Deprecating Lot Number Text

This is a process that was started at the CPM quarter at the San Antonio WGM January 2012.

In CPM there is representation of an instance of a product, using R_ProductInstance (POCP_RM020100UV). The text for the instance says: A product instance is (a) an individual product instance, i.e., an individually identified thing with a serial number; (b) a product lot, i.e., a set of things of the same kind (e.g., 1000 for expressing a number of tablets) or an amorphous mass (e.g., 100 L of a liquid raw material), or (c) any subset, member, or portion of a product lot. The distinction between an individual thing and a lot is made in the quantity attribute, which is set to 1 (one) for individual items, or any number e.g., 1000 or amount 100 L for sets of things or amorphous masses respectively.

The entity that represents the product instance has the attribute lotNumberText, but this has the following design comments: <<DEPRECATED: The lot number for this instance. It identifies an amount of the product that has been produced or otherwise processed together. This attribute should NOT be used any more, as a product lot is represented as an instance of itself, and the individual (serialized) items, or sub-portions of the lot are represented as "members" of the lot instance.>>