Software original creation

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers creation of completed software originals: instructions capable of producing a declared computing result, embodied in an identifiable original asset that can be protected and licensed as intellectual property. It covers system and application originals, including games and development tools, without restricting a programming language or requiring a physical carrier. The reference is the original produced, not a customer copy. Software produced under contract for others is outside this category.

Data assets/databases without a software-original output, general R&D results, designs, brands, franchise assets, licence-only transactions, packaged copies, software downloads and hosted ongoing services are excluded as reference products. The activity boundary includes the real original-development cycle and one accepted original handover; later replication, network distribution and use require separate datasets. Sources: un-cpc-software-originals, un-cpc-system-downloads, un-cpc-application-downloads.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.business-and-production-services.digital-original-assets.software-original-creation
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 83143 — Software originals
covered_products	Completed system/application software original assets, including games and developer tools, with identified functionality and original acceptance
excluded_products	Contract software for others; data-only assets; R&D originals; copies/downloads; SaaS; licence-only services
representative_product	One frozen, accepted software original version with documented source and build provenance
production_route	Requirements/architecture → implementation/integration → build/verification → original acceptance/preservation; actual shared infrastructure
market_state	Original asset ready for declared reproduction/reuse; no assumed number of future copies or users

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Provide one completed software original with the declared computing functions and reuse scope
How much	One accepted original asset, counted once regardless of archive file count or platform-build count
How well	Actual version-specific functional/platform acceptance, integrity and completeness defined by primary acceptance records
How long or cycle	One declared creation cycle from project start/baseline to original acceptance and handover; no assumed operational lifetime
reference_flow_link	software_original_output

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Completed software original
Reference flow property	Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345
Reference unit group	Units of items 5beb6eed-33a9-47b8-9ede-1dfe8f679159
Reference unit	item
Required qualifiers	asset/version/hash; system/application function; platforms and included builds; acceptance/completeness criteria; source and component provenance; original/revision scope; reuse/reproduction rights and conditions; creation interval; sites; provider boundaries; infrastructure attribution; exclusions

The unit item is the display alias for public Item(s), with the unchanged Number of items property and unit group. All required qualifiers must be supplied in the actual dataset. A different original is not functionally equivalent merely because it also counts as one item.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_original_count	reference product	Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345	item	Count one completed original through cp_original; the fixed reference output is 1 item. Count is not the number of users, rights transfers, files or downloads.
electricity_unit	electricity exchanges	Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66	MJ	Preserve the public energy property. Meter kWh and convert to MJ with electricity_conversion; no GB-to-kWh factor.
hardware_mass	apparatus inputs	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Measure actual configuration-specific net device mass and its attributable upstream manufacture share. This does not define a software-original mass or change the item reference.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Documented project decision and actual source/component baseline; initial original creation or specifically delimited later revision
starting_condition_role	Separates prior completed originals and general research from the measured current-original creation interval
product_classification_scope	Software original asset; excludes contracted software for others and download/copy outputs
recursive_input_rule	Record each acquired same-category original once with its upstream dataset and documented reuse share; do not recursively redevelop its source chain in this foreground
upstream_dataset_requirement	Compatible site/voltage electricity, configuration-specific equipment manufacture, acquired original/component and actual supplier delivery datasets; disclose missing boundaries
disclosure	Original identity; baseline and creation dates; all teams/sites/provider scopes; allocation keys; included equipment/cooling; excluded downstream copies and operation; unresolved data

