USDA LCA Commons Data Submission Guidelines

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US Department of Agriculture, and National Agricultural Library. USDA LCA Commons Data Submission Guidelines. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E250226V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title USDA LCA Commons Data Submission Guidelines
Summary:  View help for Summary This document provides instructions for editing and submitting unit process or product system models to the USDA LCA Commons life cycle inventory (LCI) database. The LCA Commons LCI database uses the openLCA life cycle modeling tool's database schema. Therefore, this document describes how to import and edit data in openLCA and name and classify flows such that they properly import into and operate in the database. This document also describes metadata or documentation requirements for posting models to the LCA Commons.

This document is an evolving standard for LCA Commons data. As USDA-NAL continues to gain experience in managing a general purpose LCI database and global conventions continue to evolve, so too will the LCA Commons Submission Guidelines.


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Resource Title: LCA Commons Submission Guidelines_12/09/2015. File Name: lcaCommonsSubmissionGuidelines_Final_2015-12-09.pdf

Resource Title: LCA Commons Submission Guidelines_12/09/2015.

File Name: lcaCommonsSubmissionGuidelines_Final_2015-12-09.pdf
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/USDA_LCA_Commons_Data_Submission_Guidelines/24660360

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms NAL-KSD; data.gov; ARS
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1240888 Citation: National Agricultural Library (2016). USDA LCA Commons Data Submission Guidelines. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1240888 (Downloaded 2026-06-26)


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