5.1.3.42 IfcRelationship
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5.1.3.42.1 Semantic definition
IfcRelationship is the abstract generalization of all objectified relationships in IFC. Objectified relationships are the preferred way to handle relationships among objects. This allows to keep relationship specific properties directly at the relationship and opens the possibility to later handle relationship specific behavior.
There are two different types of relationships, 1-to-1 relationships and 1-to-many relationships, used within the subtypes of IfcRelationship. The following convention applies to all subtypes:
- The two sides of the objectified relationship are named Relating+<name of relating object> and Related+<name of related object>
- In case of the 1-to-many relationship, the related side of the relationship shall be an aggregate being a set 1:N
5.1.3.42.2 Entity inheritance
5.1.3.42.3 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, |
| 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. |
5.1.3.42.4 Concept usage
| Concept | Usage | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| IfcRoot (2) | |||
| Revision Control | General |
Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory. |
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| 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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5.1.3.42.5 Formal representation
ENTITY IfcRelationship
ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF (ONEOF
(IfcRelAssigns
,IfcRelAssociates
,IfcRelConnects
,IfcRelDeclares
,IfcRelDecomposes
,IfcRelDefines))
SUBTYPE OF (IfcRoot);
END_ENTITY;