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_original	original production	Include project-attributable requirements, architecture, implementation, integration, builds, tests, rework, release acceptance, source/artifact preservation and the one original handover. Include unsuccessful attempts belonging to the accepted original. Do not assume any specific language, algorithm, training step or deployment architecture.	un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1
boundary_separate_copies	downstream activities	Exclude later copying, public downloads, distribution campaigns, customer installation, user operation, subscription hosting and post-acceptance maintenance and continuing archival storage after handover. A downstream copy model may use the original dataset with an explicit reuse-population allocation, but must not charge the entire original to every download. Initial original handover is distinguished from ongoing download/network delivery.	un-cpc-software-originals; un-cpc-system-downloads; un-cpc-application-downloads
boundary_primary	all sites and suppliers	Collect supporting compute, storage and network activity used during creation at their real sites. Expand primary provider records into nonduplicated atomic exchanges or retain a specific service dataset with a verified delivery unit and declared boundary. Neither cloud invoices nor GB transferred establish electricity. This is a declared foreground original-creation dataset, not a complete cradle-to-gate claim; upstream utilities, equipment manufacture and acquired originals require compatible linked datasets.	gsf-sci-1-1
boundary_actual_exchanges	conditional utility and apparatus extensions	The listed hardware and cooling rows apply only when the stated equipment/utility exists. Add one specific row for each actual separate display, network appliance, consumable, fuel, coolant, wastewater or direct elementary exchange omitted from these cards; identify its property, protocol and provider/compartment. Direct emissions are required only with measured occurrence or an evidenced physical source. Purchased-electricity impacts belong upstream, not invented onsite CO2. Mark unmeasured material omissions as incomplete, not zero.	gsf-sci-1-1

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
requirements	Requirements and architecture	required	Declared original asset	original creation foreground	per declared reference flow
implementation	Implementation and integration	required	Declared original asset	original creation foreground	per declared reference flow
verification	Build and verification	required	Declared original asset	original creation foreground	per declared reference flow
mastering	Original acceptance and preservation	required	Declared original asset	original creation foreground	per declared reference flow
infrastructure	Attributable development infrastructure	conditional	Equipment and water are within the declared primary boundary and not already in supplier datasets	original creation foreground	per declared reference flow

Process: Requirements and architecture (requirements)

Requirements retain the actual architecture decisions; implementation includes actual integration and repeated work; verification includes the actual build and acceptance test campaigns; mastering includes frozen original files, provenance, integrity checks, preservation and one handover. Any ML training or other specialized work is included only when actually attributable to this original. No numerical default is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity for other actual supply locations or voltages (requirements_electricity_site)

Applies when the actual user-side supply location or voltage does not match either CN public identity below. Declare the actual location, voltage, supply mix and supplier boundary and directly verify the appropriate identity. Partition by actual meter with the low/medium-voltage rows, without duplication; do not substitute CN electricity for another grid.

• Selected flow: Alternating current
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Retain actual location, voltage and infrastructure overhead coverage.
• 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_energy
• Sources: gsf-sci-1-1

Low-voltage electricity (requirements_electricity_lv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply below 1 kV. Separate meters and intervals; this is not a global/default electricity identity.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Medium-voltage electricity (requirements_electricity_mv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply at 1–35 kV. Do not also count the same delivery at low voltage.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Outputs

Product flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Process: Implementation and integration (implementation)

Requirements retain the actual architecture decisions; implementation includes actual integration and repeated work; verification includes the actual build and acceptance test campaigns; mastering includes frozen original files, provenance, integrity checks, preservation and one handover. Any ML training or other specialized work is included only when actually attributable to this original. No numerical default is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity for other actual supply locations or voltages (implementation_electricity_site)

Applies when the actual user-side supply location or voltage does not match either CN public identity below. Declare the actual location, voltage, supply mix and supplier boundary and directly verify the appropriate identity. Partition by actual meter with the low/medium-voltage rows, without duplication; do not substitute CN electricity for another grid.

• Selected flow: Alternating current
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Retain actual location, voltage and infrastructure overhead coverage.
• 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_energy
• Sources: gsf-sci-1-1

Low-voltage electricity (implementation_electricity_lv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply below 1 kV. Separate meters and intervals; this is not a global/default electricity identity.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Medium-voltage electricity (implementation_electricity_mv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply at 1–35 kV. Do not also count the same delivery at low voltage.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Acquired original component (prior_original_input)

Only when an independently completed original is acquired for integration; identify exact version, functions, reuse permission and upstream attribution. Internal commits and free access alone are not new product exchanges.

