This open-source effort follows the work done on the iNEMI Materials Declaration and Material Composition Data (MCD) Exchange projects where a large majority of the participants expressed support for using Microsoft Excel® as a presentation environment for exchanging material composition data.

The IPC 2-18 committee is drafting specifications for a standard data format for exchange of material composition information. The result is a new IPC-1752 standard which is a key element of the overall industry effort aimed at standardizing the exchange of materials composition declaration information across the entire supply chain. The IPC-1752 standard is intended to provide a uniform data format for exchanging material composition data in order to reduce the cost and complexity of RoHS compliance, while also increasing data quality and decreasing response times.

An industry-wide consortium of companies in the global electronics manufacturing industry is participating in this open-source effort. Since over 90% of the supply chain already uses Excel as a means to exchange information, this is a natural compliment to the efforts of the IPC committee which is defining the underlying data format.

The Excel-based eco-compliance declaration exchange form (ECD) is 100% compatible with the IPC-1752 data model and associated XML schema.

Features of the ECD Exchange Form:

• Unified
  100% compatible with IPC 1752
  Supports AIAG IMDS data formats
  Extensible to meet JGPSSI
  
• Eco-Compliance Declaration
  Currently Material Composition Declaration
  Extensible to support other requirements (e.g. EuP)
  
• Multiple unique part numbers
  Up to ~64,000 parts
  Different composition declarations
  
• Multi-level Bill of Materials/Bill of Substances
  Virtually unlimited number of levels
  Supports sub-part quantities
  Re-usable materials
  
• Flexible
  Multiple user interface options
  Multiple import/export options
  Multiple verification options

Please see the Frequently Asked Questions for more information