Latest Updates

A document that contains all the changes made to the standard.

January 20, 2023

Documents

• Added schema images to all Data Specification pages
• Added JSON example to all Data Specification pages
• Added CSV examples
• Added CSV templates

Data Fields

• Fixed Complete Packaging Recycling Disruptor List

January 06, 2023

Documents

• Neaten up tables so that the status column doesn’t go over multiple lines.
• Updated schema image.
• Fixed naming for material and material catalogue pages.
• Added favicon.

December 20, 2022

Model

• separate out materials and material catalogue -> move to the front of the process

Data Fields

• Component Catalogue: add identifier to link materials

November 25, 2022

Documentation

• Add definitions of recycling and reuse
• Bug fixes, typos and tweaks throughout

Data Fields

• Component Catalogue: branding added due to updated epr
• Component Catalogue: loaned added due to epr
• Multipack: outsideTier removed because encoded with tier level

Controlled Lists

• add none option to drs

November 18, 2022

Documents

• Complete Packaging: reformat component catalogue references by replacing independentComponent, previouslyAssembledComponent and allComponent with
• Component Catalogue: created previouslyAssembledComponent as boolean and componentLink for addressing which components are attached when created.
• Upload Schema

November 11, 2022

Documents

• Component Catalogue: Update measurement guidelines.
• Complete Packaging: Update measurement guidelines.

October 21, 2022

Documents

• Complete Packaging: householdWaste turned into required field - representing the updated EPR

Controlled Lists

• Completed Definitions for shapes
• Completed Definitions for opacity
• Completed Definitions for level
• Removed tertiary and replaced with ‘shipment’ and ‘transit’ to reflect updated EPR for level

September 30, 2022

Documents

• Fix typo in Key Concepts, Multipack
• For measurements: Add rounding rule.
• Change volume measurement to millilitres
• For measurements: clarify why component measurements are slightly different to GS1’s complete packaging measurement guidance.

Data Fields

• Complete Packaging: Added weightTolerance to the complete packaging

September 26, 2022

Structural/Model Changes

• Controlled list material function -> material purpose

Data Fields

• Component Catalgoue: Moved level from component catalogue to load catalogue
• Component Catalgoue: Removed importedUK since manufacturedCountry codes the same information
• Component Catalogue: recycledContent description updated - Recycled Content as the minimum allowable recycled content
• Component Catalogue: Added weightTolerance - definition to be updated.
• Component Catalogue Materials: virginMaterial description updated - virigin material as the maximum allowable created for the component
• Load: add the field loadIdentifier to link to the load catalogue

September 9, 2022

Data Fields

• required fields updated
• All:uploaded changed to update
• All: update added
• All: discontinued changed to discontinue
• Component Catalogue Materials: added materialName
• Component Catalgoue: added partOfMultipack
• Multipack: packagingItems replaced completePackaging and component

Structural/Model Changes

• Added downloadable csv files to Supporting Files

September 5, 2022

Structural/Model Changes

• Data Flow created
• Introduction changed to Start Here; Key Concepts moved into Start Here and files updated to reflect these changes

Data Fields

• required fields updated (still in process)

September 2, 2022

Structural/Model Changes

• Removal of Unique Components (fields moved to Component Catalogue or Complete Packaging)
• Addition of Load Catalogue: load split into load and load catalogue

Data Fields

• Component Catalgoue: format split into shape and function
• Component Catalogue: Addition of level, reuseSystem, importedUK, and manufacturedCountry from unique components
• Component Catalogue Materials: materialFunction turned into materialPurpose
• Complete Packaging: Addition of componentContactWithProduct coverted from directContactWithProduct from unique components
• All: tags converted into a dictionary; height, weight, depth, volume, and weight converted into numeric