Core Vocabulary

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Please note that this specification is suitable for pre-production pilot implementations.

What this page is

The UN/CEFACT Web Vocabulary is a dictionary of supply chain terms, shared across trade, transport, finance, regulation, production and conformity. UNTP does not have a vocabulary of its own. It uses a subset of that dictionary, and the subset is defined by the JSON-LD @context that every UNTP credential declares.

This page is that subset. It lists the classes, properties and code lists the current context actually references, with each definition taken from the vocabulary rather than restated here, so there is one place where a term means something. Where a definition reads thinly, the fix belongs in the vocabulary and the correction appears here on the next regeneration.

Two things follow that are easy to miss. A term absent from this page is one UNTP does not use, whatever else the dictionary defines. And the property name in a credential is not always the term name: criterion resolves to includesCriterion, and the mapping column shows both.

For the structure of a particular credential, including which fields are mandatory and how they nest, use the schema viewer on that credential's own page. This page answers what a term means; the schemas say what a credential must contain.

Artefacts

Artefact	URL
Published vocabulary	test.uncefact.org/vocabulary
v0.8.0 JSON-LD context	untp.unece.org/artefacts/contexts/v0.8.0/untp-context.jsonld

The vocabulary is unversioned: a term's URI is stable once published, because what a term means does not change with a release. The context is versioned with each specification release, because which terms UNTP uses does change.

The sample credentials declare vocabulary.uncefact.org/untp/0.8.0/context/, which does not resolve yet. That is deliberate: 0.8.0 is a working placeholder on the way to 1.0.0, and the versioned context URL goes live when a version is released. Until then the context is served from the site copy linked above, and anything processing a v0.8.0 sample needs to resolve it from there.

The vocabulary is served from test.uncefact.org/vocabulary, which is what the context resolves against. It is called test only because the UNECE infrastructure work on vocab.unece.org is unfinished; that is where the vocabulary will settle, and the links on this page move with it when it does.

How UNTP uses the dictionary

Every credential answers to two separate contracts. The JSON Schema says what a credential must contain, and the context says what its property names mean. Neither constrains the other, which is why a credential can be structurally valid and semantically empty, or carry correct meaning in a shape no schema allows.

A credential type is a composition rather than a dictionary entry. The dictionary defines Product, Facility, Party and Assessment; it does not define Digital Product Passport, because a passport is a particular arrangement of those terms for a purpose. UNTP owns the arrangements, the dictionary owns the terms, and the two are versioned differently for that reason.

UNTP also does not redefine terms that already exist elsewhere. The credential envelope comes from the W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model v2.0, names and descriptions come from schema.org, and proof and status terms come from the W3C security vocabulary. The context references all of them directly, and the "Other vocabularies referenced" table below counts how often each is used.

Where an implementer needs a property UNTP has not defined, Product.characteristics is the place for it. Keys there are preserved in the expanded graph rather than dropped, and an implementer with a published vocabulary of their own should declare a scoped @context inside the characteristics object to put those keys in their own namespace. Everywhere else, a key the context does not define is an error rather than an extension, and expansion in safe mode will say so.

Conceptual model

Six credential types, each wrapping one subject drawn from the dictionary. The diagram is informative; see Diagrams and UML notation for how to read it and what takes precedence where a figure and a schema disagree. It shows only the credential-to-subject relationship, because each credential page carries a diagram of its own subject generated directly from that schema, which is the one to trust for internal structure.

The traceability event is the one that does not follow the pattern. Its subject is a GS1 EPCIS 2.0 event rather than a UNTP class, so UNTP carries EPCIS events as they are defined rather than restating them.

What makes the claims in these credentials comparable is that they share criteria. A product passport and a facility record each carry performance claims, and a conformity credential carries independent assessments, and both sides reference the same criterion rather than describing it in prose. A buyer can therefore line up what a supplier declared against what an assessor found. The shapes those references take differ by credential and are set by the schemas, not here.

Reference

Generated from the v0.8.0 context and a vendored snapshot of the published vocabulary. Regenerate after a vocabulary release with:

node .claude/scripts/refresh-vocabulary-snapshot.mjs
node .claude/scripts/generate-vocabulary-lens.mjs

validate-artefacts checks that every term and code list the context references exists in the published vocabulary, so a term that disappears or is renamed upstream fails the build rather than appearing here as a broken link.

Generated from the v0.8.0 JSON-LD context and the published UN/CEFACT vocabulary. Do not edit by hand; see the note above.

The v0.8.0 context uses 42 classes and 160 properties from the UN/CEFACT vocabulary, and draws code values from 22 published code lists. Every term name links to its definition on the published vocabulary, which is the authoritative source for what it means.

