IFC 4.3.0.0 (IFC4X3) final

5.1.3.30 IfcRelAssociatesClassification

5.1.3.30.1 Semantic definition

The objectified relationship IfcRelAssociatesClassification handles the assignment of a classification item (items of the select IfcClassificationSelect) to objects occurrences (subtypes of IfcObject) or object types (subtypes of IfcTypeObject).

The relationship is used to assign a classification item, or a classification system itself to objects. Depending on the type of the RelatingClassification it is either:

  • a reference to an classification item within an external classification system, or
  • a reference to the classification system itself

The inherited attribute RelatedObjects define the objects or object types to which the classification is applied. The attribute RelatingClassification is the reference to a classification, applied to the object(s). A single RelatingClassification can thereby be applied to one or multiple objects.

5.1.3.30.2 Entity inheritance

5.1.3.30.3 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.

IfcRelAssociates (1)
5 RelatedObjects SET [1:?] OF IfcDefinitionSelect

Set of object or property definitions to which the external references or information is associated. It includes object and type objects, property set templates, property templates and property sets and contexts.

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IfcRelAssociatesClassification (1)
6 RelatingClassification IfcClassificationSelect

Classification applied to the objects.

Table 5.1.3.30.A

5.1.3.30.4 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 5.1.3.30.B

5.1.3.30.5 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcRelAssociatesClassification
 SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelAssociates);
	RelatingClassification : IfcClassificationSelect;
END_ENTITY;

5.1.3.30.6 References

5.1.3.30.7 Changelog

  • attributes RelatingClassification definition, Changed from IfcClassificationNotationSelect to IfcClassificationSelect