Institute of Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC)
Scope
This standard specifies the XML schema that represents the data file format used to describe
printed board and printed board assembly products with details sufficient for tooling,
manufacturing, assembly, inspection and testing requirements. This format may be used for
transmitting information between a printed board designer and a manufacturing or assembly
facility. The data is most useful when the manufacturing cycle includes computer-aided
processes and numerical control machines.