#### 5.1.3.8 IfcRelAssigns

| Assignation
| Weist zu - Relation

The assignment relationship, IfcRelAssigns, is a generalization of "link" relationships among instances of IfcObject and its various 1st level subtypes. A link denotes the specific association through which one object (the client) applies the services of other objects (the suppliers), or through which one object may navigate to other objects.

The client is denoted as the relating object and is established at the level of the specific, instantiable subtypes of IfcRelAssigns. The suppliers are denoted as the related objects and they are established by the RelatedObjects attribute.

> NOTE The terms "client" and "supplier" are used in a general concept and do not imply any meaning for implementations of systems (like client-server).

> EXAMPLE A resource may receive information about its nature of representing real building products by establishing a link between IfcResource and IfcBuildingElement (subtype of IfcProduct) through the assignment relationship IfcRelAssignsToResource. The resource is then the client that applies the services of other objects (here building elements) to express the particular view of elements to be consumed as a resource in a process.

The assignment relationship establishs a bi-directional relationship among the participating objects and does not imply any dependency. The subtypes of IfcRelAssigns establishes the particular semantic meaning of the assignment relationship.

> HISTORY New entity in IFC2x.

XSD Specification:

<xs:element name="IfcRelAssigns" type="ifc:IfcRelAssigns" abstract="true" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcRelationship" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcRelAssigns" abstract="true">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcRelationship">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="RelatedObjects">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element ref="ifc:IfcObjectDefinition" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute ref="ifc:itemType" fixed="ifc:IfcObjectDefinition"/>
<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 IfcRelAssigns

| ABSTRACT SUPERTYPE OF(IfcRelAssignsToGroup)

| SUBTYPE OF (IfcRelationship);

RelatedObjects | : | SET [1:?] OF IfcObjectDefinition;
RelatedObjectsType | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;

| WHERE

WR1 | : | IfcCorrectObjectAssignment(RelatedObjectsType, RelatedObjects);

END_ENTITY;

Attribute Definitions:

RelatedObjects | : | Related objects, which are assigned to a single object. The type of the single (or relating) object is defined in the subtypes of IfcRelAssigns.

Formal Propositions:

WR1 | : | Rule checks whether the types of the assigned related objects comply with the contraint given by the RelatedObjectsType. The rule is important for constraint checks at subtypes of IfcRelAssigns or at subtypes of IfcObject, which refers to assignment relationships through the inverse HasAssignments relation.

Inheritance Graph:

ENTITY IfcRelAssigns

| ENTITY IfcRoot

GlobalId | : | IfcGloballyUniqueId;
OwnerHistory | : | OPTIONAL IfcOwnerHistory;
Name | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
Description | : | OPTIONAL IfcText;

| ENTITY IfcRelationship

| ENTITY IfcRelAssigns

RelatedObjects | : | SET [1:?] OF IfcObjectDefinition;
RelatedObjectsType | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;

END_ENTITY;

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