Department of Agriculture

Life Cycle Assessment Domain Metadata Schemas

Name: Life Cycle Assessment Domain Metadata Schemas
Creator: Department of Agriculture

An Excel workbook compiles an inventory of major metadata schemas used in life cycle assessment. Each record in the workbook details the schema's name, version, purpose, and key elements.

Example records

Nameadditional data	Full Nameadditional data	Websiteadditional data
Recchioni, M., Mathieux, F., Allacker, K., Schau,	Recchioni, M., Mathieux, F., Allacker, K., Schau,	Recchioni, M., Mathieux, F., Allacker, K., Schau,
PRé Sustainability. (2016, January 15). SimaPro v8	PRé Sustainability. (2016, January 15). SimaPro v8	PRé Sustainability. (2016, January 15). SimaPro v8
PRé. (2013, November). Introduction to LCA with Si	PRé. (2013, November). Introduction to LCA with Si	PRé. (2013, November). Introduction to LCA with Si

Use cases

Identifying LCA Software Vendors for Sustainability Procurement

A corporate sustainability procurement team evaluating environmental software tools cross-references the organizations cited in this dataset to build a shortlist of vendors whose tools conform to recognized LCA metadata standards, helping them avoid proprietary formats that could create data lock-in.

NameFull NameWebsite

Mapping the LCA Standards Ecosystem for Market Entry

A fintech analyst sizing the environmental data and ESG reporting software market uses the organizations and schema publishers in this dataset to identify which companies hold influence over LCA data interoperability standards, informing investment or partnership targeting.

NameFull Name

Vendor Due Diligence on ESG Data Providers

A supply chain compliance team vetting a third-party ESG data provider checks whether the schemas that provider claims to support appear in an authoritative inventory of recognized LCA metadata standards, validating the provider's technical credibility before contract signing.

NameFull NameWebsite