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5.1.3.31 IfcRelAssociatesDocument

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5.1.3.31.1 Semantic definition

The objectified relationship (IfcRelAssociatesDocument) handles the assignment of document information (items of the select IfcDocumentSelect) to object occurrences (subtypes of IfcObject) or object types (subtypes of IfcTypeObject).

The relationship is used to assign a document reference or detailed document information to objects. A single document reference can be applied to multiple objects.

The inherited attribute RelatedObjects defines the objects to which the document association is applied. The attribute RelatingDocument is the reference to a document reference, applied to the object(s).

5.1.3.31.2 Entity inheritance

5.1.3.31.3 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

An 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

An optional description, provided to exchange 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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IfcRelAssociatesDocument (1)
6 RelatingDocument IfcDocumentSelect

Document information or reference which is applied to the objects.

Table A

5.1.3.31.4 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 also provide a name and description for the concept.

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Table B

5.1.3.31.5 Formal representation

ENTITY IfcRelAssociatesDocument
SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelAssociates);
RelatingDocument : IfcDocumentSelect;
END_ENTITY;

5.1.3.31.6 References

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5 contributor(s): ArturTomczakGeert HesselinkstefkeBDion MoultbSI-Bot
Last change: Typos and small patches in content and entities (#986) * Typos and small patches in content and entities * revert redundant changes * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcObjectDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcPropertySetDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcPropertyTemplateDefinition.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcRelDeclares.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> * Update docs/schemas/core/IfcKernel/Entities/IfcRelationship.md Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Thomas Krijnen <t.krijnen@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: ArturTomczak <artomczak@gmail.com> by Geert Hesselink on 2025-09-18T09:21:05+01:00

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