ISO 15686-4:2014提供了关于使用信息交换标准进行建筑物和建造资产及其组件的使用寿命规划的信息和指南，以及所需的支持数据。 它提供了有关结构化现有数据源信息的指导，以便能够在符合信息交换国际标准的结构中交付其信息内容。具体而言，请参考ISO 16739。用于表格数据中设施信息交换的施工操作建筑信息交换（COBie）标准用作替代表示。COBie是IFC模式交接视图的表格表示。 ISO 15686-4:2014还适用于具有基于标准的信息交换接口的设计和信息管理软件应用程序类别之间的使用寿命信息交换，包括: a） 建筑施工信息建模（BIM）； b） 计算机辅助设施管理（CAFM）。

ISO 15686-4:2014 provides information and guidance on the use of standards for information exchange for service life planning of buildings and constructed assets and their components as well as the required supporting data. It provides guidance on structuring information from existing data sources to enable delivery of their information content in a structure that conforms to international standards for information exchange. In particular, reference is made to ISO 16739. The Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie) standard for the exchange of facility information in tabular data are used as an alternative representation. COBie is a tabular representation of a handover view of the IFC schema. ISO 15686-4:2014 is also applicable to the exchange of service life information between categories of design and information management software applications that have standards-based information exchange interfaces including: a) Building construction Information Modelling (BIM); b) Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM).