5.3.3.3 IfcProcedure

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5.3.3.3.1 Semantic definition

An IfcProcedure is a logical set of actions to be taken in response to an event or to cause an event to occur.

5.3.3.3.1.1 Use definitions

IfcProcedure is used to capture information about stepped processes such as calibration, start/stop procedures for equipment items, designated actions to take in the event of an emergency etc. A procedure is not a task, but may describe a set of tasks and their order of occurrence in response to or to cause an event.

As shown in Figure 5.3.3.3.1.1.A, IfcProcedure does not restrict anything but describes specific steps of how something should happen. While a procedure does control/restrict in the sense of indicating "this is how the task should be performed" by nature of describing inner detail, this is not different than parts of a product indicating "this is how the parts should be assembled". Consequently, it doesn't restrict the outer item as a whole but provides inner detail of the item.

procedure example — Figure 5.3.3.3.1.1.A — Procedure relationships

5.3.3.3.2 Entity inheritance

- IfcRoot

5.3.3.3.3 Attributes

#	Attribute	Type	Description
IfcRoot (4)
1	GlobalId	IfcGloballyUniqueId	Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.
2	OwnerHistory	OPTIONAL IfcOwnerHistory	Assignment of the information about the current ownership of that object, including owning actor, application, local identification and information captured about the recent changes of the object, NOTE Only the last modification is stored - either as addition, deletion or modification. IFC4-CHANGE The attribute has been changed to be OPTIONAL.
3	Name	OPTIONAL IfcLabel	Optional name for use by the participating software systems or users. For some subtypes of IfcRoot the insertion of the Name attribute may be required. This would be enforced by a where rule.
4	Description	OPTIONAL IfcText	Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.
IfcObjectDefinition (7)
	HasAssignments	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssigns FOR RelatedObjects	Reference to the relationship objects, that assign (by an association relationship) other subtypes of IfcObject to this object instance. Examples are the association to products, processes, controls, resources or groups.
	Nests	SET [0:1] OF IfcRelNests FOR RelatedObjects	References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is a part within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object occurrence or type can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical structures only). IFC4-CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from Decomposes defined at IfcObjectDefinition.
	IsNestedBy	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelNests FOR RelatingObject	References to the decomposition relationship being a nesting. It determines that this object definition is the whole within an ordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object or object type can be nested by several other objects (occurrences or types). IFC4-CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added and separated from IsDecomposedBy defined at IfcObjectDefinition.
	HasContext	SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDeclares FOR RelatedDefinitions	References to the context providing context information such as project unit or representation context. It should only be asserted for the uppermost non-spatial object. IFC4-CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been added.
	IsDecomposedBy	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAggregates FOR RelatingObject	References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is whole within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definition can be aggregated by several other objects (occurrences or parts). IFC4-CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates.
	Decomposes	SET [0:1] OF IfcRelAggregates FOR RelatedObjects	References to the decomposition relationship being an aggregation. It determines that this object definition is a part within an unordered whole/part decomposition relationship. An object definition can only be part of a single decomposition (to allow hierarchical structures only). IFC4-CHANGE The inverse attribute datatype has been changed from the supertype IfcRelDecomposes to subtype IfcRelAggregates.
	HasAssociations	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssociates FOR RelatedObjects	Reference to the relationship objects, that associates external references or other resource definitions to the object. Examples are the association to library, documentation or classification.
IfcObject (5)
5	ObjectType	OPTIONAL IfcLabel	The type denotes a particular type that indicates the object further. The use has to be established at the level of instantiable subtypes. In particular it holds the user defined type, if the enumeration of the attribute PredefinedType is set to USERDEFINED or when the concrete entity instantiated does not have a PredefinedType attribute. The latter is the case in some exceptional leaf classes and when instantiating IfcBuiltElement directly.
	IsDeclaredBy	SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByObject FOR RelatedObjects	Link to the relationship object pointing to the declaring object that provides the object definitions for this object occurrence. The declaring object has to be part of an object type decomposition. The associated IfcObject, or its subtypes, contains the specific information (as part of a type, or style, definition), that is common to all reflected instances of the declaring IfcObject, or its subtypes. IFC4-CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
	Declares	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByObject FOR RelatingObject	Link to the relationship object pointing to the reflected object(s) that receives the object definitions. The reflected object has to be part of an object occurrence decomposition. The associated IfcObject, or its subtypes, provides the specific information (as part of a type, or style, definition), that is common to all reflected instances of the declaring IfcObject, or its subtypes. IFC4-CHANGE New inverse relationship, change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
	IsTypedBy	SET [0:1] OF IfcRelDefinesByType FOR RelatedObjects	Set of relationships to the object type that provides the type definitions for this object occurrence. The then associated IfcTypeObject, or its subtypes, contains the specific information (or type, or style), that is common to all instances of IfcObject, or its subtypes, referring to the same type. IFC4-CHANGE New inverse relationship, the link to IfcRelDefinesByType was previously included in the inverse relationship IfcRelDefines. Change made with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
	IsDefinedBy	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelDefinesByProperties FOR RelatedObjects	Set of relationships to property set definitions attached to this object. Those statically or dynamically defined properties contain alphanumeric information content that further defines the object. IFC4-CHANGE The data type has been changed from IfcRelDefines to IfcRelDefinesByProperties with upward compatibility for file based exchange.
IfcProcess (5)
6	Identification	OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier	An identifying designation given to a process or activity. It is the identifier at the occurrence level. IFC4-CHANGE Attribute promoted from subtypes.
7	LongDescription	OPTIONAL IfcText	An extended description or narrative that may be provided. IFC4-CHANGE New attribute.
	IsPredecessorTo	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatingProcess	Dependency between two activities, it refers to the subsequent activity for which this activity is the predecessor. The link between two activities can include a link type and a lag time.
	IsSuccessorFrom	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelSequence FOR RelatedProcess	Dependency between two activities, it refers to the previous activity for which this activity is the successor. The link between two activities can include a link type and a lag time.
	OperatesOn	SET [0:?] OF IfcRelAssignsToProcess FOR RelatingProcess	Set of relationships to other objects, e.g. products, processes, controls, resources or actors, that are operated on by the process.
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IfcProcedure (1)
8	PredefinedType	OPTIONAL IfcProcedureTypeEnum	Identifies the predefined types of a procedure from which the type required may be set.

