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Pathway Specification v0.5

A proposed open configuration format for techno-economic and life-cycle assessment models

🎯 Release Highlights

This is the first public release of the Insight Quantix Pathway Specification—a modern, structured YAML format for representing TEA/LCA pathway models with transparency, reproducibility, and automation in mind.

📦 What's Included

Core Components

  • ✅ Structured YAML schema for pathway configurations
  • ✅ Demo HEFA pathway (600+ lines, validated against NREL TP-5100-58677)
  • ✅ Python validation script for structural checking
  • ✅ Comprehensive documentation suite

Documentation

  • QUICKSTART.md - Learn the format in 15 minutes
  • GLOSSARY.md - TEA/LCA terminology reference
  • ROADMAP.md - Development timeline and milestones
  • VALIDATION.md - Pathway validation methodology
  • GOVERNANCE.md - Maintenance and decision-making process
  • ECOSYSTEM.md - Integration with existing TEA/LCA tools
  • COMPARISON.md - Comparison with spreadsheets, GREET, OpenLCA, Aspen

🎯 Key Features

For Researchers

  • Version-controlled pathway definitions
  • Reproducible studies for publications
  • Transparent peer review
  • Automated scenario generation

For Industry

  • Regulatory submission support
  • Standardized format across teams
  • Integration-ready workflows
  • Vendor-neutral open format

For Tool Developers

  • Machine-readable configuration layer
  • Extensible structure
  • Interoperable design

🚧 Development Status

This is a v0.5 draft specification

  • ✅ Core schema structure defined
  • ✅ Demo HEFA pathway validated
  • ✅ Basic validation tools
  • ⏳ Tool integrations planned (v0.6-v0.7)
  • ⏳ Peer review in progress
  • ⏳ Multi-domain validation expanding

📖 Getting Started

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/insightquantix/pathway-spec.git
cd pathway-spec

# Install dependencies
pip install pyyaml jsonschema

# Validate demo pathway
python examples/validate_pathway.py pathways/demo_hefa_base.yaml

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions from domain experts, tool developers, researchers, and standards bodies. See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Current priorities:

  1. Validate additional pathways against published studies
  2. Build integration interfaces for existing tools
  3. Expand multi-stakeholder governance
  4. Develop formal validation test suite

📝 Citation

@misc{iqpathway2025,
  title={Insight Quantix Pathway Specification: A Proposed Open Format for TEA-LCA Models},
  author={Insight Quantix},
  year={2025},
  version={0.5-draft},
  url={https://github.com/insightquantix/pathway-spec}
}

📄 License

Apache License 2.0 - Free to use and modify

🔗 Links

Note: This is a development draft seeking validation, peer review, and community collaboration. For regulatory submissions or investment decisions, independent validation is required.

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