Classes marked value carry no identifier of their own and appear inline in a credential; classes marked entity are identified by a URI. That distinction is the vocabulary's, not UNTP's. A class listed here without a property table below is one the context references without expanding its contents.

Other vocabularies referenced

UNTP does not redefine terms that already exist elsewhere. Where a term above resolves outside the UN/CEFACT vocabulary, it links to the publisher that defines it. Terms counts how many distinct terms UNTP borrows from each; references counts how many places in the context use one.

Vocabulary	Namespace	Terms	References
schema.org	https://schema.org/	12	132
W3C Security Vocabulary	https://w3id.org/security#	1	19
UNTP Specification	https://untp.unece.org/docs/specification/	6	6
W3C Verifiable Credential Rendering Methods	https://w3id.org/vc/render-method#	6	6
W3C Organization Ontology	http://www.w3.org/ns/org#	4	4
W3C SKOS	http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#	1	2
W3C Verifiable Credentials Recognized Entities	https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-recognized-entities-1.0/#	2	2

Classes

Class	Nature	Module	Definition
Address	value	core	A postal/physical address of a party or location.
Assessment	entity	conformity	A specific assessment activity carried out to demonstrate, or to contribute towards a demonstration, that specified requirements are fulfilled. The object of conformity assessment is identified by the object type, currently product, facility or organisation.
Attestation	entity	conformity	A statement of the outcome of one or more related conformity assessment activities conducted for the purpose of demonstrating that specified requirements are fulfilled. It has a broader intent than the ISO/IEC 17000 term attestation, which refers to the issuance of statements of conformity.
AttestationCoverage	value	conformity	One thing a conformity attestation declares itself to cover, identified by URI with a human-readable name and a type.
AuthorityEndorsement	entity	conformity	The authority-derived recognition under which a conformity attestation is issued, for example an accreditation or a government mandate. Renames the former Endorsement, which the scheme no longer references, so its sole use is now the attestation's authorisation.
Characteristics	value	conformity	A declaration of conformance with one or more criteria from a specific scheme.
Claim	entity	production	A performance claim about a product, facility or organisation, made against a defined criterion.
Classification	value	core	A category value drawn from a classification scheme that this vocabulary does not fix: the scheme-relative code and its name, together with a reference to the scheme itself.
Component	value	production	A discrete, identifiable constituent part of a product as it appears in a bill of materials, together with the quantity used and its availability as a spare part.
ConformityProfile	entity	conformity	A versioned description of a conformity scheme, or subset of a conformity scheme, in terms of broad scheme activity elements, without including the detailed assessment criteria. A conformity profile may be as broad as differentiating environmental from safety assessment streams, or as granular as representing specific standards.
ContactPoint	value	core	An addressable channel for communicating with a party (telephone, email, web, messaging), with its number or URI and use type.
Criterion	entity	conformity	A specific rule within a standard or regulation (e.g. a carbon-intensity calculation rule).
Dimension	value	core	Overall length, width, height, weight and volume of an item.
EntityList	value	core	A document listing recognised entities, which a registered identity may be referenced in.
ExternalEntityList	value	core	An entity list published outside the Verifiable Credentials ecosystem, such as an X.509 certificate authority list or an ETSI trusted list, whose root of trust is the origin of the list URL.
Facility	entity	core	The physical site (e.g. farm or factory) where a product or materials are produced, handled or stored.
GeoCoordinates	value	core	A geographic point defined by latitude and longitude (WGS 84).
IdentifierScheme	entity	core	An identifier registration scheme for products, facilities, or organisations.
Image	value	core	A binary image encoded as base64 text with its media type.
Link	value	core	A URL link plus associated metadata (name, type, hash).
Location	entity	core	A place — address and/or geo-location of a point, area or boundary.
Material	value	production	Details about the origin or source of a material that a product is made from.
MaterialUsage	value	production	A record of a material a facility consumes and the period over which it does so. An identity-less value object.
Measure	value	core	A numeric value together with its unit of measure.
Organisation	entity	core	An organisational party.
Party	entity	core	An actor in the supply chain. Roles (buyer, seller, carrier, importer, …) are properties whose range is Party, not subclasses.
PartyRole	value	core	A party in the role it plays relative to a referencing entity (party + role, optionally on-behalf-of). An identity-less value object, not a party-register entry.
Performance	value	conformity	A claimed, assessed or required performance level against a metric. The outcome may be a measure, a score from a scheme-defined scale, a determination, or a finding stated in words.
Period	value	core	A period of time (e.g. a month, quarter or year).
ProcessDeclaration	entity	conformity	A declaration covering one process area, or one distinct scope within a process area, against applicable international standards.
Product	entity	production	Detailed information regarding a product, including its identity, provenance and characteristics.
ProductPackage	value	production	Details of product packaging. Distinct from TransportPackage (transport-domain wrapping).
RecognitionScope	value	core	One aspect of what a register recognises about an entity: a legal form, class or licence category, a standard or scheme the recognition rests on, an action it covers, or a territorial limit.
RegisteredIdentity	entity	core	The registration of a party's identity in an official register (the subject of a Digital Identity Anchor).
Regulation	entity	regulatory	The rule under which import/export is permitted or controlled. Vocab-distinctive: WCO references procedures, not the rule itself.
Scheme	entity	conformity	The set of rules and procedures that describes the objects of conformity assessment, identifies the specified requirements and provides the methodology for performing conformity assessment (intended to align with ISO/IEC 17000:2020 Clause 4.9). Since conformity assessment schemes, programs and systems are not differentiated here, the term may encompass any of these.
SchemeDeclaration	entity	conformity	A first-party statement by a scheme owner describing the governance, development and delivery arrangements of its conformity scheme, made with reference to applicable international standards. Its object is the scheme itself, not an assessed product, facility or organisation.
Score	value	conformity	A single score (code, definition, rank) within a scoring framework.
ScoringFramework	entity	conformity	A scoring framework used for performance-level assessments against a criterion.
SoftwareProduct	entity	core	A software product, identified at the granularity of a specific released version.
Standard	entity	conformity	A published specification (e.g. ISO 14000) against which conformity is assessed.
SubstanceOfConcern	value	production	A substance appearing on a regulatory candidate list that is present in a material above the threshold that list defines.

