Glossary term

semantic repository

The machine-readable reference for DPP data meanings and controlled vocabularies.

What does semantic repository mean?

A semantic repository gives registrants and systems a common way to interpret defined DPP fields and vocabularies. The EU registry rules provide for publishing machine-readable models and checking submitted registration data against them. A semantic check does not prove that a supplier's product claim is true.

Minespider working definition

A semantic repository provides controlled vocabularies and machine-readable models for checking the meaning and form of registry submissions.

Common boundary mistakes

Data-model conformance is not substantive compliance certification.

Source context

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 addresses machine-readable DPP data models, controlled vocabularies and semantic registration checks; those checks do not establish the truth of product claims.

Definition status

Source-grounded explanatory term, not a formal definition in the cited provisions. Source context is paraphrased, not quoted legal text.

Practical application

Version the model and controlled vocabulary used at registration and capture any semantic-validation response.

Minespider commentary

A registry vocabulary check helps align submitted metadata, but does not verify whether an underlying product claim is true.

Common confusions

  • Data-model conformance is not substantive compliance certification.

Related regulations

External references

DPP Registry Implementing Regulation

Source anchor; see source context and definition status.

Open reference