5.1.3.39 IfcRelDefinesByTemplate

5.1.3.39.1 Semantic definition

The objectified relationship IfcRelDefinesByTemplate defines the relationships between property set template and property sets. Common information about property sets, e.g. the applicable name, description, contained properties, is defined by the property set template and assigned to all property sets.

The IfcRelDefinesByTemplate is a 1-to-N relationship, as it allows for the assignment of one property set template to a single or to many property sets or quantity sets. Those property sets then share the same property set template definition.

5.1.3.39.2 Entity inheritance

- IfcRoot

5.1.3.39.3 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.
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IfcRelDefinesByTemplate (2)
5	RelatedPropertySets	SET [1:?] OF IfcPropertySetDefinition	One or many property sets or quantity sets that obtain their definitions from the single property set template.
6	RelatingTemplate	IfcPropertySetTemplate	Property set template that provides the common definition of related property sets.

Table 5.1.3.39.A

5.1.3.39.4 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.
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Table 5.1.3.39.B

5.1.3.39.5 Formal representation

 ENTITY IfcRelDefinesByTemplate
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelDefines);
	RelatedPropertySets : SET [1:?] OF IfcPropertySetDefinition;
	RelatingTemplate : IfcPropertySetTemplate;
END_ENTITY;