catalog number

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/CatalogNumber

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaMaterialProcurementAndStorage/

SubClass Of: classifier

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thingbfo:entitybfo:continuantbfo:generically dependent continuantinformation content entitydenoterclassifiercatalog number

Definition

classifier that is sequence of alphanumeric characters created by an organization to classify a product they offer for sale

Examples

  • G8270 is the catalog number of glucose created by SigmaAldrich; 23225 is the catalog number for the Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit created by ThermoFisher;17543801 is the catalog number for MabSelect SuRe resins 25ml created by Cytiva; 17543802 is the catalog number for MabSelect SuRe resins 25ml created by Cytiva

Counter-Examples

  • number of a particular lot or batch

Synonyms

  • product type identifier

Primitive Class

This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient ontological constructs available to define the necessary and sufficient conditions for this class. Specifically, constructs for expressing unique identification at the type level, and constructs around creation of a number by an organization are missing.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

CatalogNumber(x) → Classifier(x) ∧ ∃m(MaterialProduct(m) ∧ classifies(x,m))

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘catalog number’ then x is an ‘classifier’ and x ‘classifies’ a ‘material product’

Description Logic