A GS1 numeric prefix that tells a scanner what the following data means — e.g. 01 for GTIN, 10 for batch/lot, 21 for serial. AIs are how a GS1 DataMatrix encodes structured data.
The electronics that monitor and control a battery pack. Under Article 14 of the Battery Regulation, key BMS data such as State of Health must be accessible; dpp.gs exposes a Bearer-token API for the BMS to post live values.
The EU regulation replacing the Battery Directive. It introduces the first mandatory digital product passport — required for LMT, industrial (>2 kWh) and EV batteries from 18 February 2027 — covering carbon footprint, recycled content, due diligence, State of Health and disassembly.
A performance class (A–G) derived from a product's lifecycle greenhouse-gas emissions. For batteries it is computed from kg CO₂e/kWh per category; dpp.gs assigns the class automatically.
The joint technical committee of the European standards bodies CEN and CENELEC responsible for Digital Product Passport standards — it published EN 18216 and EN 18219–18223 in May 2026 and the two security standards, EN 18239 and EN 18246, on 16 September 2026.
An EU-funded initiative that prepared the ground for the cross-sector Digital Product Passport, defining a common data model and vocabulary. dpp.gs structures its JSON-LD so it can align with the CIRPASS ontology.
EU Regulation 305/2011, being recast as (EU) 2024/3110, governing construction products. It requires a Declaration of Performance and is introducing a digital product passport for construction products.
An HTTP mechanism where the same URL returns different formats based on the client's Accept header — a phone gets HTML, a system gets JSON-LD. dpp.gs uses it so one passport URL serves both people and machines (EN 18216).
A manufacturer's signed statement that a product meets the applicable EU legislation and harmonised standards. dpp.gs can generate a DoC in HTML and JSON (printable to PDF) — under the Battery Regulation per Article 18 and Annex IX, and under the PPWR per Article 39 and Annex VIII.
A structured, machine-readable record of a product's identity, composition, compliance and circularity data, reachable from a data carrier (usually a QR code). Introduced as a default requirement by the ESPR.
A third party an economic operator may appoint to store and keep its Digital Product Passport data available (ESPR/PPWR Art 10(4)/11(e)). dpp.gs acts as this appointed DPP service provider — hosting, mandated third-party backup and data portability — while the operator remains responsible for the data.
An EU regulation, applying from 20 June 2025, setting repairability, durability, battery-endurance, spare-part and software-update requirements for smartphones and tablets — a precursor to a fuller electronics DPP.
Any actor placing a product on the EU market — manufacturer, importer, authorised representative, distributor, dealer or fulfilment service provider (Art. 2(46) of Reg. (EU) 2024/1781). To register passports the operator must first be verified in the EU DPP Registry, by sealing a Commission-issued declaration with a qualified electronic seal.
A modern elliptic-curve digital-signature algorithm. dpp.gs signs Verifiable Credentials with an Ed25519 key, so anyone can verify a passport's authenticity offline against the public key — no blockchain.
Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, the EU framework for electronic identification and trust services. It defines the qualified signature and seal the EU DPP Registry requires, and the trusted lists against which they are validated.
The first European standards series for the Digital Product Passport (CEN/CENELEC JTC 24, May 2026): identifiers (18219), data carriers (18220), data exchange (18216), lifecycle and search APIs (18222) and interoperability (18223), plus EN 18239 for access rights and system security and EN 18246 for data authentication and integrity.
The European Product Registry for Energy Labelling — the EU database behind energy labels. dpp.gs stores the EPREL energy class and a deep link for relevant products (e.g. tyres, electronics).
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, in force since 18 July 2024. It is the framework that introduces the Digital Product Passport and lets the Commission set product-specific requirements through delegated acts.
The European database on medical devices under the MDR. Medical-device passports reference EUDAMED identifiers alongside the UDI.
The Commission's central registry mandated by ESPR Articles 12–13. It went live on 20 July 2026, governed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778, in force since 6 August 2026. It stores the unique product identifier and the link to each passport — never the passport data itself. Only verified economic operators may register, and registration is currently offered for batteries only, where it cannot yet complete because the semantic catalogue for the group is undefined. Enrolment and verification, however, work today.
A public, Commission-run web portal (ESPR) where consumers and authorities will search Digital Product Passports across all vendors. It is distinct from dpp.gs's own DPP viewer, which displays the passports of a single economic operator — it is not the EU-wide public portal.
The EU Deforestation Regulation, requiring proof that commodities such as wood are deforestation-free. dpp.gs captures EUDR wood-composition data for furniture passports.
A policy making producers responsible for the end-of-life of their products, usually via fees to a compliance scheme (PRO). dpp.gs exports product data to EPR formats including Asekol and the Slovak MŽP register.
A special function character that marks the start of a GS1 element string and separates variable-length fields in a GS1 DataMatrix. It is mandatory for GS1-compliant DataMatrix encoding.
