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Address

The properties for the Address resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
v:street-addressglobal Addressglobal
Optional
Non repeatable
Street name of the Addres
foaf:mbox Email
Optional
Non repeatable
Email addressglobal of the Address
schema:faxnumber Fax
Optional
Non repeatable
Fax number of the Address
schema:telephone Mobile-Phone
Optional
Non repeatable
Mobile number of the Address
schema:telephone Phone
Optional
Non repeatable
Phone number of the Address
v:country-name Country
Optional
Non repeatable
Country of the Addres
v:latitude Latitude
Optional
Non repeatable
Latitude coordinates of the Address
v:locality City
Optional
Non repeatable
City code of the Address
v:longitude Longitude
Optional
Non repeatable
Longitude coordinates of the Address
v:postal-code Zip-Code
Optional
Non repeatable
Zip code of the Address
essglobal:state State
Optional
Non repeatable
State of the Address
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
v:
http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#
foaf:
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
schema:
http://schema.org/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/

Costcomposition

The properties for the Costcomposition resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
essglobal:hasInputCost Has Input
Optional
Repeatable
Defines the cost related to a product, service, or activity that goes into making the final product or service.
essglobal:hasLabourCost Has Labour
Optional
Repeatable
Defines the cost of the work done for specific tasks related to the provision of goods or services offered by the SSE initiative. Generally it can be human, animal or machine labour, but in ESSglobal it's human labour only.
essglobal:hasOtherCosts Has Other Costs
Optional
Repeatable
Defines other costs which impact on the final cost of a product or service provided by an SSE initiative, other than input or labour, like taxes, deprecation of machinery, funds, etc.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/

Cost

The properties for the Cost resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
essglobal:isComposedBy Is Composed By
Required
Non repeatable
A breakdown of all inputs (as taxes and raw materials) and labour costs that make up the product or service's final cost. An open cost is a prerequisite for solidarity fair trade systems.
gr:hasCurrency Currency
Required
Non repeatable
Currency of the product or service's final cost.
gr:hasCurrencyValue Value
Required
Non repeatable
The final Cost of the product or service. The sum up of all the components: Input, Labour and Other Costs.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#

Input

The properties for the Input resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:description Description
Required
Non repeatable
A description of the input.
essglobal:costPerUnit Cost per Unit
Required
Non repeatable
The currency of the price or cost per unit of a good or service (be it input or the final product/service)
essglobal:hasImpactOnCost Has Impact on Cost
Required
Non repeatable
Does the input contribute to the monetary price of the final product: YES or NO? Whereas many (perhaps most) inputs do contribute to the monetary price of the final product or service, some don't. For example, volunteer labor may contribute greatly to production without adding to the monetary cost of production.
essglobal:qualifier Qualifier
Optional
Repeatable
A qualification according to the type of product. Ex: ecological or sustainable environmentally, gender issues, etc. ESSGlobal has established a VES with a set of qualifiers to differentiate SSE products and services.
essglobal:quantityPerProductOrServiceUnit Quantity per ProductOrService Unit
Required
Non repeatable
The quantity of the input that goes into making the final product or service.
essglobal:unit Unit
Required
Non repeatable
The unit that a product or service is measured in, in the Universal Unit System (e.g., kilograms, hours)
gr:category Category
Optional
Repeatable
Products and services should be categorized according to the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC). This code has been developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to classify all products and services. The code has four levels (from most general to most specific): Segment, Family, Class, Commodity. ESSGlobal uses only the first two levels (Segment and Family). The UNSPSC can be found at: www.unspsc.org/ . ESSGlobal has established a VES for this term.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#

Labour

The properties for the Labour resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:description Description
Required
Non repeatable
A description of the Labour
essglobal:typeOfLabour Type
Optional
Non repeatable
The human labour dedicated for providing goods or services can be of different types, depending on the established labour relations. For example, it might be associative (i.e., the worker is one of the collective owners of the SSE initiative), but it might also be subordinated work (an employee of the SSE initiative), volunteer work or externally hired work (like a freelancer or a partner initiative).
gr:hasCurrencyValue Contribution to the Cost
Required
Non repeatable
In the final product of service provided by an SSE initiative, what is the contribution of labour? This is a monetary value per unit of a final product or service.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#

Locationofsale

The properties for the Locationofsale resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:title Name
Required
Non repeatable
Name of sale location (e.g., Philadelphia Branch, Headquarters)
essglobal:deliveryRangeDistance Delivery Range Distance
Optional
Non repeatable
Delivery range of product or service, in kilometers or miles. If this term is defined, the term “Delivery-Range-Geographic-Area” has to be left empty.
essglobal:hasAddress has address
Optional
Non repeatable
The address of the Location of Sale
essglobal:isMain isMain
Optional
Non repeatable
If the Location of Sale is the headquarter of the SSE initiative.
essglobal:isSSE isSSEInitiative
Optional
Non repeatable
If the Location of Sale is a place belonging to the SSE.
gr:eligibleRegions Delivery Range Geographic Area
Optional
Repeatable
Delivery range of product or service, by geographic area. It is a list of cities or other geographic regions inside a country or internationally. If this term is defined, the term “Delivery-Range-Distance” has to be left empty.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#

