IfcOrganizationRelationship

Semantic definitions at the entity

Entity definition

The IfcOrganizationRelationship establishes an association between one relating organization and one or more related organizations.

NOTE Entity adapted from organization_relationship defined in ISO 10303-41.

HISTORY New entity in IFC2x

IFC4 CHANGE Attributes Name and Description promoted to new supertype IfcResourceLevelRelationship.

Attribute definitions

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	C
3	RelatingOrganization	IfcOrganization	[1:1]	Organization which is the relating part of the relationship between organizations.	X
4	RelatedOrganizations	IfcOrganization	S[1:?]	The other, possibly dependent, organizations which are the related parts of the relationship between organizations.	X

Inherited definitions from supertypes

Entity inheritance

Attribute inheritance

#	Attribute	Type	Cardinality	Description	C
IfcResourceLevelRelationship
1	Name	IfcLabel	[0:1]	A name used to identify or qualify the relationship.	X
2	Description	IfcText	[0:1]	A description that may apply additional information about the relationship.	X
IfcOrganizationRelationship
3	RelatingOrganization	IfcOrganization	[1:1]	Organization which is the relating part of the relationship between organizations.	X
4	RelatedOrganizations	IfcOrganization	S[1:?]	The other, possibly dependent, organizations which are the related parts of the relationship between organizations.	X

Formal representations

XSD Specification

 <xs:element name="IfcOrganizationRelationship" type="ifc:IfcOrganizationRelationship" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcResourceLevelRelationship" nillable="true"/>

 <xs:complexType name="IfcOrganizationRelationship">

  <xs:complexContent>

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

    <xs:sequence>

     <xs:element name="RelatingOrganization" type="ifc:IfcOrganization" nillable="true"/>

     <xs:element name="RelatedOrganizations">

      <xs:complexType>

       <xs:sequence>

        <xs:element ref="ifc:IfcOrganization" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

       </xs:sequence>

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

       <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 IfcOrganizationRelationship

 SUBTYPE OF (IfcResourceLevelRelationship);

  RelatingOrganization : IfcOrganization;

  RelatedOrganizations : SET [1:?] OF IfcOrganization;

END_ENTITY;

 EXPRESS-G diagram

Item	Change	Description
IFC2x3 to IFC4
IfcOrganizationRelationship
Name	MODIFIED	Instantiation changed to OPTIONAL.

	Organisation - Relation
	Organization Relationship
	Relation entre organisations