diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/test_ids.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/test_ids.py
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+import unittest
+from ids import ids, specification, entity, classification, property, material
+
+
+class TestIds(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    """ Parsing IDS.xml """
+
+    def test_parse(self):
+        ids_file = ids.parse(sys.argv[1])
+        self.assertEqual( type(ids_file).__name__, "ids" )
+
+    """ IDS authoring """
+
+    """ IFC validation with IDS """
+
+    """ IDS validation results """
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    unittest.main()
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