Digital Product Passport

Cross-Framework Comparison Tool

EU DPP · DPP 4.0 · UNTP DPP — 105 requirements, 33 concept mappings

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 105 data requirements (40 EU, 33 DPP 4.0, 32 UNTP) mapped across 33 cross-framework concepts.

EU DPP

CEN/CENELEC

Regulatory DPP under ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. Mandates product-level sustainability and lifecycle data for the EU single market.

DPP 4.0

IDTA / ZVEI

Industry 4.0 DPP based on the Asset Administration Shell (AAS). Modular submodel architecture for industrial interoperability and digital twins.

UNTP DPP

UN/CEFACT

Global supply chain transparency protocol using W3C Verifiable Credentials. Lightweight, claim-based architecture (v0.7.0).

Cross-Framework Mapping Summary

- Mapped Concepts
- Exact Matches
- Partial Matches
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Key Findings

Framework Characteristics

CharacteristicEU DPPDPP 4.0UNTP DPP

Browse all 105 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.

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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.

Exact Match (9) Partial Match (17) Framework-Specific (7) * Author-constructed submodel

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 the publication work in progress: “A Comparative Analysis of Digital Product Passport Frameworks: EU DPP, AAS-Based DPP 4.0, and UNTP DPP”. The EU DPP extraction follows the JRC DPP data specification methodology (JRC145830). The UNTP DPP extraction is based on the v0.7.0-rc6 JSON Schema.