Data sources and licensing.
Know which inventory source supports an assessment, how it should be credited, and which permissions need to cover its use.
Your assessment source
Each assessment uses the database and release recorded in its approved configuration and saved run.
Check the saved assessment context for its database, release, system model where identified, and calculation method. Use the citation for that exact release when sharing the result. Changing a source or release requires a new reviewed configuration and calculation.
Attribution and rights
- Source attribution
- Identifies and credits the inventory database and release behind a saved assessment.
- Permission to use data
- Comes from the applicable provider terms and agreements, including any rights needed for software integration, hosted access or sharing.
A citation does not grant a licence. A Laiffi subscription does not by itself include every database licence or permission to redistribute data. The agreed offer must identify the data access and permissions it supplies.
Your source files and supplier records are distinct from licensed background inventory. Confirm that you have permission to upload and use them. Third-party data embedded in a file remains subject to its provider’s terms.
Calculation software
Laiffi’s existing LCA integration connects to openLCA through olca-ipc and uses olca-schema for data exchange. openLCA and olca-ipc use MPL 2.0; olca-schema uses CC0 1.0. Software licences are separate from inventory-database licences and do not grant access to protected datasets.
This describes the LCA integration, rather than every assessment engine. Software versions and the inventory source should be identified for the workflow and saved calculation you use. For distributed software, the applicable component licences and notices also apply. This page does not replace them.
Agreements and verification
The agreed offer should identify which data access Laiffi supplies, which licences the customer needs, and the permitted use of outputs. Review the Laiffi offers or discuss data access with us before committing to a workflow.
Database licences are separate from Laiffi’s service terms and privacy notice. They are also separate from assessment review, verification and publication requirements. Licensed source data does not make a generated result or EPD draft independently verified.