ProcessLink

A process link is a connection between two processes in a product system.

Properties

`@type`

Type: string (external doc)
Proto-Index: 1

`exchange`

The exchange of the linked process (this is useful if the linked process has multiple exchanges with the same flow that are linked to different provides, e.g. in an electricity mix).

Type: ExchangeRef
Proto-Index: 2

`flow`

The descriptor of the flow that is exchanged between the two processes.

Type: Ref of Flow
Proto-Index: 3

`process`

The descriptor of the process that is linked to the provider.

Type: Ref of Process
Proto-Index: 4

`provider`

A reference to a process, product system, or result that provides the product or a waste (treatment) flow.

Type: Ref
Proto-Index: 5

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 ProcessLink:
  exchange: ExchangeRef
  flow: Ref
  process: Ref
  provider: Ref

JSON example

{
  "@type": "ProcessLink",
  "provider": {
    "@type": "Process",
    "@id": "41b31d77-5223-47a1-a24a-153ac1a9f670",
    "name": "Electrolysis"
  },
  "flow": {
    "@type": "Flow",
    "@id": "b55f8bd2-404d-4830-b053-4731e36668b9",
    "name": "liquid aluminium"
  },
  "process": {
    "@type": "Process",
    "@id": "55fd27b1-c73d-4a76-b560-cfc461e81efd",
    "name": "Ingot casting"
  },
  "exchange": {
    "@type": "ExchangeRef",
    "internalId": 1
  }
}

openLCA schema