Live goats at farm gate

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers live domestic goats and kids managed for meat, milk, fibre, breeding, replacement, or mixed purposes and transferred alive at the producing farm gate. It applies from admitted breeding or replacement animals through reproduction where present, kid rearing, grazing or browse and supplementary or housed feeding, animal health, optional milking or fibre collection, water and energy use, enteric emissions, manure routing, selection or finishing, live-weight measurement, and transfer of ownership or control.

The reference product excludes sheep and other ruminants; goat meat or carcasses; raw goat milk, mohair, cashmere, skins, semen, and embryos as separate reference products; separately sold husbandry or veterinary services; post-farm transport; and animals after slaughterhouse receipt. Extensive or transhumant, mixed or agropastoral, and housed or semi-intensive routes are alternative implementations of the parent managed-biological-production activity. A dataset shall select one route, or keep route-specific records separate before transparent aggregation.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.live-animals-and-animal-products-excluding-meat.goats
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 02123 Goats
covered_products	Live domestic goats and kids transferred at the producing farm gate, including meat, dairy, fibre, breeding, replacement, cull, or mixed-purpose animal classes when the reference output remains a live animal.
excluded_products	Sheep and other ruminants; meat and carcasses; raw milk, mohair, cashmere, skins, semen, and embryos as separate reference products; separately sold husbandry or veterinary services; slaughter and post-farm transport.
representative_product	A live domestic goat weighed immediately before farm-gate transfer.
production_route	Parent activity: managed biological production. Route variants are extensive or transhumant grazing and browse, mixed or agropastoral management, and housed or semi-intensive production. Their feed sourcing, movement, shelter, shared infrastructure, manure pathways, energy use, milking or fibre collection, and calculation requirements remain route-specific.
market_state	Alive and fit for the declared transfer purpose, with species or goat type, animal class, sex where material, production purpose, route, live-weight basis, geography, and reporting cohort declared.

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Live domestic goats at the producing farm gate, before post-farm transport or slaughter.
How much	1 kg live weight.
How well	Goat type, animal class and purpose, sex where material, production route, health or fitness state relevant to transfer, and live-weight measurement basis are declared.
How long or cycle	One declared cohort or reporting period linking breeding or replacement, rearing, mortalities, intended co-products, shared assets, and transfers without double attribution.
reference_flow_link	live_goat_reference_output

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Live domestic goat at producing farm gate
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Mass units 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	goat species or type; animal class and purpose; sex where material; breed or genotype where material; production-system route; grazing, browse, transhumance, or housing regime; live-weight measurement basis and scale point; geography; farm-gate handover; cohort or reporting period

