Spatial Decomposition concept definition

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Seems that there are some adjustments required for the concept “Spatial Decomposition” in the published schemas.

There is a note on this page:
http://www.buildingsmart-tech.org/ifc/IFC4/Add2/html/link/spatial-decomposition.htm

NOTE The link between the project and the highest level spatial element is provided by this concept through IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure and not through declaration using IfcRelDeclares. This is a known anomaly intruduced to maintain compatibility with earlier versions of this standard.

Aside from the typo for “intruduced” it mentions the relationship IfcRelContainedInSpatialStructure that can’t be related to a project (only an IfcSpatialElement). It also seems to me that the concept is nominating the name attribute to be involved which seems incorrect.

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Thanks @jonm - it seems to be a mistake - the link between IfcProject and IfcSite (which normally is the highest spatial structure element) is handled by IfcRelAggregate. It should be corrected with the next documentation update.

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Raised Fix documentation error on spatial decomposition · Issue #33 · buildingSMART/IFC4.3.x-development · GitHub

Btw @jonm I didn’t understand this one - can you clarify:

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I wasn’t sure why the name attribute appeared in Figure 36 here:
https://standards.buildingsmart.org/IFC/RELEASE/IFC4/ADD2_TC1/HTML/link/spatial-decomposition.htm

Needs a review by others more experienced with concept templates than me.

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I think it just shows all the attributes… not a bug I guess?