-12.
> The IPC document is available free from IPC's website. For those who 
> might be developing import/export tools I highly encourage you to join 
> the IPC-2581 Consortium. There is technical support available for 
> those seeking assistance in the adoption effort. We meet every two 
> weeks to assist developers.
>
>
>
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Regards,
-Gary J. Carter
 Sr. Manager, CAD Engineering
 Quality, Reliability, and Efficiency Department
 Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
 2801 Telecom Parkway
 Gary.Carter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 972-479-2236 (Desk)
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