Ressurssideta

Ressurssideta is a concept used in sustainability and data governance to describe an integrated framework and accompanying datasets that catalog resources and their flows across economies, ecosystems, and organizations. It aims to combine physical stock and flow data with economic, social, and environmental indicators to support policy making, planning, and research.

The term is a neologism formed from roots meaning resource in several European languages and the English data, reflecting its function as a resource dataset. It is used as a generic label for standardized resource data collections rather than a single canonical database.

A ressurssideta typically consists of a central repository and modular data layers. Core elements include resource categories (natural resources, physical assets, human capital, financial resources), units and conversion factors, time stamps, and geographic tagging. Metadata coverage includes data provenance, provider, methods, quality indicators, and version history. Interoperability is promoted through common schemas, controlled vocabularies, and persistent identifiers.

Applications include government policy and planning, corporate supply-chain risk management, environmental accounting, research into resource efficiency and the circular economy, and public dashboards for transparency. Data within a ressurssideta are used to assess resource availability, track consumption trends, model scenarios, and inform strategic decisions.

Limitations and challenges involve uneven data availability and quality across sectors and regions, ongoing standardization needs, privacy considerations for certain types of human resources, and the costs of maintaining governance and infrastructure. Related topics include resource accounting, data governance, and life-cycle assessment.