Power your product with trusted CSI standards
CSI Dynamic Standards℠ helps software teams work with current MasterFormat®, UniFormat®, and OmniClass® content in applications, search, validation, and data exchange, so users can organize, classify, and share project information with more confidence.
Use current standards, support access to past editions when needed, and keep a clearer record of changes over time.
For Software & Platforms
CSI's Authority
CSI Dynamic Standards provides the MasterFormat®, UniFormat®, and OmniClass® content your users expect—kept current and connected across the standards. When you need system-to-system delivery at scale, Hosted API and License options help bring CSI standards into your product architecture more directly.\n\nCSI continues to govern and approve the standards. CSI Dynamic Standards delivers current, authorized content in formats that are easier to use in software products and connected workflows.
Trusted standards improve the product experience
Trust is a product feature. When your platform displays current CSI numbers and titles, helps users choose the right section, and exchanges cleaner project data, you reduce support burden and make your product more useful in real workflows. Better standards integration can mean fewer input errors, fewer downstream issues, and more confidence from customers.
Give users content they recognize and trust
Display current MasterFormat®, UniFormat®, and OmniClass® content in your product and outputs so customers have more confidence in what they see and share.
Handle updates with less disruption
Support edition-aware project workflows, surface changes more clearly, and help customers avoid unexpected shifts that can break models, specs, reports, or stored project data.
Improve search, filtering, and validation
Use trusted numbers, titles, and relationships across the standards to power autocomplete, filters, and validation rules that reduce input errors.
Exchange data more cleanly across systems
Help project information move more smoothly into BIM, specification, estimating, project management, and facility systems without as much remapping or manual cleanup.
Choose a delivery model that fits your product
Use Hosted API when you want a managed option with support, or choose a Data License when you need more control over deployment and performance.
Make internal QA and support easier
Use Navigator to check section relationships, verify titles, and troubleshoot customer questions more quickly without relying on custom lookup tables.
What You'll Be Able
To Do
using CSI Dynamic Standards™ data.
Search and selection — Help users make the right choice faster
Enable search and autocomplete for MasterFormat® sections, support early planning in UniFormat®, surface related sections as projects develop, and use OmniClass® to organize asset information for lifecycle workflows.
Validation — Reduce bad inputs at the source
Help enforce valid numbers and titles, flag outdated sections, and keep edition context tied to project data so exports and API responses stay cleaner.
Exchange — Keep connected systems in sync
Support MasterFormat®, UniFormat®, and OmniClass® across reports, CSV or JSON exports, and integrations so partner systems can accept data with less remapping.
Upgrades — Support change without breaking workflows
Offer clearer upgrade paths with project-level control over editions, tested mappings, and change visibility so customers can move forward with fewer disruptions.
Deployment — Fit your architecture
Use Hosted API for a managed option with support, or choose the Data License when you need more control over deployment, caching, scale, and uptime.
Common Questions
We already have classification fields.
Fields alone are not the same as current, authorized content. CSI Dynamic Standards provides the numbers, titles, and relationships users expect to work with.
Will this add friction?
The goal is the opposite. Navigator supports product and QA workflows, while Hosted API and Data License options fit into your stack to reduce custom tables, hotfixes, and support tickets.
What about performance and limits?
Hosted API is designed for supported delivery at scale. For higher-volume or lower-latency needs, Data License options provide more control over how you deploy and manage the data.
We use AI features.
If your product uses AI to generate or validate CSI numbers, titles, or classifications, the right setup matters. We can review your data flows and help identify the best option for your use case.
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