The Property module of the Life Cycle Assessment Network Ontology (LCAnet).
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The Property module of the Life Cycle Assessment Network Ontology (LCAnet).

This version:
https://w3id.org/lcanet/property/2.2.0
Latest version:
https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#
Previous version:
2.1.0
Revision:
2.2.0
Issued on:
2026-05-20
Authors:
Fatima Danash, CEA List
Publisher:
https://www.cea.fr
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License:
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Danash, F., et al. (2026). LCAnet: A Modular Ontology Network for Life Cycle Assessment (Version 2.2.0).
Ontology Specification Draft

Abstract

LCAnet is a modular ontology network for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) designed to provide a unified semantic framework for representing LCA systems. It is composed of six interoperable modules covering key aspects of LCA modeling: the Core module, Activity module, Actor module, Property module, Spatiotemporal module, and Impact Assessment module. The Core module serves as the central backbone of the network by importing the other modules and establishing explicit semantic links across all components, enabling consistent representation and reasoning over LCA data.

Introduction back to ToC

LCAnet-Property provides classes and properties that enable users to model qualitative and quantitative characteristics of LCA entities. It represents attributes such as quantities, units, and data quality indicators. The module enriches the semantic description of activities and flows and is integrated into the LCAnet network through the Core ontology.

Namespace declarations

Table 1: Namespaces used in the document
dc<http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/>
dcterms<http://purl.org/dc/terms/>
owl<http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#>
prop<https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#>
rdf<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
rdfs<http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#>
vann<http://purl.org/vocab/vann/>
xml<http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace>
xsd<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>

LCAnet-Property: Overview back to ToC

This ontology has the following classes and properties.

Classes

Data Properties

Annotation Properties

LCAnet-Property: Description back to ToC

The Property module is part of the LCAnet ontology proposed by the SmartACV Carnot Project. It provides a formal representation of qualitative and quantitaive properties to LCA processes and flows, enabling the description of LCA data for products or services.

Cross-reference for LCAnet-Property classes, object properties and data properties back to ToC

This section provides details for each class and property defined by LCAnet-Property.

Classes

Balanceable Propertyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#BalanceableProperty

A property representing a flow of materials, energy, or emissions that is tracked and balanced in life cycle assessment studies.
has super-classes
Quantitative Property c

Data Quality Propertyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#DataQualityProperty

A property that represents the quality, reliability, or validity of data associated with an entity or measurement.
has super-classes
Quantitative Property c

Propertyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#Property

A property
has sub-classes
Qualitative Property c, Quantitative Property c

Qualitative Propertyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#QualitativeProperty

A property that represents a descriptive or categorical characteristic of an entity.
has super-classes
Property c
is in domain of
has Quality Value dp
is disjoint with
Quantitative Property c

Quantitative Propertyc back to ToC or Class ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#QuantitativeProperty

A property that represents a measurable numeric quantity associated with an entity.
has super-classes
Property c
has sub-classes
Balanceable Property c, Data Quality Property c
is in domain of
has Quantity Value dp, has Unit dp
is disjoint with
Qualitative Property c

Data Properties

has Quality Valuedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#hasQualityValue

relates a qualitative property to its value
has domain
Qualitative Property c
has range
string

has Quantity Valuedp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#hasQuantityValue

relates a quantitative property to its value
has domain
Quantitative Property c

has Unitdp back to ToC or Data Property ToC

IRI: https://w3id.org/lcanet/property#hasUnit

relates a quantitative property to its unit
has domain
Quantitative Property c
has range
string

Annotation Properties

creatorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator

dateap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date

descriptionap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description

issuedap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued

licenseap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/license

preferred Namespace Prefixap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix

preferred Namespace Uriap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri

publisherap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher

titleap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC

IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title

Legend back to ToC

c: Classes
dp: Data Properties

References back to ToC

Add your references here. It is recommended to have them as a list.
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Acknowledgments back to ToC

The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing Widoco, the program used to create the template used in this documentation.