buildingSMART / buildingSMART/IFC4.x-development

Proposal for Location to fall back to the referenced IfcExternalInformation if null

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Description

IfcExternalInformation like IfcDocumentInformation, IfcLibraryInformation, IfcClassification has an inherited Location.

The references to the document / library / classification, (i.e. subclasses of IfcExternalReference) all also have an inherited Location.

The external reference may be associated back to the external information.

I think it makes sense to state that if the external reference Location is set to null, the next place to check for a location would be the external information's Location as a fallback.

Does this make sense? Should a sentence be written about it in the docs?

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