Glossary of ecoinvent Terminology

A

activity
activity class
activity link (=direct link)
addition to stock
AOX

B

biological oxygen demand (BOD)
BOD
by-product / waste

C

CED
chemical oxygen demand (COD)
child dataset
CIF
conditional exchange
constrained market
consumed water (=water consumption)
consumption mix
cooling water
CPC (Central Product Classification);
CV

D

data quality guidelines
database service layer
DM
DOC
dry mass

E

ecoEditor
ecoinvent database version 2
ecoinvent database version 3
ecoQuery
ecoSpold Format
elementary exchange
evaporation
evaporation rate
evapotranspiration
exchange

F

FOB
fresh water
FromEnvironment
FromTechnosphere

G

GDP
Geography
GLO
groundwater
groundwater depletion

I

ID
inheritance
intermediate exchange
International Standard Industrial Classification
IO
ISIC
ISO

K

KML

L

LCA
LCI
LCIA
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
lifetime of a product
linking

M

market activity
market dataset
mft / non-mft
MO
multi-output activity

N

NAICS
NDI
NMVOC
NPP
NPP-C

P

parameter
parent dataset
PM10
PM2.5
process
process water
produced water
product
product water content
production mix
property

R

rest of the world (RoW)
RoW

S

salt water
service
shallow groundwater
SPOLD
supply mix
surface water
system model

T

TCDD
TDS
technosphere
TOC
ToEnvironment
ToTechnosphere
TPM
transforming activity
treatment activity
TSS

U

UN
unit process (UPR)
UUID

W

water balance
water content (U)
water footprint
water in wet mass (WWM)
water inventory
water supply flows
water use
water use, direct
water use, indirect
water withdrawal
wet mass (WM)

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