GET Category System Definition

GET operation that returns a stored category system definition for a specific category system.

Data can either be returned in XML (default) or XLS formats, which can be controlled by using a request parameter (see below).

Requests

Syntax

GET /categorySystems/{categorySystem-name}

Request Parameters

Name Values Description
format XML,XLS Returns the result in the specified format.
countStock String When the id of a data stock is given here, for each category the total counts of datasets in this datastock will be added to the output (XLS only).
lang String Returns the category names in the requested language if proper translation files are configured and available.
allLanguages Boolean This will write the category names into a single XLS sheet for all languages for which translations are present (XLS only). Does not work in combination with countStock.

Responses

Response Elements

A CategorySystem definitions in accordance with the ILCD format (see example below).

Examples

Sample Request

GET /categorySystems/ILCD

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<c:CategorySystem xmlns:c="http://lca.jrc.it/ILCD/Categories" name="ILCD">
    <c:categories dataType="Process">
        <c:category id="1" name="Energy carriers and technologies">
            <c:category id="1.1" name="Energetic raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="1.2" name="Electricity"/>
            <c:category id="1.3" name="Heat and steam"/>
            <c:category id="1.4" name="Mechanical energy"/>
            <c:category id="1.5" name="Hard coal based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.6" name="Lignite based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.7" name="Crude oil based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.8" name="Natural gas based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.9" name="Nuclear fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.10" name="Other non-renewable fuels"/>
            <c:category id="1.11" name="Renewable fuels"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="2" name="Materials production">
            <c:category id="2.1" name="Non-energetic raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="2.2" name="Metals and semimetals"/>
            <c:category id="2.3" name="Organic chemicals"/>
            <c:category id="2.4" name="Inorganic chemicals"/>
            <c:category id="2.5" name="Glass and ceramics"/>
            <c:category id="2.6" name="Other mineralic materials"/>
            <c:category id="2.7" name="Plastics"/>
            <c:category id="2.8" name="Paper and cardboards"/>
            <c:category id="2.9" name="Water"/>
            <c:category id="2.10" name="Agricultural production means"/>
            <c:category id="2.11" name="Food and renewable raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="2.12" name="Wood"/>
            <c:category id="2.13" name="Other materials"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="3" name="Systems">
            <c:category id="3.1" name="Packaging"/>
            <c:category id="3.2" name="Electrics and electronics"/>
            <c:category id="3.3" name="Vehicles"/>
            <c:category id="3.4" name="Other machines"/>
            <c:category id="3.5" name="Construction"/>
            <c:category id="3.6" name="White goods"/>
            <c:category id="3.7" name="Textiles, furnitures and other interiors"/>
            <c:category id="3.8" name="Unspecific parts"/>
            <c:category id="3.9" name="Paints and chemical preparations"/>
            <c:category id="3.10" name="Other systems"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="4" name="End-of-life treatment">
            <c:category id="4.1" name="Reuse or further use"/>
            <c:category id="4.2" name="Material recycling"/>
            <c:category id="4.3" name="Raw material recycling"/>
            <c:category id="4.4" name="Energy recycling"/>
            <c:category id="4.5" name="Landfilling"/>
            <c:category id="4.6" name="Waste collection"/>
            <c:category id="4.7" name="Waste water treatment"/>
            <c:category id="4.8" name="Raw gas treatment"/>
            <c:category id="4.9" name="Other end-of-life services"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="5" name="Transport services">
            <c:category id="5.1" name="Road"/>
            <c:category id="5.2" name="Rail"/>
            <c:category id="5.3" name="Water"/>
            <c:category id="5.4" name="Air"/>
            <c:category id="5.5" name="Other transport"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="6" name="Other Services">
            <c:category id="6.1" name="Cleaning"/>
            <c:category id="6.2" name="Storage"/>
            <c:category id="6.3" name="Health, social services, beauty and wellness"/>
            <c:category id="6.4" name="Repair and maintenance"/>
            <c:category id="6.5" name="Sale and whole sale"/>
            <c:category id="6.6" name="Communication and information services"/>
            <c:category id="6.7" name="Financial, legal, and insurance"/>
            <c:category id="6.8" name="Administration and government"/>
            <c:category id="6.9" name="Defence"/>
            <c:category id="6.10" name="Lodging and gastronomy"/>
            <c:category id="6.11" name="Education"/>
            <c:category id="6.12" name="Research and development"/>
            <c:category id="6.13" name="Entertainment"/>
            <c:category id="6.14" name="Renting"/>
            <c:category id="6.15" name="Engineering and consulting"/>
            <c:category id="6.16" name="Other services"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="7" name="Use and consumption">