The reference-product UUID remains blank. Confirmed platform candidates are restricted to slaughter-ready, slaughter-weight, or marginal-extensive goats and therefore do not represent this broad category. Head count is activity data only and cannot replace live-weight mass.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_live_weight	reference live goat	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Measure live weight immediately before transfer at the producing farm gate. Retain scale point, date, individual or lot basis, and any fasting or gut-fill convention.
count_mass_conversion	births, entries, mortalities, and transfers recorded by head	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Convert count to mass only with animal-class-specific measured or sampled mean live weight; retain both count and conversion evidence.
feed_dry_matter	grazed browse and forage, conserved feed, concentrates, by-products, supplements, and milk replacer	Mass	kg dry matter and kg as-fed	Retain as-fed amount and measured or supplier dry-matter fraction. Do not aggregate wet and dry feed records without conversion evidence.
water_separation	drinking and service water	Mass or volume	kg or m3	Distinguish supplied water from rainfall and unmanaged surface water and disclose metering or estimation method.
gas_species_basis	methane, nitrous oxide, and ammonia	Mass	kg CH4, kg N2O or kg N2O-N, and kg NH3 or kg NH3-N	Preserve the named substance and elemental or molecular basis; any conversion shall be explicit and reproducible.
inventory_reference_normalization	all inventory rows	Actual flow property	exchange unit per reference flow	The inventory and collection aggregation fields below express final amounts per declared reference flow. Keep all raw collection records, original denominator qualifiers, route/period strata, unit conversions and allocation requirements. For each flow, first obtain its attributable amount in its own numerator unit using the existing rules; then divide by the measured accepted reference-output quantity of the same scope and multiply by the declared reference quantity. Do not mix species, states, gates or incompatible routes; count transfers and shared burdens once. A missing, zero or untraceable accepted-output denominator is a blocking data-quality issue. Keep provisional QA ranges on their explicitly stated bases; they are not conversion factors or production defaults. Compute normalized amount = attributable amount * declared reference quantity / measured accepted reference-output quantity. Apply normalization once only; never divide an already normalized value again.
stage_throughput_linkage	stage records and final package contributions	Actual flow property and its stated raw basis	retain native numerator and stage denominator units	Keep the original lot, event, cohort, period and stage denominators with their units. Reconstruct the attributable numerator A with measured stage quantity Q_stage and documented attribution before final normalization. If a quoted amount a_B corresponds to an explicit stage basis B_stage (for example, 1000 kg), use A = a_B * Q_stage / B_stage. If r_stage is already an intensity in exchange-unit per stage-unit, instead use A = r_stage * Q_stage, with no second division by B_stage. A raw attributable total is used directly. Final contribution = A * declared reference quantity / measured accepted final output. Convert compatible units explicitly and apply each attribution/allocation share exactly once; never treat a quoted amount or intensity as a raw total. Link stage transfers, losses, rejects, stocks, shared services and allocation to the same actual route, period and final-output stratum. For a 1000 kg basis retain 1000 kg explicitly. Do not assume unit yield, equal fresh/dried mass, equal head mass, equal dose quality or interchangeable gates. Missing links, unsupported unit conversion, zero denominators and untraceable allocation block dataset production. Stage-native datasets retain their own stage reference; package contributions are a separate projection.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Breeding or replacement goats admitted to the represented herd, plus purchased or transferred feed, forage, water, energy, health products, and other managed inputs entering the producing farm.
starting_condition_role	The admitted herd and external management inputs start the foreground managed-biological-production responsibility; reproduction, kidding, rearing, grazing or housing, health management, milking or fibre collection when present, manure handling, selection, weighing, and transfer remain inside it.
product_classification_scope	Live goats corresponding to CPC 3.0 02123. Milk, fibre, manure, skins, meat, and services remain separately classified outputs or activities.
recursive_input_rule	Live goats obtained from another producer are recorded as upstream Product inputs supported by a supplier dataset; their pre-transfer production shall not be recreated recursively in the receiving farm process.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Require supplier datasets for external live goats, feed and forage, health products, supplied water, energy carriers, and inbound transport where material. Select concrete flow UUIDs during foreground generation only after identity, state, provider, and destination are known.
disclosure	Declare goat type, animal classes and purpose, route variant, grazing or housing regime, feed boundary, breeding and replacement treatment, milk and fibre handovers, manure pathways, shared assets and service periods, cohort or reporting period, geography, weighing point, and farm-gate handover.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
managed_goat_boundary	all covered routes	Include managed reproduction where present, kidding and kid rearing, grazing or housed feeding, animal health, water and energy, enteric emissions, manure routing, optional milking or fibre collection, selection or finishing, and farm-gate weighing. Exclude slaughter, carcass handling, and post-farm transport.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-gleam
route_delta_separation	extensive or transhumant, mixed or agropastoral, and housed or semi-intensive routes	Identify the parent managed-biological-production activity and selected route. Preserve the route deltas in feed or browse, movement, housing and shared assets, manure routing, energy, co-product handling, calculation, and validation. Do not blend mutually exclusive routes before separate calculation.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-ruminant-lca-2013
phase_and_period_linkage	breeding, gestation, kidding, rearing, lactation or fibre phases, finishing, culling, and transfer	Link inputs, assets, animal events, mortalities, intended outputs, and manure to the biological phase and reporting period that caused them. Disclose partial-cycle coverage and replacement treatment.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
shared_asset_boundary	housing, fencing, water systems, vehicles, handling, milking, and fibre-collection facilities used by multiple groups or periods	Identify the asset or service, every consuming node or animal group, relevant service period, allocation driver, and evidence. Count the burden once across all consumers.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
farm_gate_handover	reference live-goat output	End the foreground responsibility when the animal is weighed and ownership or control transfers at the producing farm gate; later loading and transport are excluded unless explicitly moved inside the declared foreground boundary.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
managed_goat_herd	Managed goat herd production and farm-gate transfer	required	Always required. Reproduction, transhumance, housing, milking, fibre collection, and manure subroutes are represented only when present and separately recorded.	Foreground managed biological production that preserves route, phase, intended-output, and shared-infrastructure attribution through farm-gate transfer.	1 kg live goat at farm gate; retain animal-head, animal-day, cohort, phase, and reporting-period records.

Process: Managed goat herd production and farm-gate transfer (managed_goat_herd)

Inputs

Product flows

Breeding and replacement goats (breeding_replacement_goats)

Record live goats obtained from outside the represented herd history. Animals born and retained inside the represented cohort are internal and shall not be counted again as purchased inputs.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate over the declared cohort or reporting period

• Selected flow: Live breeding or replacement goats (UUID unresolved)
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg live weight; head count retained
• Amount rule: Calculate admitted live weight from class-specific entry weights and assign the upstream burden over the actual service period or represented outputs.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_goat_events_weights
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Provisional external-replacement screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg admitted live weight/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen covering self-replacing and externally replenished herds
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Supplied drinking and service water (supplied_water)

Record water supplied for drinking, cleaning, cooling, and other managed uses. Rainfall and unmanaged surface water are disclosed separately and are not automatically treated as supplied Product inputs.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Water supplied for goat production
• Flow property / unit: Mass or volume / kg or m3
• Amount rule: Sum metered or documented supplied water by use and phase; disclose estimation where direct measurement is unavailable.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_energy
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Provisional supplied-water screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0.5
  • Upper: 200
  • Unit: L/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen across grazing, hot-climate, housed, cleaning, and cooling conditions
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity at the equipment supply point (energy_supply_electricity)

Collection scope and applicability for energy_supply. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record purchased electricity, fuels, heat, or other energy carriers used for housing, lighting, pumping, milking, fibre collection, feeding, manure handling, and weighing. Foreground records determine the actual carrier. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_water_energy and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_energy
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-agricultural-energy

This binding is alternating current at the use point with supply technology, voltage and provider unspecified. Confirm actual AC supply; DC requires a different identity. The database reference is 1 MJ: preserve meter kWh and convert once using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ when linking reference quantities. Internal generation links to its foreground generator, without an additional purchased-electricity burden.

