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8.6.2.9 IfcURIReference

8.6.2.9.1 Semantic definition

The IfcURIReference provides for identifying a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). A URI can be classified as a locator or a name or both, that is it may comprise a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and/or a Uniform Resource Name (URN).

  • A Uniform Resource Locator, URL, is a string conforming to a standardized format, which refers to a resource on the internet (such as a document or an image) by its location.
  • A Uniform Resource Name, URN, is intended to serve as persistent, location-independent resource identifier and is designed to make it easy to map other namespaces (that share the properties of URNs) into URN-space.

8.6.2.9.2 Formal representation

TYPE IfcURIReference = STRING;
END_TYPE;

8.6.2.9.3 References