• Selected flow: Previously completed software original used as a reusable component
• Flow property / unit: Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345 / item
• Amount rule: Collect the actual attributable original-component count through cp_components, per declared reference flow; record the upstream burden sharing separately from installation-copy counts.
• 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_components
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Outputs

Product flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Process: Build and verification (verification)

Requirements retain the actual architecture decisions; implementation includes actual integration and repeated work; verification includes the actual build and acceptance test campaigns; mastering includes frozen original files, provenance, integrity checks, preservation and one handover. Any ML training or other specialized work is included only when actually attributable to this original. No numerical default is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity for other actual supply locations or voltages (verification_electricity_site)

Applies when the actual user-side supply location or voltage does not match either CN public identity below. Declare the actual location, voltage, supply mix and supplier boundary and directly verify the appropriate identity. Partition by actual meter with the low/medium-voltage rows, without duplication; do not substitute CN electricity for another grid.

• Selected flow: Alternating current
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Retain actual location, voltage and infrastructure overhead coverage.
• 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_energy
• Sources: gsf-sci-1-1

Low-voltage electricity (verification_electricity_lv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply below 1 kV. Separate meters and intervals; this is not a global/default electricity identity.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Medium-voltage electricity (verification_electricity_mv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply at 1–35 kV. Do not also count the same delivery at low voltage.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Purchased test delivery (external_test_report)

Only when a third party delivers one bounded test campaign report on this original version; do not also inventory that supplier campaign electricity or hardware. The report is a service-delivery count, not software-original output.

• Selected flow: External executable-software test report delivery
• Flow property / unit: Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345 / item
• Amount rule: Record delivered and accepted test reports through cp_components, per declared reference flow; supplier inventory must disclose campaign coverage and count unit.
• 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_components
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Outputs

Product flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Process: Original acceptance and preservation (mastering)

Requirements retain the actual architecture decisions; implementation includes actual integration and repeated work; verification includes the actual build and acceptance test campaigns; mastering includes frozen original files, provenance, integrity checks, preservation and one handover. Any ML training or other specialized work is included only when actually attributable to this original. No numerical default is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity for other actual supply locations or voltages (mastering_electricity_site)

Applies when the actual user-side supply location or voltage does not match either CN public identity below. Declare the actual location, voltage, supply mix and supplier boundary and directly verify the appropriate identity. Partition by actual meter with the low/medium-voltage rows, without duplication; do not substitute CN electricity for another grid.

• Selected flow: Alternating current
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Retain actual location, voltage and infrastructure overhead coverage.
• 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_energy
• Sources: gsf-sci-1-1

Low-voltage electricity (mastering_electricity_lv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply below 1 kV. Separate meters and intervals; this is not a global/default electricity identity.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 50657322-939c-4829-a87b-47c093bfa6a7
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Medium-voltage electricity (mastering_electricity_mv)

Only for measured CN user-side grid supply at 1–35 kV. Do not also count the same delivery at low voltage.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 3d76981f-964a-4865-b588-0e067a2a1163
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66 / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured attributable kWh × 3.6 MJ/kWh for this activity; collect through cp_energy. Disclose shared-meter attribution and provider overhead.
• 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_energy
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Outputs

Product flows

Completed original asset (software_original_output)

One accepted original with a frozen release identity, executable function and reproduction/reuse conditions; source archives and platform builds belong to this one original when the declared acceptance scope groups them. cp_original verifies the accepted original, not download events or licensed seats.

• Selected flow: Completed software original
• Flow property / unit: Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345 / item
• Amount rule: 1 item
• Value mode: Fixed value (fixed_value)
• 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_original
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Process: Attributable development infrastructure (infrastructure)

Requirements retain the actual architecture decisions; implementation includes actual integration and repeated work; verification includes the actual build and acceptance test campaigns; mastering includes frozen original files, provenance, integrity checks, preservation and one handover. Any ML training or other specialized work is included only when actually attributable to this original. No numerical default is specified.