A 13-digit GS1 identifier for a physical location or legal entity (e.g. a manufacturer or facility). Used to identify economic operators in a passport.
The GS1 product identifier behind every barcode (8, 12, 13 or 14 digits). The DPP uses the GTIN you already own as the product's identity — no proprietary ID needed.
A 2D barcode that encodes a raw GS1 Application Identifier string (with an FNC1 header) rather than a URL. Used for supply-chain and regulated-product marking; dpp.gs generates one for every product alongside a QR code.
A web-URI syntax that turns a GTIN into a resolvable URL, e.g. https://dpp.gs/01/{GTIN}, optionally qualified by batch (/10/) and serial (/21/). It lets one QR code serve consumers and link to multiple resources.
JSON for Linked Data — a way to publish data as a machine-interpretable graph using shared vocabularies (schema.org, GS1, a dpp: namespace). dpp.gs serves every passport as JSON-LD for interoperability (EN 18223).
A document (RFC 9264, application/linkset+json) listing all the links associated with an identifier — manuals, certificates, the passport, etc. A GS1 resolver exposes a linkset so a system can discover every related resource.
The EU Medical Device Regulation. Medical-device passports carry risk class, UDI, EUDAMED reference, notified body, clinical evaluation and, for implants, an implant card (Article 18).
Packaging made from a single material family, which is far easier to recycle. The PPWR favours mono-material designs; dpp.gs records a mono-material flag for packaging.
An organisation designated by an EU country to assess product conformity before CE marking. dpp.gs supports Bearer-token, cross-tenant, read-only access for notified bodies to a product's test reports.
A front-of-pack nutrition label grading food from A to E. dpp.gs stores it alongside the FIC nutrition table for food passports.
The PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures profile. The Registry accepts only PAdES Baseline B, T, LT or LTA. Adobe Acrobat's factory setting is not PAdES-compliant, which is why valid seals are commonly rejected — set the default signing format to CAdES-Equivalent before signing.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ('forever chemicals'). The PPWR restricts PFAS above defined thresholds in food-contact packaging; dpp.gs records PFAS measurement for packaging.
An EU notification of a hazardous mixture's composition to poison centres, identified by a Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) printed on the label. dpp.gs captures both for chemicals passports.
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, applying from 12 August 2026. It sets recyclability grades, recycled-content targets, PFAS restrictions and harmonised QR-based labelling for packaging.
The natural-person equivalent of a QSeal, used where the economic operator is a sole trader. Same eIDAS requirements, same rejection if the key is held in a software file.
A 2D barcode that any phone camera can read. In a DPP it encodes the full GS1 Digital Link URL, so scanning opens the passport directly — no app. dpp.gs generates a QR and a GS1 DataMatrix for each product.
A qualified electronic seal under eIDAS, belonging to a legal person. It is what a company uses to seal the EU DPP Registry declaration. A qualified certificate alone is not enough: the key must sit on a qualified signature creation device or in a QTSP's remote signing service, or the result is only an advanced signature (AdES/QC) and the Registry rejects it.
An accredited provider on the EU trusted list that issues qualified certificates, seals and signatures. The certificate and the legal trust behind it come from the QTSP. dpp.gs is an authorised reseller of the QSeal and validates seals, but is not itself a QTSP.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It underpins the SVHC candidate list and substance-of-concern reporting in passports.
The share of a product made from recycled material, a headline circularity metric. dpp.gs records recycled-content percentages with provenance and, for batteries, audited recovery per substance.
An EU score for how easily a product can be repaired — based on disassembly, spare-part availability and price, and repair information. Required for smartphones and tablets under Reg 2023/1670.
A measure of a battery's current capacity versus its original capacity, expressed as a percentage. Required for LMT batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh and EV batteries (Article 14); dpp.gs updates it live via the BMS API.
Chemicals on the ECHA candidate list that pose serious health or environmental risks. Above 0.1% by weight (1000 ppm) they must be declared; dpp.gs structures SVHC reporting (CAS/EC, concentration, location).
The global identifier system for medical devices (Basic UDI-DI + UDI-DI). dpp.gs carries the UDI and links it to EUDAMED in medical-device passports.
The mandatory identifier submitted when registering a passport: a URL, HTTPS only, conforming to JTC 24 and up to 2000 characters. The Registry fetches it to confirm it resolves — long redirect chains, a downgrade to HTTP or an oversized response return NOT_RESOLVABLE_UPI.
The identifier the EU DPP Registry returns on successful registration. It identifies the record held centrally and binds it to the passport via the UPI. Store it alongside the passport.
A W3C standard for a tamper-evident, cryptographically signed digital credential. dpp.gs can issue a passport as a VC (vc+jwt, Ed25519) that anyone verifies offline against the public key — no blockchain.
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