Properties by class

Grouped by the class whose shape each property describes, which is how the context nests them. The property name is what appears in a credential, and the mapping shows the vocabulary term it resolves to and, after the arrow, the type or code list its values come from. Properties resolving to an external vocabulary are shown with that vocabulary named instead of a link, because UNTP references those terms rather than defining them.

Credential envelope

Properties the context places on the credential itself rather than on its subject. The W3C Verifiable Credentials data model supplies the rest of the envelope, so only UNTP's own additions appear here.

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
issuingSoftware	issuingSoftware → SoftwareProduct	The software product that issued the document.

Address

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
addressCountry	addressCountry → country-id	The country of an address, as an ISO 3166-1 code.
addressLocality	addressLocality	The locality in which the street address is, and which is in the region. For example, Mountain View.
addressRegion	addressRegion	The region in which the locality is, and which is in the country. For example, California or another appropriate first-level Administrative division such as the Province in Italy or Region in Germany.
postalCode	postalCode	The postal code. For example, 94043.
streetAddress	streetAddress	The street address. For example, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy.

Assessment

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
assessedFacility	assessedFacility → Facility	A facility (with verification status) that is the subject of the assessment.
assessedOrganisation	assessedOrganisation → Organisation	An organisation that is the subject of the assessment.
assessedPerformance	assessedPerformance → Performance	The performance recorded by the assessment.
assessedPeriod	assessedPeriod → Period	The period of records the assessment drew on, where it covered a span of time rather than a point in time.
assessedProduct	assessedProduct → Product	A product (with verification status) that is the subject of the assessment.
assessmentCriteria	assessedAgainst → Criterion	A criterion the subject was assessed against.
assessmentDate	assessmentDate → xsd:date	The date the assessment was performed.
chainOfCustodyMethod	chainOfCustodyMethod → chain-of-custody-method	The chain of custody model on which a claim rests: how the physical flow of material supports what is being asserted about it.
description	description	A description of the item.
evidence	evidence → Link	A link to auditable evidence supporting an attestation, assessment or claim.
name	name	The name of the item.
specifiedCondition	specifiedCondition → xsd:string	A condition specified on the assessment.

Attestation

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
assessmentLevel	assessmentLevel → assessment-level	The nominated assurance pathway for the attestation (authority-derived, scheme-derived or unspecified).
assessorLevel	assessorLevel → assessor-level	The level of impartiality of the issuer of the attestation in relation to the object of conformity assessment (ISO/IEC 17000:2020).
attestationType	attestationType → attestation-type	The type of attestation (certification, declaration, inspection, …).
auditableEvidence	evidence → Link	A link to auditable evidence supporting an attestation, assessment or claim.
authorityEndorsement	authorisation → AuthorityEndorsement	The authority endorsement authorising the attestation, where authority-derived assurance is claimed.
conformityAssessment	includesAssessment → Assessment	An assessment included in the attestation.
conformityCertificate	conformityCertificate → Link	A link to the conformity certificate document.
coverage	coverage → AttestationCoverage	Something the attestation declares itself to cover: a scheme, a standard, a regulation or a jurisdiction.
description	description	A description of the item.
evidenceSelection	evidenceSelection → evidence-selection	Who selected and supplied the evidence the attestation rests on.
issuedToParty	issuedToParty → Party	The party the attestation is issued to / about.
licensedByScheme	licensedByScheme → Scheme	The scheme that has licensed or otherwise approved the issuer to issue the attestation, where scheme-derived assurance rests on such a licence.
name	name	The name of the item.
schemeDeclaration	schemeDeclaration → SchemeDeclaration	The scheme owner's declaration that the scheme's governance, development and delivery processes meet applicable international standards. Mandatory for every scheme; also carried on an attestation that the scheme itself issues.
trustmark	trustmark → Image	A trustmark image associated with the attestation, scheme or authority endorsement.

