ImpactCategory

Properties

@type

Inherited from Entity.@type

@id

Inherited from RefEntity.@id

name

Inherited from RefEntity.name

description

Inherited from RefEntity.description

category

Inherited from RootEntity.category

lastChange

Inherited from RootEntity.lastChange

tags

Inherited from RootEntity.tags

version

Inherited from RootEntity.version

code

impactFactors

The characterisation factors of the LCIA category.

parameters

A set of parameters which can be used in formulas of the characterisation factors in this impact category.

refUnit

The name of the reference unit of the LCIA category (e.g. kg CO2-eq.).

direction

The impact direction of this impact category.

source

Python class stub

The snippet below shows the names of the properties of the corresponding Python class of the olca-schema package. Note that this is not the full class definition but just shows the names of the class and its properties.


@dataclass
class ImpactCategory:
  id: str
  category: str
  code: str
  description: str
  direction: Direction
  impact_factors: List[ImpactFactor]
  last_change: str
  name: str
  parameters: List[Parameter]
  ref_unit: str
  source: Ref
  tags: List[str]
  version: str

JSON example

{
  "@type": "ImpactCategory",
  "@id": "3a08605b-d7c9-4f40-a17e-74cece1dde8b",
  "name": "Depletion of abiotic resources - elements, ultimate reserves",
  "description": "ADPelements (Oers et al. 2001)",
  "referenceUnitName": "kg antimony eq.",
  "impactFactors": [
    {
      "@type": "ImpactFactor",
      "value": 1.0943318963E-9,
      "flow": {
        "@type": "Flow",
        "@id": "0305b169-255d-4041-8f5d-6e095bcb6358",
        "name": "Aluminium"
      },
      "unit": {
        "@type": "Unit",
        "@id": "20aadc24-a391-41cf-b340-3e4529f44bde",
        "name": "kg"
      },
      "flowProperty": {
        "@type": "FlowProperty",
        "@id": "93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66",
        "name": "Mass"
      }
    }
  ]
}