The Catalog Service associates device-types with competence classes. Each device type belongs to exactly one competence class, while each competence class can include multiple device types.
Each competence classes defined in the catalog service has a unique competence class code ([A-Z0-9_]{1,50}) and a translated competence class name.
Competence classes can be used by clients of the Catalog Service to implement e.g. permission handling, device filtering etc.