AttestationCoverage

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
coverageType	attestationCoverageType → attestation-coverage-type	The kind of thing a coverage entry references.
name	name	The name of the item.

AuthorityEndorsement

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
authorityEvidence	authorityEvidence → Link	A link to evidence of the authority recognition asserted by the scheme or the authority endorsement.
endorsementType	endorsementType → endorsement-type	The type of authority-derived assurance that applies to the attestation.
grantingAuthority	grantingAuthority → Party	The authority that granted the recognition, for example the accreditation body, government, or peer assessment body.
name	name	The name of the item.
trustmark	trustmark → Image	A trustmark image associated with the attestation, scheme or authority endorsement.

Claim

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
applicablePeriod	applicablePeriod → Period	The period over which the record applies.
chainOfCustodyMethod	chainOfCustodyMethod → chain-of-custody-method	The chain of custody model on which a claim rests: how the physical flow of material supports what is being asserted about it.
claimDate	claimDate → xsd:date	The date the claim was made.
claimedPerformance	claimedPerformance → Performance	The performance level claimed (a measure/score against a metric).
description	description	A description of the item.
evidence	evidence → Link	A link to auditable evidence supporting an attestation, assessment or claim.
name	name	The name of the item.
referenceCriteria	referenceCriteria → Criterion	The criterion the claim is made against.
referenceRegulation	referenceRegulation → Regulation	A regulation a claim relates to.
referenceStandard	referenceStandard → Standard	A standard a claim references.

Classification

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
code	code → xsd:string	The code value within a classification scheme.
definition	definition → xsd:string, langString	The definition of a classification code.
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
name	name	The name of the item.

Component

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
availabilityPeriod	availabilityPeriod → Period	The period over which a component is expected to remain available as a spare part.
componentPassport	componentPassport → Link	A link to the component's own product passport, where one exists.
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
name	name	The name of the item.
quantity	quantity → Measure	The quantity of product involved, as a measure.
sparePart	sparePart → xsd:boolean	Whether this component is available separately as a spare part.

ConformityProfile

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
criterion	includesCriterion → Criterion	A criterion included in the profile.
criterionScoringFramework	criterionScoringFramework → ScoringFramework	The scoring framework applied to the profile's criteria.
description	description	A description of the item.
documentation	documentation → xsd:anyURI	A URI to documentation of the scheme, criterion or profile.
name	name	The name of the item.
objectType	objectType → assessment-object-type	The type of object of conformity assessment the profile assesses (product, facility or organisation), aligned with ISO/IEC 17000:2020.
optionalCriteria	optionalCriteria → optional-criteria	Whether and how the criteria listed for the profile are mandatory. Warns a consumer that a profile pass may not require every listed criterion; where minimum thresholds or alternative pathways apply, the scoring framework carries the detail. Mandatory for every profile.
regulatoryAlignment	regulatoryAlignment → Regulation	A regulation that the referenced requirements are designed to meet.
scheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
scope	scope → any-code	The classification scope of the profile.
standardAlignment	standardAlignment → Standard	A standard that the referenced requirements are designed to meet.
status	status → criterion-status	The lifecycle status of a criterion or profile.
validFrom	validFrom → xsd:date	The date from which the profile is valid.
version	version → xsd:string	The version of a criterion or profile.

ContactPoint

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
email	email → xsd:string	An email address of a party or contact point.
website	website → xsd:anyURI	A web URL of a party or contact point.

Criterion

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
conformityTopic	conformityTopic → conformity-topics	A classification of the specified attributes a criterion addresses; see the conformity-topics scheme.
criteriaType	criteriaType → criteria-type	The kind of normative source a criterion reference points at, such as a scheme criterion, a scheme profile, a published standard or a regulation.
description	description	A description of the item.
documentation	documentation → xsd:anyURI	A URI to documentation of the scheme, criterion or profile.
name	name	The name of the item.
requiredPerformance	requiredPerformance → Performance	The performance threshold a criterion requires.
status	status → criterion-status	The lifecycle status of a criterion or profile.
tag	tag → xsd:string	A tag categorising the criterion.
version	version → xsd:string	The version of a criterion or profile.