Diesel fuel supplied to equipment (energy_supply_diesel)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_water_energy and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_energy
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-agricultural-energy

Purchased heat at the process inlet (energy_supply_heat)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Purchased heat at the process inlet
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_water_energy and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_water_energy
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-agricultural-energy

Inbound freight transport service (inbound_freight_transport)

Record freight service for feed, bedding, health products, fuel, and other purchased materials only when transport is inside the declared foreground boundary. Animal movement by a distinct livestock service remains unbound unless exactly verified.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Road freight transport service for inbound materials
• Flow property / unit: Goods transport / t*km
• Amount rule: Calculate tonne-kilometres from transported mass and route distance for material deliveries included in the foreground boundary.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Transport service (transport_service)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_inbound_transport
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Provisional inbound-freight screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: t*km/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen for local through remote purchased inputs
  • Basis kind: Transport service (transport_service)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

No Waste-flow input is required by default. Record imported manure, bedding waste, or other wastes only when accepted for treatment inside the declared boundary and select a destination-compatible identity.

Elementary flows

No elementary input is prescribed by default. Land occupation, water withdrawal, and other resource exchanges shall be added only when their compartments, properties, and calculation methods are explicitly supported.

Outputs

Product flows

Live goat reference output (live_goat_reference_output)

Record the live animal mass weighed immediately before the farm-gate transfer of ownership or control. The semantic identity stays unbound until a broad farm-gate goat Product flow is verified.

Denominator and scope requirements：1 kg live goat at the producing farm gate

Raw reference-output records: Exactly 1 kg of measured live weight after normalization; retain the measured lot or individual mass before normalization. Preserve the measured accepted lot quantity and every required qualifier. The amount below is the normalized reference exchange, not an assertion that a physical lot contains only one unit.

• Selected flow: Live domestic goat at producing farm gate
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: 1 kg
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_goat_events_weights
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Reference normalization identity
  • Range role: Allowed range (allowed_range)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg reference flow
  • Basis: normalized reference output
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016

Raw goat milk co-product (raw_goat_milk_coproduct)

Record raw goat milk only when it is intentionally collected and transferred independently. Milk consumed by kids or discarded is not this co-product. Record warm or chilled state, temperature and actual gate separately for each lot. This broad card has no fixed UUID: a chilled farm-gate identity is eligible only for an actually chilled, gate-matched lot after identity confirmation. Never infer cooling from a UUID; include measured pre-handover cooling inputs and losses only when cooling actually occurs.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Raw goat milk, handover state and gate qualified
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Record transferred raw milk mass by herd phase and reporting period, net of milk consumed internally or discarded.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_intended_outputs
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Provisional transferred-milk screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 50
  • Unit: kg milk/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen spanning non-dairy and dairy-linked herds
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Fibre co-product (fibre_coproduct)

Record mohair, cashmere, or other goat fibre only when intentionally collected and transferred as an independent output. Retain fibre type, cleaning state, moisture basis, and handover point for later identity resolution.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Goat fibre at farm gate (UUID unresolved)
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure transferred fibre by type and condition; do not combine greasy, washed, or dehaired states without a documented conversion.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_intended_outputs
• Sources: fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
• Range: Provisional transferred-fibre screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg fibre/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen spanning non-fibre and fibre-producing herds
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Enteric biogenic methane to air (enteric_methane_air)

Calculate methane generated by enteric fermentation for the represented goat classes, diet, route, and period. Preserve CH4 mass and emission-factor tier.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Methane, biogenic, to unspecified air fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-a8e8-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg CH4
• Amount rule: Calculate from animal population and phase, feed or energy intake, and the documented IPCC or country-specific method; normalize after cohort calculation.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_emission_drivers
• Sources: ipcc-2019-livestock-manure
• Range: Provisional enteric-methane screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2
  • Unit: kg CH4/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen; source method determines the calculated value, not this interval
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Manure-management biogenic methane to air (manure_methane_air)

Calculate methane from manure deposited on pasture or managed in collection, storage, treatment, and use pathways. Keep this amount distinct from enteric methane.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Methane, biogenic, to unspecified air fe0acd60-3ddc-11dd-a8e8-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg CH4
• Amount rule: Calculate by animal class, volatile-solids production, pathway share, climate, storage duration, methane conversion factor, and recovery where present.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_manure_pathways
• Sources: ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
• Range: Provisional manure-methane screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg CH4/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen; pathway calculation remains authoritative
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Direct and indirect nitrous oxide to air (manure_nitrous_oxide_air)

Calculate N2O from managed manure and deposited excreta, retaining direct and indirect pathways and the N2O or N2O-N basis.

