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Representing environmental performance indicators (EPIs) is often based on the incorporation of external data from third parties, e.g. databases or applications. A challenge on its own is the heterogeneity of the used formats and the missing of agreed upon definitions. We propose a semantic approach for addressing these issues. This approach relies on the ontology for EPIs which has been introduced conceptually in chapter “OEPI Ontology” already. In this chapter, we illustrate its application based on practical case studies.
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The term product stage has been coined by PRé Consultants in the context of the tool SimaPro (PRé Consultants 2010a, pp. 52, 55). Product stages describe the composition of the product, the use phase and the disposal route of the product.
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Bublitz, S. et al. (2013). Incorporating External Data Using Semantics. In: Dada, A., Stanoevska, K., Gómez, J. (eds) Organizations’ Environmental Performance Indicators. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32720-9_11
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