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C.30.AD.BA:2.1 - Recover the selected structures before combining views

For every included view, state the exact candidate description episteme, its selected-structure EntityOfConcern, the architecture concern for which it is used, the exact viewpoint episteme, and the obtaining E.17.0 conformance occurrence. A geometry or coordination model can expose several structures, but the file boundary does not select one structure or grant view membership.

Encountered descriptionFirst recoverArchitecture-description use
Spatial modelSpatial containment, placement, access, or separation structure under its direct relation pattern.Cite the exact description episteme, selected structure, viewpoint, and conformance occurrence for the exact built asset.
Functional or flow modelRequired or desired effect claims, functional structure, selected transformation-flow structure, ports, and interfaces under A.6.F, E.18, or C.30.TFS-REL; an actual transformation only under A.3.4.Keep required content, selected flow organization, actual change, and the description/view use distinct; record correspondence or positive co-reference only when its direct predicate obtains.
Product or equipment modelModule claim or admitted module relation, component, interface, allocation, or placement relations under A.6.M and their subject patterns.Keep the physical asset parts distinct from the description elements, representations, and publications that refer to them.
Control or operational modelExact selected control structure under C.30.LCA, together with direct control, measurement, Work, and currentness relations.Cite the control description/view without treating live values, a dashboard, or the LCA diagram as architecture adequacy or proof.
Cost, schedule, operation, maintenance, sustainability, or energy viewThe exact description episteme and selected structure; then any measurement-result episteme for a claimed Characteristic under C.16, operation or maintenance Work under A.15.1, positive temporal aspect under C.27.TA or action-guiding temporal claim under C.27, causal use of an intervention, maintenance action, simulation, telemetry change, or claimed effect under C.28, and evidence, reliance, or assurance under A.10 or B.3.Keep the description or view, measured Characteristic, Work, temporal aspect or claim, causal-use question and verdict, currentness boundary, evidence, and assurance distinct; cite its source-to-use path and G.11 validity or reopen condition.

This last row is a distinct recognition-and-routing branch, not a new auxiliary-view kind and not a claim that every such description is an architecture structural view. Admit one as U.View only through the same exact selected-structure EntityOfConcern, viewpoint, and independently obtaining E.17.0 conformance required of every other view; return each embedded claim to the owner named in the row.

A single IFC publication may carry source descriptions for several rows. Conversely, one selected structure may be the EntityOfConcern of several descriptions and may be represented or published several times. C.30.AD.BA therefore keys each use to exact description identity, selected structure, view conformance, built-asset trace, and declared use rather than to a file, platform, package, or view count.