Coverage of this single N2O card: use calc_manure_n2o_coverage to calculate direct and applicable indirect components separately for the represented node, then report only their non-overlapping molecular-N2O sum assigned to this card. Keep storage and managed-soil calculations distinct. Exclude components explicitly covered by a linked process, retain the coverage evidence, and do not duplicate them as both aggregate and component exchanges. Missing indirect-pathway evidence is not zero.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to unspecified air 08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-94c3-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg N2O
• Amount rule: Calculate nitrogen excretion by animal class and phase, allocate it to manure pathways, apply documented direct and indirect factors, and convert N2O-N to N2O where needed.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_manure_pathways
• Sources: ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
• Range: Provisional nitrous-oxide screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.2
  • Unit: kg N2O/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen; pathway calculation remains authoritative
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Ammonia to air (manure_ammonia_air)

Calculate ammonia volatilization from housing, grazing deposition, collection, storage, treatment, and application pathways included in the foreground boundary.

Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate

• Selected flow: Ammonia to unspecified air 08a91e70-3ddc-11dd-a2a9-0050c2490048
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg NH3
• Amount rule: Calculate nitrogen entering each pathway, apply documented NH3-N volatilization factors, and convert NH3-N to NH3 where required; prevent overlap with nitrogen exported in manure.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_manure_pathways
• Sources: fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018; ipcc-2019-livestock-manure
• Range: Provisional ammonia screen
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 0.5
  • Unit: kg NH3/kg reference live weight
  • Basis: broad replaceable screen; pathway calculation remains authoritative
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
subdivide_before_allocation	separable herd groups, phases, and activities	Use separate records for animal classes, route variants, milking, fibre collection, manure treatment, and transfer when independently measurable before applying allocation.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
complete_intended_output_set	live goats, milk, fibre, breeding or cull animals, and exported manure	Enumerate every independently intended output and its handover. Classify retained manure as internal, exported manure with a recipient as Product flow, and mortalities or unusable material as Waste flow.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
output_attribution_decision	multi-output process instances	When subdivision does not remove joint burdens, document one PCR-specific attribution method, its output quantities and prices or other drivers, period, evidence, and sensitivity. Apply it consistently to all intended outputs.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
multi_period_attribution	breeding animals, replacements, shared assets, and outputs spanning periods	Assign burdens to the actual service, biological, or reporting periods using recorded events and service duration. Record replacement and termination decisions and prevent carry-over burdens from appearing in two periods.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
shared_infrastructure_attribution	housing, fencing, water, handling, milking, fibre, transport, and manure assets shared by groups or periods	Enumerate all consumers and service periods, choose and evidence a physical service driver where possible, and reconcile allocated shares to the total asset or service burden exactly once.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016

Concrete cards do not inherit numerical ranges from the former aggregate card. Determine quantities from original records, stock/meter reconciliation and the declared reference flow; no default quantity or numeric screen is supplied without evidence matching the identity, unit, period and boundary. Missing range evidence is a quality disclosure, not zero use or proof of completeness.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_residual_precedence	remaining common burden with no specified primary branch	Resolve any study-specific joint-product instruction in this PCR that has no specified primary branch using this precedence; retain an already explicitly prescribed category-specific primary method. First directly assign separable output-specific activities. For the remaining common burden B, use a physical driver d_i only when measured operation or biological-service records demonstrate the causal consumption represented by that driver. A product being weighable, valuable or lower grade alone is insufficient; do not switch arbitrarily between area, time, mass and revenue. For comparable grades receiving the same common handling, measured processed mass is applicable only with the same service demand, state and moisture basis demonstrated. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j); B_i=Ba_i. If no defensible causal physical driver exists for that common operation, use gate- and period-matched economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with the complete independently intended output set, compatible quantity/price units, currency, representative prices and values before output-specific downstream processing. Missing price or denominator evidence makes the allocated result incomplete, not a zero-priced product or a single-output system. Report shares summing to one and sensitivity to a material alternative; an alternative is not an interchangeable primary result. Waste, retained residues and internal transfers receive no co-product share, while their attributable production/handling burdens remain with the producing saleable route. Retain unallocated physical quantities and mass balances separately. This branch gives no automatic substitution credit; any separately scoped substitution analysis retains the gross inventory and its actual displaced-function evidence.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Specific input identification before dataset completion

Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Preserved collection scope
feed_forage_browse_specific_input	cp_feed_and_grazing	Operation managed_goat_herd: Record every managed diet source crossing the accounting boundary, including grazed forage or browse when its production is in scope, conserved feed, concentrates, by-products, supplements, and milk replacer. The umbrella remains unbound until actual feed identities are known. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate and declared herd period Original quantity method: Calculate the attributable final-package exchange under inventory_reference_normalization and stage_throughput_linkage using reconciled feed-supply records that retain in-boundary losses and their production burden.
herd_health_products_specific_input	cp_health_inputs	Operation managed_goat_herd: Record medicines, vaccines, disinfectants, mineral treatments, and other health products that cross the farm boundary. Retain the formulation and administration basis needed for later exact flow selection. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate Original quantity method: Record purchased or administered quantity by product, active ingredient or formulation, animal class, and phase; do not combine unlike products into one final exchange.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_goat_events_weights	managed_goat_herd	goat entries, births, class changes, deaths, and transfers	herd event register and scale record	animal id or lot; goat type; class; sex; purpose; event; date; measured weight; scale id; origin or destination	reconcile herd register with calibrated individual or lot weighing; Raw aggregation requirements: sum measured mass by event and class; convert counts only with class-specific sampled weights. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again. mortality_waste_specific_output: Record goats that die before the reference handover and unusable animal material by mass and destination. Animals intentionally transferred alive as cull stock remain intended Product outputs, not waste. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate Calculate mass from measured carcass weight or head count times class-specific measured mean mass; record destination and treatment route. This is a mandatory output-identification requirement, not an aggregate exchange. Preserve every actual co-product, reject, packaging waste and treatment stream in this operation. Before dataset completeness create separate cards for physically distinct streams, with actual material/state, quantity, destination and Product/Waste role. A genuinely mixed waste stream may remain one physically defined mixture with measured composition; do not invent separation or count its components again. Keep unlike units separate, retain the original allocation and reference normalization, and reconcile the output balance. Identify actual functions before co-product allocation; waste does not acquire a co-product share merely by having mass. Confirm a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Missing records never establish zero or exclusion. fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016	head; kg live weight	each event and transfer	complete cohort or declared reporting period	every represented herd group and farm unit	per reference flow	scale calibration; event ledger reconciliation; mortality destination evidence; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_feed_and_grazing	managed_goat_herd	feed, forage, browse, grazing, and transhumance	purchase, ration, pasture, and movement records	feed identity; as-fed mass; dry-matter fraction; refused mass; pasture or browse area; animal-days; route and dates	invoices and scales for purchased feed; ration logs; pasture and movement records for grazing; Raw aggregation requirements: Use calc_feed_supply_and_intake to distinguish supplied feed carrying production burden, actual intake and losses; preserve all native stock and period records, then normalize the attributable quantity once to accepted final output. feed_forage_browse_specific_input: Operation managed_goat_herd: Record every managed diet source crossing the accounting boundary, including grazed forage or browse when its production is in scope, conserved feed, concentrates, by-products, supplements, and milk replacer. The umbrella remains unbound until actual feed identities are known. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate and declared herd period Original quantity method: Calculate the attributable final-package exchange under inventory_reference_normalization and stage_throughput_linkage using reconciled feed-supply records that retain in-boundary losses and their production burden. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg as-fed; kg dry matter; ha; animal-day	each delivery or ration; daily or periodic grazing record	all feeding phases in the period	every represented feeding area, route, and herd group	per reference flow	supplier analysis or sampled dry matter; stock balance; route log; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_health_inputs	managed_goat_herd	veterinary and herd-health products	medicine, vaccine, disinfection, and treatment log	product; formulation or active ingredient; amount; unit; animal class; administration date; purpose	purchase reconciliation and treatment register; Raw aggregation requirements: retain distinct products and aggregate only identical formulation and unit. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again. herd_health_products_specific_input: Operation managed_goat_herd: Record medicines, vaccines, disinfectants, mineral treatments, and other health products that cross the farm boundary. Retain the formulation and administration basis needed for later exact flow selection. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate Original quantity method: Record purchased or administered quantity by product, active ingredient or formulation, animal class, and phase; do not combine unlike products into one final exchange. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	product-specific	each purchase and administration	complete reporting period	every represented herd group and farm unit	per reference flow	invoice; batch id; treatment record; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_water_energy	managed_goat_herd	supplied water and energy	meter, invoice, fuel, and use log	source or carrier; quantity; unit; meter period; use; animal group; shared users	meter reading, invoice, tank or fuel log, and documented estimate where necessary; Raw aggregation requirements: subtract unrelated uses; attribute shared totals to identified consumers and periods once. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again.	kg; m3; kWh; MJ; carrier unit	meter or delivery interval	complete reporting period with opening and closing readings	every represented meter, supply point, herd group, and shared user	per reference flow	meter id and reading; invoice; conversion factor; allocation reconciliation; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_inbound_transport	managed_goat_herd	inbound material freight	delivery and route record	material; transported mass; origin; destination; distance; mode; load share	supplier document, dispatch record, and evidenced route distance; Raw aggregation requirements: sum mass times distance by route and mode. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again.	t; km; t*km	each included delivery	complete reporting period	every included origin-to-farm route	per reference flow	invoice or dispatch note; distance source; load-share evidence; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_intended_outputs	managed_goat_herd	milk, fibre, exported manure, and other intended outputs	output measurement and handover record	output identity; state; quantity; unit; date; recipient; moisture or dry matter where relevant; price or physical allocation driver	calibrated meter or scale linked to a recipient handover; Raw aggregation requirements: aggregate identical output state and handover; retain outputs separately before attribution. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again.	kg and output-specific quality unit	each collection or transfer	complete reporting period and relevant phase	every represented herd group, collection point, and recipient handover	per reference flow	calibration; sales or transfer record; quality or composition result; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_manure_pathways	managed_goat_herd	manure generation, deposition, storage, treatment, export, and emissions	manure and nitrogen pathway record	class and animal-days; feed intake; digestibility; excretion basis; pathway share; climate; storage duration; treatment; recovery; export; nitrogen content	herd records plus documented IPCC or country method and measured transfers; Raw aggregation requirements: reconcile pathway shares to 100 percent; calculate gases by pathway and subtract documented recovery or export consistently. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again. exported_manure_coproduct_specific_output: Record manure as a Product output only when it is intentionally transferred for use and has a documented recipient. Manure retained on site is an internal stock; unusable or discarded manure is Waste flow. Denominator and scope requirements：per kg live goat at farm gate Record transferred mass, moisture or dry matter, nitrogen content, treatment state, recipient, and handover; exclude internally returned manure. This is a mandatory output-identification requirement, not an aggregate exchange. Preserve every actual co-product, reject, packaging waste and treatment stream in this operation. Before dataset completeness create separate cards for physically distinct streams, with actual material/state, quantity, destination and Product/Waste role. A genuinely mixed waste stream may remain one physically defined mixture with measured composition; do not invent separation or count its components again. Keep unlike units separate, retain the original allocation and reference normalization, and reconcile the output balance. Identify actual functions before co-product allocation; waste does not acquire a co-product share merely by having mass. Confirm a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Missing records never establish zero or exclusion. fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018; ipcc-2019-livestock-manure	kg volatile solids; kg N; kg manure; kg CH4; kg N2O; kg NH3	monthly or each management change	all manure generated in the reporting period	every represented herd group, deposition area, storage, treatment, and export route	per reference flow	method tier; factor source; laboratory result where available; pathway balance; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_emission_drivers	managed_goat_herd	enteric methane	animal, diet, and emission-method record	class; animal-days; body weight; feed intake or gross energy; diet; digestibility; emission factor; tier	herd and feed records with documented IPCC or country method; Raw aggregation requirements: calculate per class and phase, sum period emissions, then normalize. Apply the existing route, period, conversion and allocation rules; retain raw totals and the measured accepted reference-output denominator for the same scope. Perform final normalization exactly once; do not divide an already normalized amount again.	animal-day; kg dry matter; MJ; kg CH4	monthly or phase change	every represented class and phase	every represented herd group and feeding route	per reference flow	factor source; calculation workbook; herd and feed reconciliation; traceable numerator, accepted reference-output denominator and normalization worksheet
cp_feed_supply_and_intake	managed_goat_herd	Feed supply, intake and loss	stock, receipt, issue and loss ledger	feed identity/source; cohort/phase; period; opening/closing stock; receipts; on-site provision; unused returns/transfers; uneaten/spoiled mass and destination; as-fed/DM; actual intake; burden owner; accepted final output	Reconcile matched stock, scales, ration/forage estimates and disposal records under calc_feed_supply_and_intake. Keep raw totals and stage denominators; assign production and treatment burden once, then normalize to accepted final output.	kg as-fed; kg DM	each issue and period close	complete represented cohort/period	actual operated feeding nodes	per reference flow	stock and supplier records; moisture evidence; loss and no-duplication reconciliation
cp_manure_n2o_coverage	managed_goat_herd	Direct and indirect manure/soil N2O coverage	pathway N ledger and method worksheet	species/class; period; excreted N; stage stocks/transfers; system shares; volatilised NH3-N/NOx-N; leached/runoff N; application/grazing N; factor source, unit and applicability; direct/indirect components; receiving medium; linked process and assigned card; accepted final output	Retain raw stage N and component calculations under calc_manure_n2o_coverage, matched to actual operation and existing manure protocols. Document unsupported or inapplicable paths and coverage boundaries; normalize attributable N2O once.	kg N; kg N2O	each reporting period and management change	complete represented management period	actual operated and explicitly linked nodes	per reference flow	N balance, factor unit/applicability, component-to-card and no-duplication worksheet

