#### 8.1.3.2 IfcOrganization

| Organisation
| Organisation

A named and structured grouping with a corporate identity.

> NOTE The relationships between IfcOrganization's, like between department within a company, can be expressed using the objectified relationship IfcOrganizationRelationship.

> NOTE Entity adapted from organization defined in ISO 10303-41.

> HISTORY New entity in IFC1.5.1.

> IFC4 CHANGE Attribute 'Id' renamed to Identification.

XSD Specification:

<xs:element name="IfcOrganization" type="ifc:IfcOrganization" substitutionGroup="ifc:Entity" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcOrganization">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:Entity">
<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 IfcOrganization;

Identification | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
Name | : | IfcLabel;
Description | : | OPTIONAL IfcText;
Roles | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcStrippedOptional;
Addresses | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcStrippedOptional;

| INVERSE

Engages | : | SET OF IfcPersonAndOrganization FOR TheOrganization;

END_ENTITY;

Attribute Definitions:

Identification | : | Identification of the organization.
Name | : | The word, or group of words, by which the organization is referred to.
Description | : | Text that relates the nature of the organization.
Addresses | : | Postal and telecom addresses of an organization. NOTE There may be several addresses related to an organization.
Engages | : | Inverse relationship to IfcPersonAndOrganization relationships in which IfcOrganization is engaged.

Inheritance Graph:

ENTITY IfcOrganization

| ENTITY IfcOrganization

Identification | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
Name | : | IfcLabel;
Description | : | OPTIONAL IfcText;
Roles | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcStrippedOptional;
Addresses | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcStrippedOptional;

| INVERSE

Engages | : | SET OF IfcPersonAndOrganization FOR TheOrganization;

END_ENTITY;

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