Dimension

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
height	height → Measure	The height, as a measure.
length	length → Measure	The length, as a measure.
volume	volume → Measure	The volume, as a measure.
weight	weight → Measure	The weight, as a measure.
width	width → Measure	The width, as a measure.

Facility

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
address	postalAddress → Address	The postal address of a party, location or facility.
alsoKnownAs	alsoKnownAs → Facility, Party	Another record (party or facility) that denotes the same real-world entity.
countryOfOperation	countryOfOperation → country-id	The country in which a facility operates, as an ISO 3166-1 code.
description	description	A description of the item.
facility	verifiedFacility → Facility	The facility that is the subject of verification.
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
idVerifiedByCAB	idVerifiedByCAB → xsd:boolean	Whether the subject's identifier was verified by the conformity assessment body.
locationInformation	locatedAt → Location	The location at which a facility sits.
materialUsage	facilityMaterialUsage → MaterialUsage	A material-usage record for the facility.
name	name	The name of the item.
performanceClaim	performanceClaim → Claim	A performance claim about an entity.
processCategory	processCategory → any-code	The classification of the process performed at the facility.
registeredId	registeredId → xsd:string	The identifier value as registered within its scheme (e.g. the GTIN, LEI or DUNS number).
relatedDocument	relatedDocument → Link	A related document link.
relatedParty	relatedParty → PartyRole	A party related to this thing in some role, expressed as a party-role value object.

GeoCoordinates

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
latitude	latitude → xsd:decimal	The latitude of a location (WGS 84).
longitude	longitude → xsd:decimal	The longitude of a location (WGS 84).

IdentifierScheme

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
name	name	The name of the item.

Image

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
description	description	A description of the item.
imageData	imageData → xsd:string	The base64-encoded image data.
mediaType	encodingFormat	Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see IANA site and MDN reference), e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, encoding can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular encodingFormat information. Unregistered or niche encoding and file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia/Wikidata entry.
name	name	The name of the item.

Link

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
digestMultibase	digestMultibase	—
linkName	linkName → xsd:string	The name of the link.
linkType	linkType → any-code	A business classification of the target resource, as a URI identifying a definition the reader can look up.
linkURL	linkURL → xsd:anyURI	The URL of the link.
mediaType	encodingFormat	Media type typically expressed using a MIME format (see IANA site and MDN reference), e.g. application/zip for a SoftwareApplication binary, audio/mpeg for .mp3 etc. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, encoding can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular encodingFormat information. Unregistered or niche encoding and file formats can be indicated instead via the most appropriate URL, e.g. defining Web page or a Wikipedia/Wikidata entry.

Location

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
geoBoundary	geoBoundary → GeoCoordinates	The geographic boundary of a location or of a territorial recognition scope, as an ordered set of coordinates closing on itself.
geoLocation	geoLocation → GeoCoordinates	The geographic coordinate of the sensor reading.
geolocationEvidence	evidence → Link	A link to auditable evidence supporting an attestation, assessment or claim.
plusCode	plusCode → xsd:string	The Open Location Code (plus code) of a location.

Material

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
hazardous	hazardous → xsd:boolean	Whether the material is hazardous.
mass	mass → Measure	The mass of the material, as a measure.
massFraction	massFraction → xsd:decimal	The mass fraction of the material in the product (0–1).
materialSafetyInformation	materialSafetyInformation → Link	A link to material safety information (e.g. an MSDS).
materialType	materialType → any-code	The classification of the material.
name	name	The name of the item.
originCountry	originCountry → country-id	The country of origin, as an ISO 3166-1 code.
recycledMassFraction	recycledMassFraction → xsd:decimal	The recycled mass fraction of the material (0–1).
substanceOfConcern	substanceOfConcern → SubstanceOfConcern	A substance of concern present in this material.
symbol	symbol → Image	A symbol/image representing the material.

MaterialUsage

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
applicablePeriod	applicablePeriod → Period	The period over which the record applies.
materialConsumed	materialConsumed → Material	The material consumed.

Measure

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
lowerTolerance	lowerTolerance → xsd:decimal	The lower tolerance bound of a measured value.
unit	unitCode → unit-of-measure	The unit of measure of a measure value.
upperTolerance	upperTolerance → xsd:decimal	The upper tolerance bound of a measured value.
value	value → xsd:decimal	The numeric value of a measure or monetary amount.

