IfcRelDeclares

Item	SPF	XML	Change	Description
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
IfcRelDeclares			ADDED

Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

The objectified relationship IfcRelDeclares handles the declaration of objects (subtypes of IfcObject) or properties (subtypes of IfcPropertyDefinition) to a project or project library (represented by IfcProject, or IfcProjectLibrary).

The relationship handles the assignment of other objects, like IfcActor, or IfcTypeObject to the project, or project libary. The attribute RelatedDefinitions provides the references to the first level objects, that are the elements within the context. All other objects that relate to the first level objects are also defined in the context.

NOTE Every object (as subtype of IfcObject) has to be declared within the context of a single IfcProject, or of a IfcProjectLibrary assigned to a single IfcProject. This declaration is transitive. For example: the IfcWorkPlan as first level object is declared within the context of IfcProject via IfcRelDeclares, all related IfcWorkSchedule's are related to the context in a transitive way through IfcWorkPlan.

NOTE The assignment excludes subtypes of IfcProduct's, these are assigned to the IfcProject using the spatial structure approach through IfcSpatialStructureElement(s), where the outer container element such as IfcSite or IfcBuilding has an IfcRelAggregates relationship with the IfcProject.

The RelatingContext is the project, or project library that comprises all elements. The unit assignments and the presentation contexts defined at IfcProject or IfcProjectLibrary apply to all these elements.

HISTORY New entity in IFC4.

Attribute definitions

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
5	RelatingContext	IfcContext		Reference to the IfcProject to which additional information is assigned.	X
6	RelatedDefinitions	IfcDefinitionSelect	S[1:?]	Set of object or property definitions that are assigned to a context and to which the unit and representation context definitions of that context apply.	X

Formal Propositions

Rule	Description
NoSelfReference	The instance to with the relation points shall not be contained in the set of RelatedObjects.

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	G
IfcRoot
1	GlobalId	IfcGloballyUniqueId		Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world.	X
2	OwnerHistory	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 in stored - either as addition, deletion or modification. IFC4 CHANGE The attribute has been changed to be OPTIONAL.	X
3	Name	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.	X
4	Description	IfcText	?	Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments.	X
IfcRelationship
IfcRelDeclares
5	RelatingContext	IfcContext		Reference to the IfcProject to which additional information is assigned.	X
6	RelatedDefinitions	IfcDefinitionSelect	S[1:?]	Set of object or property definitions that are assigned to a context and to which the unit and representation context definitions of that context apply.	X

#	Concept	Template	Model View
IfcRoot
	Identity	Software Identity	General Usage
	Revision Control	Revision Control	General Usage

Formal representations

XML Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcRelDeclares" type="ifc:IfcRelDeclares" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcRelationship" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcRelDeclares">

  <xs:complexContent>

   <xs:extension base="ifc:IfcRelationship">

    <xs:sequence>

     <xs:element name="RelatedDefinitions">

      <xs:complexType>

       <xs:group ref="ifc:IfcDefinitionSelect" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:itemType" fixed="ifc:IfcDefinitionSelect"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:cType" fixed="set"/>

       <xs:attribute ref="ifc:arraySize" use="optional"/>

      </xs:complexType>

     </xs:element>

    </xs:sequence>

   </xs:extension>

  </xs:complexContent>

 </xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification


ENTITY IfcRelDeclares

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelationship);

  RelatingContext : IfcContext;

  RelatedDefinitions : SET [1:?] OF IfcDefinitionSelect;

 WHERE

  NoSelfReference : SIZEOF(QUERY(Temp <* RelatedDefinitions | RelatingContext :=: Temp)) = 0;
END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

	Deklariert einen Kontext - Relation
	Rel Declares

IfcRelDeclares

Semantic definitions at the entity

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Definitions applying to General Usage

Formal representations