            <c:category id="7.1" name="Consumption of goods"/>
            <c:category id="7.2" name="Use of energy-using products"/>
            <c:category id="7.3" name="Other use and consumption"/>
        </c:category>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="LCIAMethod">
        <c:category id="1" name="Endpoint/damage level LCIA methods">
            <c:category id="1.1" name="Natural resources">
                <c:category id="1.1.1" name="Land use"/>
                <c:category id="1.1.2" name="Abiotic resource depletion"/>
                <c:category id="1.1.3" name="Biotic resource depletion"/>
                <c:category id="1.1.4" name="Combined"/>
                <c:category id="1.1.5" name="other"/>
            </c:category>
            <c:category id="1.2" name="Natural environment">
                <c:category id="1.2.1" name="Climate change"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.2" name="Ozone depletion"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.3" name="Terrestrial Eutrophication"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.4" name="Aquatic Eutrophication"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.5" name="Acidification"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.6" name="Photochemical ozone creation"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.7" name="Land use"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.8" name="Ionizing radiation"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.9" name="Aquatic eco-toxicity"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.10" name="Terrestrial eco-toxicity"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.11" name="Combined"/>
                <c:category id="1.2.12" name="other"/>
            </c:category>
            <c:category id="1.3" name="Human health">
                <c:category id="1.3.1" name="Climate change"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.2" name="Ozone depletion"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.3" name="Photochemical ozone creation"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.4" name="Ionizing radiation"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.5" name="Cancer human health effects"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.6" name="Non-cancer human health effects"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.7" name="Respiratory inorganics"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.8" name="Combined"/>
                <c:category id="1.3.9" name="other"/>
            </c:category>
            <c:category id="1.4" name="Man-made environment"/>
            <c:category id="1.4" name="Combined"/>
            <c:category id="1.4" name="other"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="2" name="Midpoint level LCIA methods">
            <c:category id="2.1" name="Climate change"/>
            <c:category id="2.2" name="Ozone depletion"/>
            <c:category id="2.3" name="Terrestrial Eutrophication"/>
            <c:category id="2.4" name="Aquatic Eutrophication"/>
            <c:category id="2.5" name="Acidification"/>
            <c:category id="2.6" name="Photochemical ozone creation"/>
            <c:category id="2.7" name="Land use"/>
            <c:category id="2.8" name="Abiotic resource depletion"/>
            <c:category id="2.9" name="Biotic resource depletion"/>
            <c:category id="2.10" name="Ionizing radiation"/>
            <c:category id="2.11" name="Cancer human health effects"/>
            <c:category id="2.12" name="Non-cancer human health effects"/>
            <c:category id="2.13" name="Respiratory inorganics"/>
            <c:category id="2.14" name="Aquatic eco-toxicity"/>
            <c:category id="2.15" name="Terrestrial eco-toxicity"/>
            <c:category id="2.16" name="Combined"/>
            <c:category id="2.17" name="other"/>
        </c:category>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="Flow">
        <c:category id="1" name="Emissions">
            <c:category id="1.1" name="Radioactives"/>
            <c:category id="1.2" name="Pesticides"/>
            <c:category id="1.3" name="Particles"/>
            <c:category id="1.4" name="Metal and semimetal elements and ions"/>
            <c:category id="1.5" name="Non-metallic or -semimetallic ions"/>
            <c:category id="1.6" name="Inorganic covalent compounds"/>
            <c:category id="1.7" name="Cyclic organics"/>
            <c:category id="1.8" name="Acylic organics"/>
            <c:category id="1.9" name="Other substance type"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="5" name="Energy carriers and technologies">
            <c:category id="5.1" name="Energetic raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="5.2" name="Electricity"/>
            <c:category id="5.3" name="Heat and steam"/>
            <c:category id="5.4" name="Mechanical energy"/>
            <c:category id="5.5" name="Hard coal based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.6" name="Lignite based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.7" name="Crude oil based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.8" name="Natural gas based fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.9" name="Nuclear fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.10" name="Other non-renewable fuels"/>
            <c:category id="5.11" name="Renewable fuels"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="6" name="Materials production">
            <c:category id="6.1" name="Raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="6.2" name="Metals and semimetals"/>
            <c:category id="6.3" name="Organic chemicals"/>
            <c:category id="6.4" name="Inorganic chemicals"/>
            <c:category id="6.5" name="Glass and ceramics"/>
