IfcChangeActionEnum

Natural language names
Veränderung - Aufzählung
Change Action Enum
Enumération des types de changement
Change log
ItemSPFXMLChangeDescription
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
    IfcChangeActionEnum
      NOTDEFINEDADDED
      MODIFIEDADDEDXXDELETED
      MODIFIEDDELETEDXXDELETED
IFC2x3 to IFC4 4.0.0.0
    IfcChangeActionEnum
      NOTDEFINEDADDED
      MODIFIEDADDEDXXDELETED
      MODIFIEDDELETEDXXDELETED
Semantic definitions at the type
Type definition

IfcChangeActionEnum identifies the type of change that might have occurred to the object during the last session (for example, added, modified, deleted). This information is required in a partial model exchange scenario so that an application or model server will know how an object might have been affected by the previous application. Valid enumerations are:

Consider Application A will create an IFC dataset that it wants to publish to others for modification and have the ability to subsequently merge these changes back into the original model. Before publication, it may want to set the IfcChangeActionEnum to NOCHANGE to establish a baseline so that other application changes can be easily identified. Application B then receives this IFC dataset and adds a new object and sets IfcChangeActionEnum to ADDED with Application B defined as the OwningApplication. Application B then modifies an existing object and (re)defines the LastModifiedDate to the time of the modification, LastModifyingUser to the IfcPersonAndOrganization making the change, and sets the LastModifyingApplication to Application B. When Application A receives this modified dataset, it can determine which objects have been added and modified by Application B and either merge or reject these changes as necessary. Consequently, the intent is that an application only modifies the value of IfcChangeActionEnum when it does something to the object, with the further intent that a model server is responsible for clearing the IfcChangeActionEnum back to NOCHANGE when it is ready to be republished.

HISTORY  New enumeration in IFC2.0.

IFC4 CHANGE  Enumerators MODIFIEDADDED and MODIFIEDDELETED have been removed

Enumeration definition
ConstantDescription
NOCHANGEObject has not been modified.
MODIFIEDA modification to the object has been made by the user and application defined by the LastModifyingUser and LastModifyingApplication respectively.
ADDEDThe object has been created by the user and application defined by the OwningUser and OwningApplication respectively.
DELETEDThe object has been deleted by the user and application defined by the LastModifyingUser and LastModifyingApplication respectively.
NOTDEFINEDThe change action is not known or has not been defined.
Formal representations
XML Specification
 <xs:simpleType name="IfcChangeActionEnum">
  <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
   <xs:enumeration value="nochange"/>
   <xs:enumeration value="modified"/>
   <xs:enumeration value="added"/>
   <xs:enumeration value="deleted"/>
   <xs:enumeration value="notdefined"/>
  </xs:restriction>
 </xs:simpleType>
EXPRESS Specification
TYPE IfcChangeActionEnum = ENUMERATION OF (
 NOCHANGE,
 MODIFIED,
 ADDED,
 DELETED,
 NOTDEFINED);
END_TYPE;

Link to EXPRESS-G diagram EXPRESS-G diagram

References  References: IfcOwnerHistory

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