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_reference_live_weight	reference output	reference mass = sum of measured eligible farm-gate live weights; normalized exchange = reference mass/reference mass	transfer weights; eligibility; handover date	1 kg live goat reference output	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
calc_feed_dry_matter	feed and forage	Convert each feed-supply and intake ledger separately to DM using its own measured or supplier moisture fraction under calc_feed_supply_and_intake. Subtract refusals only in the intake ledger; retain their production burden in the supply ledger.	feed deliveries; rations; dry-matter fractions; refusals	kg dry matter by source and phase	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; ipcc-2019-livestock-manure
calc_transport_service	included inbound freight	For a measured delivery, t*km = this consignment's delivered tonnes × its included route kilometres; do not multiply by its share of the vehicle load again. Only when starting from a documented whole-vehicle transport total may the measured consignment share be applied once to that total. Reconcile included legs and normalize the attributable service once.	consignment delivered mass; included distance; or whole-vehicle transport total with measured consignment share	attributable t*km by route and mode	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
calc_enteric_methane	enteric methane	apply the documented IPCC or country method by goat class and phase using population and feed or energy drivers; sum before normalization	animal-days; class; feed or gross energy; digestibility; selected factors	kg CH4	ipcc-2019-livestock-manure
calc_manure_emissions	manure CH4, N2O, and NH3	assign excreta to reconciled pathways; apply pathway-specific volatile-solids and nitrogen methods; subtract recovery and transferred nutrients consistently; convert molecular basis explicitly	animal-days; intake; excretion; pathway shares; climate; duration; treatment; export; factors	kg CH4; kg N2O; kg NH3; pathway balance	ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
calc_multi_output_shares	joint live-goat, milk, fibre, and manure outputs	attribution share = selected driver for one intended output/sum of the same driver for all intended outputs; shares shall sum to 1	complete output set; quantities; qualities; prices or physical drivers; period	documented output shares	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
calc_shared_asset_shares	shared infrastructure	asset share = evidenced service driver for one consumer-period/sum of the same driver for all consumer-periods; allocated burdens shall reconcile to the asset total	asset burden; consuming nodes; service periods; driver	allocated shared burden by node and period	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
calc_feed_supply_and_intake	feed_forage_browse	Feed supply used by the represented operation = opening feed stock + receipts + on-site feed entering the operation - closing feed stock - documented unused returns or transfers out. Retain in-boundary spoilage, refusals and discarded leftovers in that supply. Actual intake = that supply - measured uneaten/discarded losses, after matching moisture/DM and period; use intake only for nutrition/metabolism. Opening stock retains its prior burden and is not another purchase. Trace any unused return or transfer and its burden destination; no automatic substitution credit. Attribute production once, through either the purchased-feed dataset or the represented on-site crop/collection node, never both for the same feed. Include actual waste treatment and manure contributions once, not as a second feed-production burden.	cp_feed_supply_and_intake	separate feed supply, intake and loss quantities, in matched as-fed/DM units	fao-feed-loss-accounting-2018
calc_manure_n2o_coverage	manure_nitrous_oxide_air	For each actual manure stage, calculate direct N2O, volatilisation/deposition-derived indirect N2O, and applicable leaching/runoff-derived indirect N2O separately with documented species/system activity and factor basis. Convert N2O-N to molecular N2O by 44/28 once; do not reconvert molecular masses. Retain component worksheets. Where an existing N2O card covers both direct and indirect emissions, report their non-overlapping sum; where separate direct/indirect cards exist, assign each component once to its matching card and never also report the sum. Pasture deposition and land application use the managed-soil method, not a manure-storage factor. Assign foreground versus linked treatment/pasture coverage explicitly; a manure export does not erase earlier emissions, and already covered downstream emissions are not repeated. Account for stock, transfers and previous N losses in the nitrogen cascade; indirect N2O is a downstream transformation of its precursor, not a second source-stage N loss. Normalize attributed molecular masses once to the accepted reference output. Document inapplicability; absent pathway data are not zero.	cp_manure_n2o_coverage	kg molecular N2O by pathway and assigned existing card	ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; ipcc-managed-soils-2019
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_manure_pathways; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity_gate	reference product and intended outputs	Preserve goat type, animal class, purpose, route, product state, property, handover, and recipient where relevant; unresolved semantic identities shall not be assigned a convenient UUID.	transfer and output records plus confirmed flow detail at foreground generation
dq_temporal_completeness	herd, feed, outputs, manure, and assets	Cover the declared cohort or reporting period and document opening herd, entries, births, exits, mortalities, closing herd, replacements, and partial-cycle treatment.	reconciled herd and period balance
dq_route_separation	alternative production routes	Preserve route-specific feed, movement, shelter, energy, manure, output, and infrastructure records until route results are calculated.	route register and separate activity totals
dq_mass_and_output_balance	animal and intended-output records	Reconcile live-animal mass events and enumerate all independently intended outputs before attribution; investigate unexplained gaps.	herd event balance and output handover ledger
dq_manure_balance	manure and nitrogen pathways	Reconcile pathway shares to 100 percent and prevent nitrogen exported in manure from also being emitted or internally applied.	pathway worksheet and nitrogen balance
dq_shared_asset_reconciliation	shared infrastructure	Identify every consuming node and period, retain the driver and service boundary, and reconcile shares to the total burden once.	asset register and allocation worksheet
dq_uncertainty_disclosure	modelled and calculated values	Disclose method tier, factor geography and year, estimation method, missing records, substitutions, and the effect of provisional QA ranges.	calculation file, factor citation, and data-quality statement

