NOTE The template has been defined in the context of UK_Defence. Refer to the business context for details of related templates.

NOTE An explanation of a template and the associated instantiation path is provided in the Template overview section.

This information object is represented using a object diagram and table of attribute definitions below. It represents a specification for a codified item of supply, identified by its Nato Stock Number (NSN). The specification includes the information required to configure and manage the MoD supply chain.

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object Nato Item of Supply Specification

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Class code	This is the Class Code (CC), part of the Nato Stock Number.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Class of Store	This identifies the class of the storage for this item of supply.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Description	This is the description of the item of supply.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Item Identification Number	This is the Item Identification Number (IIN), part of the Nato Stock Number	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Name	This is the name of the item of supply specification.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
National Code	This is the Nation Code (NC), part of the Nato Stock Number.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Nato Stock Number	This is the concatenated string representation of the Nato stock number of the item of supply.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Nato Supply Class	This is the Nato Supply Class (NSC), part of the Nato stock Number.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Nato Supply Group	This parameter identifies the NATO supply group (NSG) code for the item of supply.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Owner	This is specifies the owner of the item of supply specification.	Intrinsic	Mandatory

Table 1 — Nato Item of Supply Specification attribute details

Allow the Resource_item entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Resource_item entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $nato_item_of_supply_specification.nato_item_of_supply_specification%

where target is the parameter to which the Resource_item is bound.

-- create the resource item for the Nato IOS spec
/representing_resource_item(
    res_item_id=@name,
    res_item_id_class='Approved_item_name',
    res_item_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    res_item_id_org_id=@owner,
    res_item_id_org_id_class='National_codification_bureau',
    res_item_id_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/
%^nato_item_of_supply_specification = $representing_resource_item.res_item%

-- Classification of the resource item (nioss)
/assigning_reference_data(
    class_name='Nato_item_of_supply_specification',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Class_code
/identifier(
    ID=@class_code,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='Class_code',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Class_of_store
/assigning_reference_data(
    class_name=@class_of_store,
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Description
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@description,
    class_name='Description',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Item_identification_number
/identifier(
    ID=@item_identification_number,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='Item_identification_number',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Name
/identifier(
    ID=@nato_stock_number,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='NSN_code',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- National_code
/identifier(
    ID=@national_code,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='Ncb_code',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Nato_supply_class
/identifier(
    ID=@nato_supply_class,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='Nato_supply_class',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

-- Nato_supply_group
/identifier(
    ID=@nato_supply_group,
    source_organization=@owner,
    type='Nato_supply_group',
    items=^nato_item_of_supply_specification)/

The instance diagram in Figure 4 shows an example of the EXPRESS entities and templates that are instantiated by the template:

/nato_item_of_supply_specification(class_code='', class_of_store='', description='', item_identification_number='', name='', nato_stock_number='', national_code='', nato_supply_class='', nato_supply_group='', owner='')/

(an illustration of the consolidated nato_item_of_supply_specification template is shown in Figure 5 below.)