Party

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
alsoKnownAs	alsoKnownAs → Facility, Party	Another record (party or facility) that denotes the same real-world entity.
description	description	A description of the item.
foundingDate	foundingDate	The date that this organization was founded.
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
immediateParent	subOrganizationOf	—
industryCategory	industryCategory → isic	The industry sector classification of an organisation.
name	name	The name of the item.
organisationWebsite	website → xsd:anyURI	A web URL of a party or contact point.
partyAddress	postalAddress → Address	The postal address of a party, location or facility.
performanceClaim	performanceClaim → Claim	A performance claim about an entity.
recognitionScope	recognitionScope → RecognitionScope	The scope of a recognition: what a register recognises the entity to be, and under what mandate.
registeredId	registeredId → xsd:string	The identifier value as registered within its scheme (e.g. the GTIN, LEI or DUNS number).
registrationCountry	registrationCountry → country-id	The country in which an organisation is registered (via a country join node).
relatedFacility	hasSite	—
subsidiaryRecords	hasSubOrganization	—
ultimateParent	transitiveSubOrganizationOf	—

PartyRole

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
party	relatedParty → PartyRole	A party related to this thing in some role, expressed as a party-role value object.
role	role → party-role	The role a party plays, relative to the referencing entity.

Performance

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
determination	performanceDetermination → conformity-determination	The conformity outcome reached, drawn from the conformity-determination code list.
measure	measuredValue → Measure	The measured value of a performance or sensor reading.
metric	metric → performance-metrics	The performance metric the value is reported against; a code from the performance-metrics taxonomy.
qualitativeFinding	qualitativeFinding → xsd:string	The outcome stated in words, where it does not reduce to a measure, a score or a determination.
score	performanceScore → Score	A score achieved or defined within a scoring framework.

Period

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
endDate	endDate → xsd:dateTime, xsd:date	The end date, or date and time, of the period.
periodInformation	periodInformation → xsd:string	A textual description of the period.
startDate	startDate → xsd:date, xsd:dateTime	The start date, or date and time, of the period.

ProcessDeclaration

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
description	description	A description of the item.
evidence	evidence → Link	A link to auditable evidence supporting an attestation, assessment or claim.
notApplicable	notApplicable → xsd:boolean	True where this process area genuinely does not apply to the scheme; the definition then states why.
processArea	processArea → scheme-process-area	Which of the scheme process areas this entry addresses. More than one entry may carry the same value.
standardAlignment	standardAlignment → Standard	A standard that the referenced requirements are designed to meet.

Product

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
batchNumber	batchNumber → xsd:string	The batch/lot number of the product.
characteristics	productCharacteristics → Characteristics	A declaration of the product's conformance characteristics.
countryOfProduction	countryOfProduction → country-id	The country of the facility where this product was manufactured or assembled.
description	description	A description of the item.
dimensions	dimensions → Dimension	The overall dimensions of the product, package, consignment item or transport means.
expiryDate	expiryDate → xsd:date	The expiry/best-before date of the product.
idGranularity	idGranularity → product-idgranularity	The identification granularity of the product (class, batch, item).
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
idVerifiedByCAB	idVerifiedByCAB → xsd:boolean	Whether the subject's identifier was verified by the conformity assessment body.
includedComponent	includedComponent → Component	A component or sub-assembly this product is made from; together these form its bill of materials.
itemNumber	itemNumber → xsd:string	The item/SKU number of the product.
materialProvenance	materialProvenance → Material	A material the product is made from.
modelNumber	modelNumber → xsd:string	The model number of the product.
name	name	The name of the item.
packaging	packaging → ProductPackage	The packaging of the product.
performanceClaim	performanceClaim → Claim	A performance claim about an entity.
producedAtFacility	producedAtFacility → Facility	The facility where the product was produced.
product	verifiedProduct → Product	The product that is the subject of verification.
productCategory	productCategory → Classification	A classification of the product, drawn from a published classification scheme.
productImage	productImage → Link	An image of the product.
productLabel	productLabel → Image	The product label image.
productionDate	productionDate → xsd:date, xsd:dateTime	The date, or date and time, the product was produced.
relatedDocument	relatedDocument → Link	A related document link.
relatedParty	relatedParty → PartyRole	A party related to this thing in some role, expressed as a party-role value object.

ProductPackage

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
description	description	A description of the item.
dimensions	dimensions → Dimension	The overall dimensions of the product, package, consignment item or transport means.
materialUsed	materialUsed → Material	A material used in the packaging.
packageLabel	packageLabel → Image	An image of the package label.
performanceClaim	performanceClaim → Claim	A performance claim about an entity.

RecognitionScope

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
geoBoundary	geoBoundary → GeoCoordinates	The geographic boundary of a location or of a territorial recognition scope, as an ordered set of coordinates closing on itself.
name	name	The name of the item.
scheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
scopeCode	scopeCode → recognition-scope	Which aspect of a recognition this scope entry expresses.

