IfcRoot

Natural language names
generelle Basisklasse
Root
Racine
Semantic definitions at the entity
Entity definition

IfcRoot is the most abstract and root class for all entity definitions that roots in the kernel or in subsequent layers of the IFC specification. It is therefore the common supertype of all IFC entities, beside those defined in an IFC resource schema. All entities that are subtypes of IfcRoot can be used independently, whereas resource schema entities, that are not subtypes of IfcRoot, are not supposed to be independent entities.

NOTE  View definitions and implementation agreement may impose additional restrictions on the use of the OwnerHistory to handle object versioning.

HISTORY  New entity in IFC1.0

IFC4 CHANGE  The attribute OwnerHistory has been made OPTIONAL.

Attribute definitions
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescription G
1GlobalIdIfcGloballyUniqueId Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world. X
2OwnerHistoryIfcOwnerHistory? 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
3NameIfcLabel? 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
4DescriptionIfcText? Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments. X
Inherited definitions from supertypes
Entity inheritance IfcObjectDefinition IfcPropertyDefinition IfcRelationship
Attribute inheritance
#AttributeTypeCardinalityDescriptionG
IfcRoot
1GlobalIdIfcGloballyUniqueId Assignment of a globally unique identifier within the entire software world. X
2OwnerHistoryIfcOwnerHistory? 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
3NameIfcLabel? 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
4DescriptionIfcText? Optional description, provided for exchanging informative comments. X
Definitions applying to General Usage

 Instance diagram


Concept usage

Identity

The Software Identity concept applies to this entity.

IfcRoot assigns the globally unique ID. In addition it may provide for a name and a description about the concept.



Revision Control

The Revision Control concept applies to this entity.

Ownership, history, and merge state is captured using IfcOwnerHistory.



mvdXML Specification
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ConceptRoot xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" uuid="d090a6a2-8191-4e94-8b93-2ed9b9e55b6b" name="IfcRoot" applicableRootEntity="IfcRoot">
 <Applicability>
  <Template ref="8253685d-cc2d-445b-b55d-1a278dfd7ef6" />
  <TemplateRules operator="and">
  </TemplateRules>
 </Applicability>
 <Concepts>
  <Concept uuid="6494d38b-0564-455b-be04-a1c9e93619e7" name="Identity">
   <Template ref="f7cb0a08-fee7-4cc0-85fe-43f6a6a0bce1" />
  </Concept>
  <Concept uuid="0bfb8463-69fc-4b90-a733-79ab4bb6f6c6" name="Revision Control">
   <Template ref="b441c773-3fdc-42b6-a323-ad268dcd85f2" />
  </Concept>
 </Concepts>
</ConceptRoot>
Concept inheritance

#ConceptTemplateModel View
IfcRoot
IdentitySoftware IdentityGeneral Usage
Revision ControlRevision ControlGeneral Usage
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:element name="IfcRoot" type="ifc:IfcRoot" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:Entity" nillable="true"/>
 <xs:complexType name="IfcRoot" abstract="true">
  <xs:complexContent>
   <xs:extension base="ifc:Entity">
    <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element name="OwnerHistory" type="ifc:IfcOwnerHistory" nillable="true" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xs:sequence>
    <xs:attribute name="GlobalId" type="ifc:IfcGloballyUniqueId" use="optional"/>
    <xs:attribute name="Name" type="ifc:IfcLabel" use="optional"/>
    <xs:attribute name="Description" type="ifc:IfcText" use="optional"/>
   </xs:extension>
  </xs:complexContent>
 </xs:complexType>
EXPRESS Specification
ENTITY IfcRoot
 ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(ONEOF(IfcObjectDefinition, IfcPropertyDefinition, IfcRelationship));
  GlobalId : IfcGloballyUniqueId;
  OwnerHistory : OPTIONAL IfcOwnerHistory;
  Name : OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
  Description : OPTIONAL IfcText;
 UNIQUE
  UR1 : GlobalId;
END_ENTITY;

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