container identifier
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ContainerIdentifier
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
SubClass Of: identifier
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:generically dependent continuant › information content entity › denoter › identifier › container identifier
Definition
identifier that identifies a container
Semi-Formal Definition:
every instance of ‘container identifier’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘identifier’ that ‘designates’ some ‘container’
Examples
- A QR code printed on a plastic drum used to store and transport a buffer solution; A barcode on a stainless steel transport vessel used to transfer cell culture harvest material from a fed-batch bioreactor to the primary capture chromatography system; A unique container code painted on an intermodal shipping container used to transport electronics from a manufacturing site to a distribution port; A barcode affixed to a reusable parts bin used to transport fasteners from a warehouse to an automotive assembly line
Counter-Examples
- A product catalog number that refers to a type of plastic container sold by a manufacturer; A batch number assigned to a lot of buffer solution held in a stainless steel tank. Although the identifier is associated with the material inside the container, it does not identify the container itself and is therefore not a container identifier
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Definition
ContainerIdentifier(x) ↔ Identifier(x) ∧ ∃y(Container(y) ∧ designates(x, y))
Description Logic
EquivalentTo: constr:Identifier and constr:designates some constr:Container
SubClassOf: constr:Identifier
Provenance
- Moved from
BiopharmaMaterialProcurementAndStorage(https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/BiopharmaMaterialProcurementAndStorage/) on 2026-03-19T08:56:00