port

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

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

SubClass Of: bfo:site

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:immaterial entity › bfo:site › port

Definition

site that serves as an interface through which material, energy, or information may enter or leave

Examples

• Sampling port used to withdraw culture samples from a bioreactor vessel; Addition port used to introduce feed or reagent into a single-use bioreactor bag; Harvest port used to remove process material from a vessel; Gas inlet port used to introduce air, oxygen, nitrogen, or CO₂ into a bioreactor; Exhaust port used to remove off-gas from a bioreactor; Probe port used for insertion or connection of a pH, dissolved oxygen, or temperature sensor to a bioreactor; Communication-connector port through which a controller exchanges data with a supervisory control system

Primitive Class

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

Primitive Rationale

There are insufficient constructs present to create a set of necessary and sufficient conditions. It is expected that further formalization of this term will be conducted in the Systems Engineering WG.

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Axioms

Port(x) → Site(x)

Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms

if x is a ‘port’ then x is a ‘site’

Description Logic

constr:Port ⊑ bfo:site

SubClassOf: bfo:site