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_gate	reference live-goat exchange	Require exactly 1 kg normalized live weight, the producing-farm gate, all required qualifiers, and no slaughter or post-farm activity in the reference exchange. Reject the narrow platform candidates for broad-reference use.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
validate_route_delta	selected production route	Require one named parent managed-biological-production activity and evidence for every route delta in topology, inventory, calculation, data, or validation; preserve mutually exclusive route records until separate results exist.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-ruminant-lca-2013
validate_period_balance	cohort and reporting periods	Opening herd + births + entries − deaths − transfers shall reconcile to closing herd by class, subject to documented classification changes; replacements, terminations, and carry-over burdens shall occur in one period treatment only.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
validate_output_attribution	multi-output instances	Require a complete intended-output list, each handover, one explicit attribution decision with evidence, shares summing to 1, and sensitivity where economic or another variable driver is used.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
validate_residue_waste_distinction	manure, mortalities, discarded milk, and fibre	Require intended transferred products, retained internal materials, residues, losses, and Waste flows to be distinguished by destination and evidence.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
validate_emission_basis	CH4, N2O, and NH3	Require named substance, molecular or elemental basis, method tier, factor source, complete animal and manure pathway drivers, and explicit basis conversion.	ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018
validate_shared_infrastructure	shared assets and services	Require two or more consumers or periods, service boundary, driver, evidence, shares reconciling to the total, and no duplicate process or period burden.	fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016
validate_flow_binding	all final exchanges	unresolved cards shall resolve one compatible concrete UUID from actual foreground records; every unbound card requires exact identity confirmation. UUID selection shall not change direction, type, state, route, provider, or handover to force a match.
v_foreground_emission_responsibility	Actual operated nodes and linked services	Record responsibility for on-site fuel combustion and refrigerant leakage when applicable: either quantified foreground emissions or a named linked process explicitly covering them, never merely a fuel-supply or electricity-production input. Assess special-taxon biological and residue emissions using species/route evidence, without a generic livestock factor. Identify any unresolved pathway and withhold a completeness claim; document supported absence and prevent duplicate upstream/downstream accounting.
v_feed_supply_intake_separation	All feed inputs	Reject an upstream feed inventory reduced by in-boundary refusal, spoilage or discarded leftovers without retaining their production burden. Reconcile supply, intake, stock, transfers and loss destinations under calc_feed_supply_and_intake. Do not reuse intake as supplied feed, assume zero-burden on-site feed or grant automatic avoided-product credits.	fao-feed-loss-accounting-2018
v_manure_n2o_coverage	Applicable manure and managed-soil N pathways	Require explicit direct and indirect pathway coverage, stage N balances and molecular-mass conversion. Map each component to an existing N2O card or an explicitly covering linked process once under calc_manure_n2o_coverage. Missing indirect-pathway evidence prevents a completeness claim; no default zero or duplicate aggregate-plus-components.	ipcc-2019-livestock-manure; ipcc-managed-soils-2019

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground data package for live-goat managed biological production and farm-gate transfer.
downstream_use	May support a unit-process dataset and a linked lifecycle model; after review it may be used as a secondary or background dataset only for a matching goat type, route, gate, geography, period, and co-product treatment.
allowed_use	Comparative or accounting studies that preserve the declared functional unit, product boundary, route, feed and manure scope, output attribution, period treatment, and data-quality disclosure.
excluded_use	Direct substitution for sheep or other ruminants; goat meat, milk, fibre, skins, or services as the reference product; slaughterhouse-gate or post-farm systems; or a materially different route without adaptation.
required_metadata	Goat species or type; animal classes and purpose; sex where material; production route; geography; cohort and reporting period; grazing, browse, housing, feed, water, energy, health, manure, milk and fibre treatment; live-weight basis; farm-gate handover; allocation and shared-asset decisions; flow UUID evidence.
required_quality_disclosure	Foreground coverage, weighing evidence, feed dry-matter conversion, route separation, herd and output balance, manure pathway balance, factor tier and geography, shared-asset reconciliation, missing data, substitutions, uncertainty, and unresolved identities.
update_trigger	New exact broad-reference UUID; changed classification boundary; revised livestock or manure method; new source-backed range; changed flow identity verification evidence; material route evidence; or recurring validation failure.

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
fao-leap-small-ruminants-2016	official_guidance	FAO LEAP, Greenhouse gas emissions and fossil energy use from small ruminant supply chains, 2016. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i6434en	Small-ruminant boundary, route decomposition, feed and herd records, intended outputs, attribution, period treatment, and quality checks.
fao-gleam	official_guidance	FAO, Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model. https://www.fao.org/gleam	Goat production-system coverage and livestock route context.
fao-ruminant-lca-2013	official_guidance	FAO, Greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant supply chains — A global life cycle assessment, 2013. https://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3461e/i3461e.pdf	Ruminant route typology, system boundaries, and attribution context.
fao-leap-nutrient-flows-2018	official_guidance	FAO LEAP, Nutrient flows and associated environmental impacts in livestock supply chains, 2018. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ca1328en	Manure and nitrogen pathways, product or waste distinction, and NH3 and N2O accounting.
ipcc-2019-livestock-manure	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 10: Emissions from Livestock and Manure Management. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch10_Livestock.pdf	Goat class, feed and energy drivers, enteric methane, manure methane, direct and indirect N2O, and required activity data.
fao-feed-loss-accounting-2018	official_guidance	FAO 2018, Environmental performance of pig supply chains, section 11.2.2	Feed supply versus intake and waste burden, not animal parameters. Applying this accounting principle to the declared taxon is this PCR's methodological choice; no pig diet or emission factor is transferred.
ipcc-managed-soils-2019	official_guidance	IPCC 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 11	Direct/indirect nitrogen pathways and coordination of manure storage with managed-soil emissions; select applicable species and management evidence.
fao-agricultural-energy	official_guidance	FAO Energy demand and consumption in African agriculture, Annex C case-study results, https://www.fao.org/4/v9766e/v9766e08.htm	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.