Definition from ISO/CD 10303-41:1992: A label is the term by which something may be referred to. It is a string which represents the human-interpretable name of something and shall have a natural-language meaning.
Type: STRING - it should be restricted to max. 255 characters.
NOTE Corresponding STEP name: label, please refer to ISO/IS 10303-41:1994 for the final definition of the formal standard.
HISTORY New type in IFC Release 2x.
<xs:simpleType name="IfcLabel">
<xs:restriction base="xs:normalizedString"/>
</xs:simpleType>
<xs:element name="IfcLabel-wrapper" nillable="true">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:simpleContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcLabel">
<xs:attributeGroup ref="ifc:instanceAttributes"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:simpleContent>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
TYPE IfcLabel = STRING;
END_TYPE;