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IfcPerson

Definition from ISO/CD 10303-41:1992: An individual human being.

NOTE: Many countries have legislation concerning the identification of individual persons within databases.Although the intent of the IFC Model is to act as a specification for data exchange and sharing, an IFC file might in some situations be considered to be a database that enables identification of a particular person under the terms of such legislation. Users should be aware of the constraints of legislation that might apply in the places where IFC files are used.
HISTORY This entity has changes after IFC Release 1.5.1.
This entity has changes after IFC Release 2.0.
ISSUE See issue and change log for issues and changes made in IFC Release 2x.

EXPRESS specification:

ENTITY IfcPerson;
Id  :  OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier;
FamilyName  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
GivenName  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
MiddleNames  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
PrefixTitles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
SuffixTitles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
Roles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcActorRole;
Addresses  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcAddress;
INVERSE
EngagedIn  :  SET OF IfcPersonAndOrganization FOR ThePerson;
WHERE
WR1  :  EXISTS(FamilyName) OR EXISTS(GivenName);
END_ENTITY;

Attribute definitions:

Id  :  Identification of the person.
FamilyName  :  The name by which the family identity of the person may be recognized.

NOTE: Depending on geographical location and culture, family name may appear either as the first or last component of a name.
GivenName  :  The name by which a person is known within a family and by which he or she may be familiarly recognized.

NOTE: Depending on geographical location and culture, given name may appear either as the first or last component of a name.

MiddleNames  :  Additional names given to a person that enable their identification apart from others who may have the same or similar family and given names.
Middle names are not normally used in familiar communication but may be asserted to provide additional identification of a particular person if necessary. They may be particularly useful in situations where the person concerned has a family name that occurs commonly in the geographical region.
PrefixTitles  :  The word, or group of words, which specify the person's social and/or professional standing and appear before his/her names.
SuffixTitles  :  The word, or group of words, which specify the person's social and/or professional standing and appear after his/her names.
Roles  :  Roles played by the person.
Addresses  :  Postal and telecommunication addresses of a person.

NOTE - A person may have several addresses.
EngagedIn  :  The inverse relationship to IfcPersonAndOrganization relationships in which IfcPerson is engaged.

Formal Propositions:

WR1  :  Requires that either the family name or the given name is used. It is not acceptable to have a person without a family or given name.

References (3):

Name Type Referred through Express-G
IfcActorSelect Select
Select relation
Diagram 1
IfcAddress Entity
Attribute 'OfPerson'
Diagram 2
IfcPersonAndOrganization Entity
Attribute 'ThePerson'
Diagram 1

Inheritance graph

ENTITY IfcPerson;
ENTITY IfcPerson;
Id  :  OPTIONAL IfcIdentifier;
FamilyName  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
GivenName  :  OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
MiddleNames  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
PrefixTitles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
SuffixTitles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcLabel;
Roles  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcActorRole;
Addresses  :  OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcAddress;
INVERSE
EngagedIn  :  SET OF IfcPersonAndOrganization FOR ThePerson;
END_ENTITY;