RegisteredIdentity

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
description	description	A description of the item.
digestMultibase	digestMultibase	—
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
name	name	The name of the item.
publicInformation	publicInformation → xsd:anyURI	A URL to publicly available information about the registered identity.
recognitionScope	recognitionScope → RecognitionScope	The scope of a recognition: what a register recognises the entity to be, and under what mandate.
recognizedIn	recognizedIn → EntityList	A list of recognised entities that contains this entity, identified by the URL of the list.
registerType	registerType → registry-type	The type of register in which the identity is recorded.
registeredDate	registeredDate → xsd:date	The date on which the identity was registered.
registeredId	registeredId → xsd:string	The identifier value as registered within its scheme (e.g. the GTIN, LEI or DUNS number).
registeredName	legalName	The official name of the organization, e.g. the registered company name.
registrar	registrar → Party	The party (registry authority) that maintains the register.
url	url	URL of the item.

Regulation

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
alignmentLevel	alignmentLevel → scheme-alignment-level	The alignment level (exceeds, meets, partial).
description	description	A description of the item.
name	name	The name of the item.
regulation	alignmentRegulation → Regulation	The regulation the profile aligns to.

Scheme

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
authorityEvidence	authorityEvidence → Link	A link to evidence of the authority recognition asserted by the scheme or the authority endorsement.
conformsTo	conformsTo → Link	A link to a specification the scheme conforms to.
dataLicense	dataLicense → license-type	The data license of the published scheme vocabulary.
description	description	A description of the item.
documentation	documentation → xsd:anyURI	A URI to documentation of the scheme, criterion or profile.
establishedDate	establishedDate → xsd:date	The date the scheme was established.
geographicScope	geographicScope → country-id	The geographic scope of the scheme.
includedProfile	includedProfile → ConformityProfile	A conformity profile included in the scheme.
industryScope	industryScope → isic	The industry scope of the scheme.
name	name	The name of the item.
owner	owner → Party	The party that owns this thing.
schemeAuthority	schemeAuthority → scheme-authority	The type of authority recognition held by the scheme, where any is held.
schemeDeclaration	schemeDeclaration → SchemeDeclaration	The scheme owner's declaration that the scheme's governance, development and delivery processes meet applicable international standards. Mandatory for every scheme; also carried on an attestation that the scheme itself issues.
schemeScoringFramework	schemeScoringFramework → ScoringFramework	The scoring framework used by the scheme.
status	status → criterion-status	The lifecycle status of a criterion or profile.
trustmark	trustmark → Image	A trustmark image associated with the attestation, scheme or authority endorsement.
validFrom	validFrom → xsd:date	The date from which the profile is valid.
validUntil	validUntil → xsd:date	The date after which the scheme or declaration is no longer valid.
version	version → xsd:string	The version of a criterion or profile.

SchemeDeclaration

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
conformsTo	conformsTo → Link	A link to a specification the scheme conforms to.
contactPoint	contactPoint → ContactPoint	A contact point of this party, or of the declaration, where concerns can be raised.
declarationDate	declarationDate → xsd:date	The date the declaration was made or lodged.
declarationEvidence	declarationEvidence → Link	A link to evidence supporting the declaration as a whole.
description	description	A description of the item.
documentation	documentation → xsd:anyURI	A URI to documentation of the scheme, criterion or profile.
name	name	The name of the item.
processDeclaration	processDeclaration → ProcessDeclaration	A declaration covering one process area of the scheme. At least one entry is required per process area.
status	status → criterion-status	The lifecycle status of a criterion or profile.
validFrom	validFrom → xsd:date	The date from which the profile is valid.
validUntil	validUntil → xsd:date	The date after which the scheme or declaration is no longer valid.

Score

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
code	code → xsd:string	The code value within a classification scheme.
definition	definition → xsd:string, langString	The definition of a classification code.
rank	rank → xsd:integer	The ordinal rank of the score within its framework.

ScoringFramework

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
description	description	A description of the item.
name	name	The name of the item.
score	performanceScore → Score	A score achieved or defined within a scoring framework.

SoftwareProduct

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
name	name	The name of the item.
vendor	publisher	The publisher of the article in question.
version	softwareVersion	Version of the software instance.

Standard

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
alignmentLevel	alignmentLevel → scheme-alignment-level	The alignment level (exceeds, meets, partial).
description	description	A description of the item.
name	name	The name of the item.
standard	alignmentStandard → Standard	The standard the profile aligns to.

