LCI data modelling and a database design

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-113

  Carlson, Raul ^a   Tillman, Anne Marie ^a   Steen, Bengt ^a   Löfgren, Göran ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Nordic Port AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computable data; Database design, activity; Database design, flow; LCA data aspects; LCI; LCI data modelling; Life Cycle Inventory (LCI); Meta data fields; SPINE; Sustainable Product Information Network for the Environment (SPINE); System analysis; Transparent storage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031721004     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978500     Document Type: Article

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