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Part 2. What a digital product passport is
The definition, what it is not, what it holds, and who reads it.
The definition, what it is not, what it holds, and who reads it.
This part holds 7 documents in 4 subjects. It is part 2 of 9. All parts.
The definition
- What is a digital product passport? A digital product passport is a set of structured data about one product, reached from a code on the product itself.
- What is not a digital product passport A QR code to a marketing page, a PDF, a login portal, a spreadsheet or a blockchain entry is not a passport. Here is what each one lacks.
What it holds, and who reads it
- What data a digital product passport holds It depends on the product group. The EU battery regulation sets a full data list, and this page sets that list out.
- Who reads a digital product passport, and what they want A consumer is one reader out of six, and reads the least. Most readers are computer systems that act for an authority, a recycler or a buyer.
What it is not
- How a digital product passport differs from a barcode A barcode identifies a product. A digital product passport describes one, and EU law sets different rules for each.
- Why your website cannot be the digital product passport A well built web page fails five rules in EU law. This page names each rule, and the article of the law that sets it.
What it costs
- What a digital product passport costs No published pilot gives a cost, a time or a benefit figure. Here are the numbers that circulate, and what each one really measures.
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