            <c:category id="6.6" name="Other mineralic materials"/>
            <c:category id="6.7" name="Plastics"/>
            <c:category id="6.8" name="Paper and cardboards"/>
            <c:category id="6.9" name="Water"/>
            <c:category id="6.10" name="Agricultural production means"/>
            <c:category id="6.11" name="Food and renewable raw materials"/>
            <c:category id="6.12" name="Wood"/>
            <c:category id="6.13" name="Other materials"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="7" name="Systems">
            <c:category id="7.1" name="Packaging"/>
            <c:category id="7.2" name="Electrics and electronics"/>
            <c:category id="7.3" name="Vehicles"/>
            <c:category id="7.4" name="Other machines"/>
            <c:category id="7.5" name="Construction"/>
            <c:category id="7.6" name="White goods"/>
            <c:category id="7.7" name="Textiles, furnitures and other interiors"/>
            <c:category id="7.8" name="Unspecific parts"/>
            <c:category id="7.9" name="Paints and chemical preparations"/>
            <c:category id="7.10" name="Other systems"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="8" name="End-of-life treatment">
            <c:category id="8.1" name="Reuse or further use"/>
            <c:category id="8.2" name="Material recycling"/>
            <c:category id="8.3" name="Raw material recycling"/>
            <c:category id="8.4" name="Energy recycling"/>
            <c:category id="8.5" name="Landfilling"/>
            <c:category id="8.6" name="Waste collection"/>
            <c:category id="8.7" name="Waste water treatment"/>
            <c:category id="8.8" name="Raw gas treatment"/>
            <c:category id="8.9" name="Other end-of-life services"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="9" name="Transport services">
            <c:category id="9.1" name="Road"/>
            <c:category id="9.2" name="Rail"/>
            <c:category id="9.3" name="Water"/>
            <c:category id="9.4" name="Air"/>
            <c:category id="9.5" name="Other transport"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="10" name="Other Services">
            <c:category id="10.1" name="Cleaning"/>
            <c:category id="10.2" name="Storage"/>
            <c:category id="10.3" name="Health, social services, beauty and wellness"/>
            <c:category id="10.4" name="Repair and maintenance"/>
            <c:category id="10.5" name="Sale and whole sale"/>
            <c:category id="10.6" name="Communication and information services"/>
            <c:category id="10.7" name="Financial, legal, and insurance"/>
            <c:category id="10.8" name="Administration and government"/>
            <c:category id="10.9" name="Defence"/>
            <c:category id="10.10" name="Lodging and gastronomy"/>
            <c:category id="10.11" name="Education"/>
            <c:category id="10.12" name="Research and development"/>
            <c:category id="10.13" name="Entertainment"/>
            <c:category id="10.14" name="Renting"/>
            <c:category id="10.15" name="Engineering and consulting"/>
            <c:category id="10.16" name="Other services"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="11" name="Use and consumption">
            <c:category id="11.1" name="Consumption of goods"/>
            <c:category id="11.2" name="Use of energy-using products"/>
            <c:category id="11.3" name="Other use and consumption"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="12" name="Wastes">
            <c:category id="12.1" name="Mining waste"/>
            <c:category id="12.2" name="Construction waste"/>
            <c:category id="12.3" name="Production residues"/>
            <c:category id="12.4" name="Post consumer waste"/>
            <c:category id="12.5" name="Radioactive waste"/>
            <c:category id="12.6" name="Raw gas"/>
            <c:category id="12.7" name="Waste water"/>
            <c:category id="12.8" name="Other waste"/>
        </c:category>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="FlowProperty">
        <c:category id="1" name="Technical flow properties"/>
        <c:category id="2" name="Chemical composition of flows"/>
        <c:category id="3" name="Economic flow properties"/>
        <c:category id="4" name="Other flow properties"/>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="UnitGroup">
        <c:category id="1" name="Technical unit groups"/>
        <c:category id="2" name="Chemical composition unit groups"/>
        <c:category id="3" name="Economic unit groups"/>
        <c:category id="4" name="Other unit groups"/>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="Contact">
        <c:category id="1" name="Group of organisations, project"/>
        <c:category id="2" name="Organisations">
            <c:category id="2.1" name="Private companies"/>
            <c:category id="2.2" name="Governmental organisations"/>
            <c:category id="2.3" name="Non-governmental organisations"/>
            <c:category id="2.4" name="Other organisations"/>
        </c:category>
        <c:category id="3" name="Working groups within organisation"/>
        <c:category id="4" name="Persons"/>
        <c:category id="5" name="Other"/>
    </c:categories>
    <c:categories dataType="Source">
        <c:category id="0" name="Images"/>
        <c:category id="1" name="Data set formats"/>
        <c:category id="2" name="Databases"/>
        <c:category id="3" name="Compliance systems"/>
        <c:category id="4" name="Statistical classifications"/>
        <c:category id="5" name="Publications and communications"/>
        <c:category id="6" name="Other source types"/>
    </c:categories>
</c:CategorySystem>