Table 5.3.3.3.1.1.B

5.3.3.3.4 Formal propositions

Name Description

CorrectPredefinedType

Either the PredefinedType attribute is unset, or the inherited attribute ObjectType must be asserted when the value of PredefinedType is set to USERDEFINED.

 NOT(EXISTS(PredefinedType)) OR (PredefinedType <> IfcProcedureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR
((PredefinedType = IfcProcedureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS(SELF\IfcObject.ObjectType))

HasName

The Name attribute should be inserted to describe the task name.

EXISTS(SELF\IfcRoot.Name)

Table 5.3.3.3.1.1.C

5.3.3.3.5 Property sets

Pset_Risk
- RiskName
- RiskType
- NatureOfRisk
- RiskAssessmentMethodology
- UnmitigatedRiskLikelihood
- UnmitigatedRiskConsequence
- UnmitigatedRiskSignificance
- MitigationPlanned
- MitigatedRiskLikelihood
- MitigatedRiskConsequence
- MitigatedRiskSignificance
- MitigationProposed
- AssociatedProduct
- AssociatedActivity
- AssociatedLocation

5.3.3.3.6 Concept usage

Concept	Usage	Description
IfcRoot (2)
Revision Control	General	Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory.
Software Identity	General	IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the concept.
IfcObjectDefinition (9)
Classification Association	General	Any object occurrence or object type can have a reference to a specific classification reference, i.e. to a particular facet within a classification system.
Aggregation	General	No description available.
Approval Association	General	No description available.
Constraint Association	General	No description available.
Document Association	General	No description available.
Library Association	General	No description available.
Material Association	General	No description available.
Material Single	General	No description available.
Nesting	General	No description available.
IfcObject (5)
Object Predefined Type	General	No description available.
Object Typing	General	Any object occurrence can be typed by being assigned to a common object type utilizing this concept. A particular rule, restricting the applicable subtypes of IfcTypeObject that can be assigned, is introduced by overriding this concept at the level of subtypes of IfcObject. This concept can be applied to the following resources: IfcTypeObject
Object User Identity	General	An attribute Name and optionally Description can be used for all subypes of IfcObject. For those subtypes, that have an object type definition, such as IfcBeam - IfcBeamType, the common Name and optionally Description is associated with the object type.
Property Sets with Override	General	Any object occurrence can hold property sets, either directly at the object occurrence as element specific property sets, or at the object type, as type property sets. In this case, the properties that are provided to the object occurrence are the combinations of element specific and type properties. In case that the same property (within the same property set) is defined both in occurrence and type properties, the property value of the occurrence property overrides the property value of the type property.
Assignment to Group	General	No description available.
IfcProcess (4)
Property Sets for Objects	General	This concept can be applied to the following resources: Pset_Risk
Object Typing	General	This is a further elaboration on an inherited concept. This concept can be applied to the following resources: IfcTypeProcess
Process Assignment	General	No description available.
Sequential Connectivity	General	No description available.
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IfcProcedure (4)
Object Nesting	General	The IfcProcedure may be contained within an IfcTask or IfcProcedure using the IfcRelNests relationship. An IfcProcedure may in turn nest other IfcProcedure or IfcEvent entities. Such nesting indicates decomposed level of detail. This concept can be applied to the following resources: IfcTask
Object Typing	General	This is a further elaboration on an inherited concept. IfcProcedure defines the anticipated or actual occurrence of any procedure; common information about procedure types is handled by IfcProcedureType. This concept can be applied to the following resources: IfcProcedureType
Process Assignment	General	This is a further elaboration on an inherited concept. NOTE A particular type of IfcProcedure is a caution, warning or other form of advisory note. Typically, it is anticipated that such a procedure would be assigned to the specific IfcProcess for which it gives advice using IfcRelAssignsToProcess.
Sequential Connectivity	General	This is a further elaboration on an inherited concept. The relationship IfcRelSequence is used to indicate control flow. An IfcProcedure as a successor to an IfcEvent indicates that the procedure should be performed in response to the event. An IfcProcedure as a predecessor to an IfcEvent indicates that the event should be triggered following the procedure. As procedures have arbitrary duration, the IfcRelSequence.SequenceType attribute has no effect on an IfcProcedure but still applies to the opposite end of the relationship if IfcTask is used.

Table 5.3.3.3.1.1.D

5.3.3.3.7 Formal representation

 ENTITY IfcProcedure
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcProcess);
	PredefinedType : OPTIONAL IfcProcedureTypeEnum;
 WHERE
	CorrectPredefinedType : NOT(EXISTS(PredefinedType)) OR (PredefinedType <> IfcProcedureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) OR
((PredefinedType = IfcProcedureTypeEnum.USERDEFINED) AND EXISTS(SELF\IfcObject.ObjectType));
	HasName : EXISTS(SELF\IfcRoot.Name);
END_ENTITY;

5.3.3.3.8 References

IfcProcess