Inputs

Product flows

Portable development-computer manufacture share (portable_computer_share)

Only a real portable computer no heavier than 10 kg matching this public identity and the measured configuration; no server or desktop substitution.

• Selected flow: Portable automatic data processing machines weighing not more than 10 kg, such as laptops, notebooks and sub-notebooks c4cb6070-944d-41be-a231-a0a2b9477174
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net device kg × project reserved time / evidenced installed service life × project reserved resources / total device resources; collect through cp_hardware. This is an attributable hardware input, not software mass.
• 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_hardware
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Integrated development-computer manufacture share (integrated_computer_share)

Only a real same-housing computer containing CPU and input/output unit that matches this identity; separately supplied screens/peripherals require separate rows.

• Selected flow: Automatic data processing machines, comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined 3c41eabb-f2b2-4e96-b24d-3485673d505f
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net device kg × project reserved time / evidenced installed service life × project reserved resources / total device resources; collect through cp_hardware. This is an attributable hardware input, not software mass.
• 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_hardware
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Server manufacture share (server_computer_share)

Only for an actual configured rack-mounted build/test server; identify CPU, memory, storage, included chassis and upstream manufacture. Exclude separate network appliances and duplicate provider embodied inventory.

• Selected flow: Rack-mounted development server computer
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measured net device kg × project reserved time / evidenced installed service life × project reserved resources / total device resources; collect through cp_hardware, per declared reference flow.
• 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_hardware
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Purchased cooling make-up water (cooling_tap_water)

Only for actual treated municipal tap-water input to development infrastructure cooling matching supplier quality/location; no river-water resource or unspecified freshwater substitution. Exclude supplier-contained water if already inventoried.

• Selected flow: Tap water d1e0e36c-07f0-4a75-bdcb-efb5d9e2ac36
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measure delivered water mass through cp_water; if metered by volume retain measured density and state and the explicit conversion, per declared reference flow.
• 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
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Waste flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

Outputs

Product flows

No exchange is prescribed in this group. Actual material exchanges require a specific additional row and evidence.

Waste flows

Cooling blowdown sent to treatment (cooling_blowdown)

Conditional: actual untreated cooling-tower blowdown exported to a treatment provider. Record salts, additives, contamination, measured mass and treatment destination. The exchange is a technosphere waste, not an elementary freshwater resource or assumed direct discharge. Public generic names cannot establish the actual process and untreated state; identity remains unresolved.

• Selected flow: Untreated cooling-tower blowdown sent to treatment
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Measure outgoing blowdown through cp_water, per declared reference flow; reconcile with input, evaporation and water stock changes without assuming a fixed fraction.
• 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
• Sources: un-cpc-software-originals; gsf-sci-1-1; nist-ssdf-1-1

Elementary flows

No direct elementary exchange is assumed for this activity. If primary records establish an actual emission or abstraction, add its chemical identity, environmental compartment, measured amount and protocol; keep upstream electricity emissions in the electricity dataset.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_direct	activities and original versions	Separate identifiable project/version jobs and meters before allocation. Retain failures, branches and rework causally assigned to this original. For shared platform work, use measured attributable activity and declared reuse scope, reconcile the full resource total and report residual/unassigned work. No default division by revenue, lines of code, downloads or users.	gsf-sci-1-1
allocation_equipment	manufacture share	Use device-specific net mass with traceable upstream manufacture and measured project reservation intervals and resource shares. The share is time reserved divided by evidenced installed service life, multiplied by resources reserved divided by total available resources. No assumed four-year life, constant utilization or generic device. Disclose uncertainty and avoid adding equipment manufacture already contained in a provider service dataset.	gsf-sci-1-1
allocation_original	joint and reused intellectual outputs	One original may encompass documented source archives and multiple platform builds without multiplying its count. Distinct accepted originals from one project need a foreground-supported allocation key and sensitivity disclosure; otherwise retain a joint-output dataset and an unresolved allocation. Existing originals/components enter once with their declared upstream share; sale or reuse rights do not constitute a physical mass or an avoided-burden credit.	un-cpc-software-originals

