Introduction
In product catalogs we often see "options".
Options in a product catalog are ways in which a product may be configured.
EXAMPLES
- A PUMP model comes in a series of sizes, materials, etc.
- A car model comes in a series of colors, engine types, accessories, etc.
Modeling
A generic model with three variants:
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[59] is the 'anchor' Class, and [61] the version of the year.
The diagram shows three options [62], [63], [64] , that one by one are a specialization of [61].
We select options 1 and 3. These are made members of an dm:EnumeratedSetOfClass [65].
Now we have to take out the doubles, caused by the fact that the information of [61] is being inherited more than once. This is done by union, and the result is represented by [66].
Example of catalog options
Assume we select a car and use a "Configurator" as can be found on many websites.
For this example a random choice was made for a BMW with the following standard and optional features, where the selected options are in red:
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CHOOSE YOUR MODEL SE Pro M Sport and M Sport Pro Edition Sport Pro M Models The selected SE Pro model comes standard with: 17" V-spoke style 778 light alloy wheels Acoustic glass Active Guard Plus Adaptive LED Headlights Ambient Lighting Automatic Air Conditioning BMW Online Services BMW TeleServices Cloth upholstery Cruise Control DAB Radio Folding Wing Mirrors with Auto-dimming Front LED Foglights High-gloss Black Interior Trim Live Cockpit Professional Non-metallic exterior colour Parking Assistant Rear Folding Headrests Rear-view Mirror with Auto dimming Split folding rear seats Sport Leather Steering Wheel |
CHOOSE YOUR ENGINE Petrol Plug-in Hybrid (2) BMW 330e SE Pro Touring BMW 330e xDrive SE Pro Touring Petrol (2) BMW 318i SE Pro Touring BMW 320i SE Pro Touring Diesel (3) BMW 320d SE Pro Touring BMW 320d xDrive SE Pro Touring BMW 318d SE Pro Touring EXTERIOR COLOURS NON-METALLIC Alpine White Jet Black METALLIC Black Sapphire metallic Melbourne Red Glacier Silver metallic Mineral White metallic Mineral Grey metallic PhytonicBlue metallic Blue Ridge Mountain metallic |
ALLOY WHEELS 17" V-spoke style 778 light alloy wheels 18" Bicolour Orbit Grey Double-spoke style 782 alloy wheels UPHOLSTERY CLOTH Anthracite cloth LEATHERETTE Black Sensatec (Only available with additional optional equipment (see SE PLUS PACK) ) INTERIOR TRIMS High-gloss Black Interior Trim Quartz Silver Interior Trim Oak Grain Open-pored Interior Trim Ash Grey-brown Interior Trim OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT Towbar Panoramic Glass Sunroof Sun Protection Glass Harman/Kardon Audio System Additional Storage Compartment |
PACKAGES SE PLUS PACK with: Black Sensatec Front Heated Seats COMFORT PACK with: Additional Storage Compartment Extended Storage Contents Comfort Access Heated Steering Wheel VISIBILITY PACK Laserlights High-Beam Assistant TECHNOLOGY PACK Enhanced Bluetooth with Wireless Charging WiFi Hotspot Harman/Kardon Audio System Head-Up Display TECHNOLOGY PLUS PACK Enhanced Bluetooth with Wireless Charging WiFi Hotspot Harman/Kardon Audio System Head-Up Display Parking Assistant Plus Driving Assistant Professional Drive Recorder Gesture Control |
Please note that, as an example, "Jet Black" means: BMW SERIES 3 WITH 21 STANDARD FEATURES, that has a non-metallic Jet Black exterior colour.
Taking the far left sliver the code, from top to bottom of above diagram, is:
bmw:dfc74e50-de8c-4067-b74e-1b3b1a304efc rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf rdl:RDS11526424 ; # CAR rdfs:label "BMW SERIES 3" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:3efd919a-9de7-42cb-9a99-43ce1ec97181 rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf bmw:dfc74e50-de8c-4067-b74e-1b3b1a304efc ; rdfs:label "BMW SERIES 3 TOURING" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:0a761a0a-0140-4f82-8e0e-93ba7acd59a4 rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf bmw:3efd919a-9de7-42cb-9a99-43ce1ec97181 ; rdfs:label "BMW SERIES 3 TOURING WITH 21 STANDARD FEATURES" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:c134c357-a0c2-4c8b-a634-45f36e1d35c4 rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf bmw:0a761a0a-0140-4f82-8e0e-93ba7acd59a4 ; rdfs:label "BMW SERIES 3 TOURING WITH ENGINE OPTIONS" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:7b448c69-0569-4e8b-8d1f-1569c58b500f rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf bmw:c134c357-a0c2-4c8b-a634-45f36e1d35c4 ; rdfs:label "Petrol Plug-in Hybrid" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:f9aead82-d354-4eef-88c6-f9bb7bb29ded rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf bmw:7b448c69-0569-4e8b-8d1f-1569c58b500f ; rdfs:label "BMW 330e xDrive SE Pro Touring" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:2768272a-e95c-4618-8a1f-3f3d7aa552e4 rdf:type dm:EnumeratedSetOfClass ; rdfs:label "MY SELECTED OPTIONS" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:51095fb0-3363-461b-9bb8-3aa4029ac7a6 rdf:type tpl:ClassificationOfClassOfIndividual ; tpl:hasClassified bmw:f9aead82-d354-4eef-88c6-f9bb7bb29ded ; # "BMW 330e xDrive SE Pro Touring" tpl:hasClassifier bmw:2768272a-e95c-4618-8a1f-3f3d7aa552e4 ; # "MY SELECTED OPTIONS" meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:e43de9b3-6b1a-4a48-b229-63fe01078387 rdf:type tpl:IntersectionOfEnumeratedSetOfClass ; # provides the semantic link with the output information. Grab the EnumeratedSetOfClass members from there. tpl:hasInput bmw:2768272a-e95c-4618-8a1f-3f3d7aa552e4 ; # ”MY SELECTED OPTIONS” tpl:hasResult bmw:5f1f07cb-ec95-45f6-8693-63383c1d81b0 ; # "MY FULLY DETAILED SERIES 3 CAR" meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime . bmw:5f1f07cb-ec95-45f6-8693-63383c1d81b0 rdf:type dm:ClassOfInanimatePhysicalObject ; rdfs:subClassOf rdl:RDS11526424 ; # CAR rdfs:label "MY FULLY DETAILED SERIES 3 CAR" ; meta:valEffectiveDate "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime .