Choose a naming option for your Registry schema

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Unique ID's across Benchling Registry

The Registry standardizes the way that you will name each item of a schema

  • Descriptive Name: long name to describe what the entity is. Can be user-input or system-generated, see below for more information.  

  • Registry ID: short name to describe what the entity is. Components of the Registry ID are a (1) Prefix + (2) Number. The ID Number can be user-generated, system-generated or generated based off a naming template (contact support@benchling.com to enable this feature).

  • Alias: old name to describe the entity

You will need to designate a prefix for each schema that will be used to generate the Registry ID. 

All ID's must be unique across the Registry and either can be used to reference and link to the entity.

Entities in the Registry can also have multiple aliases, which is useful when different people refer to the same entity by a different name. Aliases are searchable and can be used to refer to the entity, but must be unique. 

Example: Plasmid Entity with Descriptive name [pBR322 - A.635.G] and Registry ID [TP11696].

 

Entity Naming Options

You will need to designate a prefix for each schema that will be used to generate the Registry ID. This is often times something like p for plasmid, c for cell line, or something that matches your current naming structure. Every entity will generate a sequential ID based on the prefix (i.e. the first plasmid would be p001, then p002, then p003).

After the schema is created, it can be updated to add a naming template.

Note: You must create the schema before naming template options become available.

Naming Template Options

Benchling can generate a systematic name based on a combination of field values.

For example, if a cell line has fields vendor, organism, and lot number we can generate a name for a specific cell line that is equal to the values of vendor - organism - lot number. This option is useful if you wish to standardize nomenclature and you don’t want to provide your own name. 

  • Generate new registry IDs, and replace name according to Naming Template: Benchling generates Registry ID; Benchling replaces Descriptive Name with Naming Template

  • Generate new registry IDs, and replace name according to Naming Template and keep old name as alias: Benchling generates Registry ID; Benchling replaces Descriptive Name with Naming Template and stores the old name as Alias (must also be unique) 

Example: Naming Template design for an Antibody Entity

 

Additional Options

  • Generate new registry IDs: User provides Descriptive Name; Benchling generates Registry ID.

  • Generate new registry IDs based on entity names: Benchling generates Registry ID based on trailing numerical digits in user-provided Descriptive Name.

  • Generate new registry IDs, replace name with registry ID: Benchling generates Registry ID; Benchling replaces Descriptive Name with Registry ID.

  • Keep existing entity names as registry IDs: Benchling replaces Registry ID with user-provided Descriptive Name.

  • Generate registry IDs and names according to name template. The name template generates the entity name and the registry ID.

Note: For historical data, if you are using a numbering system, Benchling can generate an ID based on that number to reduce confusion (i.e. if you already have something up to p945, we will use the existing number as the ID and then new plasmids will pick up at p946). 

 

 

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