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

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_original	mastering	software_original_output	acceptance_record	asset id; version; hash; release date; functions; platforms; source/artifact manifest; component provenance; acceptance decision; reuse rights; original count	Check original acceptance against frozen repositories and artifact manifests; count one completed original, not its files or copies. Record first creation versus incremental revision scope.	item	at acceptance	entire declared creation interval	all contributing teams/sites	per declared reference flow	signed acceptance; hashes; provenance; rights record
cp_energy	requirements; implementation; verification; mastering	activity electricity	meter_record	original id; process id; job id; meter id; interval; site; voltage; kWh; reserved resources; allocation key; overhead coverage	Use calibrated submeter records or reconciled provider primary telemetry. Link design workstation, integration, build/test and acceptance/archive jobs. Measure network/storage infrastructure energy independently of traffic volumes; include provisioned idle and cooling electricity exactly once.	kWh	each meter interval/job	full creation interval including failed runs	each workstation/provider/data centre site	per declared reference flow	calibration; meter totals; job logs; provider boundary; attribution reconciliation
cp_components	implementation; verification	prior_original_input; external_test_report	supplier_record	delivery id; component/report version; original id; count; acceptance; upstream dataset; reuse population; coverage	Read actual acquisition/reuse and test-campaign deliveries with acceptance and supplier inventory boundaries; retain provider raw units and audited attribution.	item	each delivery	declared creation interval	actual suppliers and project	per declared reference flow	contract; version; accepted report; upstream inventory and no-duplication check
cp_hardware	infrastructure	portable_computer_share; integrated_computer_share; server_computer_share	device_record	device id; configuration; net device mass; weighing record; upstream manufacture; reserved interval; installed service life; resources reserved; total resources	Use calibrated device weighing or traceable supplier net-mass records for the same configuration. Retain observed installation/retirement evidence or explicitly justified projected installed life and reservation logs. Compute resource shares with consistent device capacity definitions.	kg	device/configuration and reservation change	creation interval; device service-life evidence	owned devices or independently decomposed provider devices	per declared reference flow	scale/supplier record; configuration; life basis; capacity and reservation reconciliation
cp_water	infrastructure	cooling_tap_water; cooling_blowdown	utility_record	site; system; original id; input water mass; output blowdown mass; density/state if volumetric; evaporation; stocks; salts/additives; receiving provider	Read actual cooling supply and discharge meters and supplier/density evidence. Attribute development workloads with the same reconciled cooling activity boundary; record chemistry and actual water balance, not assumed discharge or water intensity.	kg	each utility interval	full applicable creation interval	actual cooling facilities	per declared reference flow	meters; density/state evidence; supply quality; treatment destination; balance residual

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
electricity_conversion	all electricity rows	MJ = measured attributable kWh × 3.6; retain kWh and grid/voltage records. Shared-resource attribution must be independently measured/reconciled before this unit conversion.	cp_energy	MJ per declared reference flow	gsf-sci-1-1
hardware_attribution	portable_computer_share; integrated_computer_share; server_computer_share	Attributed hardware kg = measured net device kg × (project reserved time / evidenced installed service life) × (project reserved resource / total device resource). Use consistent time units, strictly positive evidenced service life and capacity, and reserved-time/resource shares between zero and one; reconcile shares across projects without totals exceeding available resources. Record unavailable life or resource evidence as unresolved, not a default.	cp_hardware	kg per declared reference flow	gsf-sci-1-1
original_basis	all inventory rows	Record the exchanges attributable to the one accepted original directly per declared reference flow. If a cohort contains distinct originals, partition the primary records with the documented allocation first; do not average unlike originals and claim equivalence. All stage counts, deliveries and intervals must refer to the same original.	cp_original; cp_energy; cp_components; cp_hardware; cp_water	declared original reference flow	un-cpc-software-originals

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_identity	reference original	Fix the asset/version, function, platform builds, completeness, acceptance tests, component origin, reuse rights and incremental versus first-original scope. There is no universal code-length, security or software lifetime threshold.	cp_original and actual test/rights evidence
quality_coverage	all stages	Cover real development sites and outsourced jobs over the full declared project interval. Retain failed runs and rework. Disclose missing data, meter granularity, shared idle allocation, provider coverage and infrastructure exclusions; data gaps are not zero.	job/campaign ledger; meters; provider inventory
quality_representative	reuse of datasets	Describe the actual software class, development model, scale, testing effort, tooling, compute hardware, geography and dates. A dataset for one version is not an industry average or evidence for all software functions. Update when functionality or resource architecture materially changes.	project/version profile and uncertainty disclosure

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_identity	reference output	Require exactly one completed-original reference item with version/hash, declared functions/platforms, acceptance evidence, component provenance and reproduction/reuse conditions. Reference name and software_original_output must match. Reject substitution by one licence, revenue unit, download, user-year, GB, kg or a contracted-development service.	un-cpc-software-originals; nist-ssdf-1-1
validate_measurement	every inventory row	Reconcile every exchange to the same original, period and declared reference flow; audit energy conversion and meter coverage, equipment shares and water balance. Check grid country and supply voltage against each electricity UUID; replace incompatible identities while preserving actual measured exchanges. Verify supplier boundaries to prevent duplicated electricity, hardware, originals and service inputs.	gsf-sci-1-1
validate_completeness	dataset release	Unresolved applicable flow identities, missing supplier inventories, unsupported shared-resource relationships and absent material stages prevent a complete dataset claim. Retain uncertainty and exclusions. Testing evidence defines the stated acceptance quality; it does not establish universal security, regulatory compliance or methodology approval.	nist-ssdf-1-1

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Declared original-creation foreground dataset for one accepted software asset/version
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
allowed_use	Reuse as an original-development input with explicit compatible function/version scope and downstream allocation; comparisons only with equivalent original function and boundary
excluded_use	Whole-life software service; per-download impact without copy allocation; universal industry average; contracted custom development; approval/security/compliance assertion
required_metadata	Reference qualifiers; actual primary sites/time interval; stage coverage; hardware and supplier datasets; allocation and reuse populations; conditional rows; omitted exchanges
required_quality_disclosure	Measured/modelled split; meter and provider coverage; missing data and identities; installed-life/resource-share uncertainty; exclusions and balance residuals
update_trigger	New accepted original/version with materially changed scope; changed development or hardware/cloud architecture; altered reuse scope; corrected supplier/measurement evidence

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-software-originals	official_guidance	UNSD, CPC Version 3.0, subclass 83143, Explanatory note. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Structure/Detail/EN/2100/83143	Original-asset identity and contract-development exclusion; classification is not an inventory factor
un-cpc-system-downloads	official_guidance	UNSD, CPC Version 3.0, subclass 84341, Explanatory note. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Structure/Detail/EN/2100/84341	Distinguish downloadable system-software copies
un-cpc-application-downloads	official_guidance	UNSD, CPC Version 3.0, subclass 84342, Explanatory note. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Structure/Detail/EN/2100/84342	Distinguish downloadable application-software copies
gsf-sci-1-1	standard	Green Software Foundation, Software Carbon Intensity Specification 1.1.0, Energy; Embodied emissions; Software boundary. https://sci.greensoftware.foundation/	Infrastructure discovery, measured electricity and device time/resource attribution adapted to the declared creation cycle; not an SCI score or default workload/lifetime
nist-ssdf-1-1	official_guidance	NIST SP 800-218, Secure Software Development Framework Version 1.1 (February 2022). https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-218 ; Table 1, PS.2/PS.3 (printed p.10, PDF p.19), PW.6/PW.8.	Release integrity/provenance and actual build/test/archival stage evidence; recommendation edition only, no NIST certification or numeric energy claim