This tool presents a systematic, requirement-level comparison of three major Digital Product Passport frameworks: the EU DPP mandated under the ESPR, the DPP 4.0 based on the Asset Administration Shell (IEC 63278), and the UNTP DPP specified by UN/CEFACT. The comparison covers 107 data requirements (40 EU, 33 DPP 4.0, 34 UNTP) mapped across 33 cross-framework concepts.
EU DPP
CEN/CENELECRegulatory DPP under ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. Mandates product-level sustainability and lifecycle data for the EU single market.
DPP 4.0
IDTA / ZVEIIndustry 4.0 DPP based on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Modular submodel architecture for industrial interoperability and digital twins.
UNTP DPP
UN/CEFACTGlobal supply chain transparency protocol using W3C Verifiable Credentials. Lightweight, claim-based architecture (v0.7.0).
Cross-Framework Mapping Summary
Key Findings
Framework Characteristics
| Characteristic | EU DPP | DPP 4.0 | UNTP DPP |
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Browse all 107 data requirements across the three frameworks. Click any row for details.
What does * mean?
Ten DPP 4.0 requirements (Material Composition, Circular Economy, Supply Chain) are marked with * because they come from author-constructed submodels — no published IDTA Submodel Template exists for these domains yet. They were included because the ESPR requires data on material composition, circularity metrics, and supply chain traceability, and both the EU DPP and UNTP DPP already address these concepts. Excluding them would make the cross-framework comparison incomplete, since the DPP 4.0 initiative intends to cover these categories. Their mandatory/optional flags are author assessments based on DPP 4.0 working group outputs, not specification-level cardinalities.
| ID | Requirement | Framework | Category | Type | Mandatory | Source |
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Side-by-Side Framework Comparison
Select a dimension to compare equivalent requirements. Each concept shows the corresponding requirement from each framework with its equivalence classification. Click any requirement ID for details.
Cross-Framework Mapping Matrix
All 33 concepts mapped across 7 thematic dimensions. Rows are colour-coded by equivalence level. Click any requirement ID for details.
Specification Sources & References
Links to the authoritative specification documents used in this comparison. All data was extracted from these sources and cross-checked for accuracy.
Based on: G. Havur, T. Pellegrini, N. Hoffmann, M. Perau, R. Koppelaar, H. Berg, “Toward Interoperable Digital Product Passports: A Data-Requirement Comparison of EU DPP, AAS-Based DPP 4.0, and UNTP”, ISM 2026, Procedia Computer Science (accepted). An extended journal version, “A Comparative Analysis of Digital Product Passport Frameworks: EU DPP, AAS-Based DPP 4.0, and UNTP DPP”, is in preparation. The EU DPP extraction follows the JRC DPP data specification methodology (JRC145830). The UNTP DPP extraction is based on the v0.7.0 JSON Schema, the DPP 4.0 extraction on the AAS metamodel JSON schema and the IDTA Submodel Templates. The EU DPP has no official schema; our EU DPP JSON Schema (authors’ formalisation, not an adopted EU schema) and an illustrative sample passport are available here (data last updated 2 October 2026).