SubstanceOfConcern

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
concentration	concentration → Measure	The concentration of a substance within a material, typically as a mass percentage.
idScheme	idScheme → IdentifierScheme	The scheme under which this identifier is registered.
name	name	The name of the item.
regulatoryList	regulatoryList → Classification	The regulatory candidate list against which a substance is declared, such as the REACH Candidate List of substances of very high concern.
substanceIdentifier	substanceIdentifier → xsd:string	The identifier of a substance within a chemical substance scheme, such as a CAS Registry Number or an EC number.
substanceLocation	substanceLocation → xsd:string	Where within a product or component a substance occurs.

Taxonomy concepts

A credential may carry a taxonomy value inline rather than as a bare code, giving the concept's label and definition alongside its IRI. The vocabulary publishes each taxonomy as a SKOS concept scheme, so a member of one is a skos:Concept and there is no class per taxonomy. The scope name below is what appears as the type in a credential; the scheme a value is drawn from is listed under Code lists.

Scope	Class	Properties
ConformityTopic	Concept	definition, name
PerformanceMetric	Concept	description, name

SuiteRenderMethod

Mapped to SuiteRenderMethod, which is defined by W3C Verifiable Credential Rendering Methods rather than by the UN/CEFACT dictionary. Each property below links to whichever publisher defines it, and an em dash means that publisher states no definition.

Property name	Vocabulary mapping	Definition
deliveryMode	deliveryMode	—
outputPreference	outputPreference	—
renderProperty	renderProperty	—
renderSuite	renderSuite	—
template	template	—

Code lists

Reached through the context's @vocab bases rather than by term reference, so a bare code value in a credential expands to a concept IRI under the listed scheme. Each is published as a SKOS concept scheme; follow the link for the concepts it defines.

Code list	Used by	Definition
assessment-level	assessmentLevel	A code for the nominated assurance pathway for a conformity attestation. The detail of an authority-derived pathway is carried by the linked authority endorsement; the detail of a scheme-derived pathway is carried by the linked scheme declaration or licensed-by-scheme reference.
assessment-object-type	objectType	A code for the type of entity being assessed. This is intended to be equivalent to the object of conformity assessment as defined within ISO/IEC 17000:2020.
assessor-level	assessorLevel	A code for the level of impartiality of the issuer of the attestation in relation to the object of conformity assessment. The first, second and third-party descriptions are intended to be equivalent to the definitions provided in ISO/IEC 17000:2020.
attestation-coverage-type	coverageType	A code for the kind of thing a conformity attestation declares itself to cover.
attestation-type	attestationType	A code for the type of the conformity attestation. Note: the conformity attestation has a broader intent than the ISO/IEC 17000 term 'attestation' (which refers to the issuance of statements of conformity); the list therefore includes conformity assessment activities (ISO/IEC 17000:2020 Clause 4.1 Note 3) that contribute to conformity assessment without necessarily producing a statement of conformity.
chain-of-custody-method	chainOfCustodyMethod	Chain of Custody Method UN/CEFACT code list.
conformity-determination	determination	A code for the conformity outcome an assessment reached against a criterion.
country-id	countryCode	Country UN/CEFACT code list.
criteria-type	criteriaType	A code for the kind of normative source a conformity criterion reference points at. An assessment criterion is not always drawn from a registered scheme: it may equally be a published standard, a regulation, or another published document.
criterion-status	status	Criterion Status UN/CEFACT code list.
endorsement-type	endorsementType	A code for the type of authority-derived assurance that applies to a conformity attestation.
evidence-selection	evidenceSelection	A code for who selected and supplied the evidence an attestation rests on. Separate from assessor level, which states the impartiality of the party issuing the attestation rather than the provenance of the evidence it reviewed.
license-type	dataLicense	License Type UN/CEFACT code list.
optional-criteria	optionalCriteria	A code indicating whether, and how, the criteria listed for a conformity profile are mandatory for a profile-level pass.
party-role	role	The role a party plays relative to a transaction or entity. Semantic tokens (party-role semantic model); seeded from UNTP, extended for trade-document coverage. The BSP PartyRoleCodeList (UNTDED 3035) is the Phase-5 mapping source.
product-idgranularity	idGranularity	Product IDGranularity UN/CEFACT code list.
recognition-scope	scopeCode	Recognition Scope UN/CEFACT code list.
registry-type	registerType	Registry Type UN/CEFACT code list.
scheme-alignment-level	alignmentLevel	Scheme Alignment Level UN/CEFACT code list.
scheme-authority	schemeAuthority	A code for the type of authority-derived recognition for a conformity scheme.
scheme-process-area	processArea	Scheme Process Area UN/CEFACT code list.
unit-of-measure	unit	Units of measure — UNECE Recommendation 20 Revision 17 (2021), Annex I. UNECE Rec 20 Rev 17.