Network

The properties for the Network resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
gr:name Name
Required
Non repeatable
Name of the network
dcterms:hasPart Is made of
Required
Repeatable
The SSE Initiative which the Network is made of
essglobal:hasAddress has address
Optional
Non repeatable
The address of the Network
essglobal:hasProductOrService Has Product or Service
Optional
Repeatable
The good offered by the Network.
essglobal:legalForm Legal Form
Optional
Non repeatable
ESSGlobal has established a VES for this property.
essglobal:mission Mission
Optional
Non repeatable
The Network's vision, values, and principles.
essglobal:objective Objective
Optional
Non repeatable
Actionable and measurable steps the initiative is taking to carry out its mission.
foaf:homepage URL
Optional
Non repeatable
The Network's homepage
dcterms:description Description
Optional
Non repeatable
A description of the network
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
foaf:
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/

Othercosts

The properties for the Othercosts resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:description Description
Required
Non repeatable
A description of other costs.
essglobal:hasImpactOnCost Has Impact on Cost
Required
Non repeatable
Does the input contribute to the monetary price of the final product: YES or NO? Whereas many (perhaps most) inputs do contribute to the monetary price of the final product or service, some don't. For example, volunteer labor may contribute greatly to production without adding to the monetary cost of production.
gr:hasCurrencyValue Contribution to the Cost
Required
Non repeatable
In the final product of service provided by an SSE initiative, what is the contribution of other costs? This is a monetary value per unit of a final product or service.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#

Productorservice

The properties for the Productorservice resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
gr:name Name
Required
Non repeatable
Name of the product or service provided by SSE initiative.
essglobal:hasCost Has Cost
Optional
Non repeatable
The cost for a particular product or service produced by an SSE initiative or network.
essglobal:hasSaleOption Has a Sale Option
Optional
Repeatable
A Product sold at a certain price, under specific properties, in a certain Location.
essglobal:qualifier Qualifier
Optional
Repeatable
A qualification according to the type of product. Ex: ecological or sustainable environmentally, gender issues, etc. ESSGlobal has established a VES with a set of qualifiers to differentiate SSE products and services.
foaf:depicts Image
Optional
Non repeatable
Image of product or service.
gr:category Category
Optional
Repeatable
Products and services should be categorized according to the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC). This code has been developed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to classify all products and services. The code has four levels (from most general to most specific): Segment, Family, Class, Commodity. ESSGlobal uses only the first two levels (Segment and Family). The UNSPSC can be found at: www.unspsc.org/ . ESSGlobal has established a VES for this term.
gr:hasUnitOfMeasurement Unit
Optional
Non repeatable
Unit of measurement for assessglobaling quantity (e.g., bushel, gallon, pounds). A list of scientific units can be found at:
dcterms:description Description
Optional
Non repeatable
Description of the product or service provided by the SSE initiative.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
foaf:
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Sseinitiative

The properties for the Sseinitiative resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
gr:name Name
Required
Non repeatable
The name of the SSE initiative in its original language
dcterms:description Description
Optional
Non repeatable
A description of the SSE initiative
dcterms:isPartOf Is part of
Optional
Repeatable
A network of individuals and/or organizations that the SSE Initiative belongs to.
essglobal:economicSector Economic-Sector
Optional
Repeatable
The economic sector of the SSE Initiative. ESSGlobal has established a VES form this term.
essglobal:hasAddress has address
Optional
Non repeatable
The address of the SSE initiative
essglobal:hasProductOrService Has Product or Service
Optional
Repeatable
The good offered by the SSE initiative.
essglobal:legalForm Legal Form
Optional
Non repeatable
essglobal:mission Mission
Optional
Non repeatable
The initiative's vision, values, and principles.
essglobal:objective Objective
Optional
Non repeatable
Actionable and measurable steps the initiative is taking to carry out its mission.
essglobal:totalMen Total of Men
Optional
Non repeatable
The number of men that work in the SSE Initiative.
essglobal:totalOfMembers Total of Members
Optional
Non repeatable
The total number of members that work in the SSE Initiative.
essglobal:totalWomen Total of Women
Optional
Non repeatable
The number of women that work in the SSE Initiative.
foaf:homepage URL
Optional
Non repeatable
The initiative's homepage
dc:type Type
Optional
Repeatable
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
foaf:
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Saleoption

The properties for the Saleoption resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
essglobal:isAavailableAt Is available at a Location of Sale
Required
Non repeatable
A sale option is connected to a place where the good or service is provided.
essglobal:isAvailable isavailable
Required
Non repeatable
If the Sale Option (the product/service at a certain price, under specific properties, in a specific Sale Location) is available.
essglobal:salesMarginPercentage Sales Margin Percentage
Required
Non repeatable
Margin (on sales) is the difference between selling price and cost. This difference is typically expressed either as a percentage of selling price or on a per-unit basis. This attribute is the percentage sales margin.
essglobal:salesMarginValue Sales Margin Value
Required
Non repeatable
Margin (on sales) is the difference between selling price and cost. This difference is typically expressed either as a percentage of selling price or on a per-unit basis. The present attribute is an absolute value for sales margin on each unit of the product or service offered in the location.
gr:hasCurrencyValue Delivery Cost
Required
Non repeatable
Additional cost which includes the delivery services costs, like posting, transport, etc.
gr:hasCurrencyValue Price
Required
Non repeatable
The price for the consumer, which adds the sales margin and delivery costs to the final cost of “cost-composition” in the following manner: If the location has a sales-margin-percentage, the price will be costcomposition.final-cost*(1+sales-margin-percentage) + delivery-costs. If the location has a sales-margin-value, the final price will be costcomposition.final-cost + sales-margin-value + delivery-costs .
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
essglobal:
http://purl.org/essglobal/vocab/
gr:
http://purl.org/goodrelations/v1#