XML Reporting Documentation

Below you will find three type of technical assistance for the Subpart W XML reporting community:  schema and XML requirements documentation, documentation addressing critical validation check, and XML reporting examples for each Subpart W Segment.   These schema will go into effect in mid-February 2018; until then Version 7.1 of the schema remains applicable. While these will address a wide range of questions, users that continue to have difficulty configuring, uploading, or submitting their Subpart W XML are urged to contact the GHGRP Help desk by e-mail at GHGReporting@epa.gov.

• Subpart W Schema v8.1 (xsd, 12/12/17) (827K)
• Subpart W XML Changes from v7.1 to v8.1 (html, 12/12/17) (23,505K)
• Subpart W Enumerations and Xpath Analysis  (xlsx, 12/1217) (149K)
• Subpart W XML XPath and Associated Requirements Documentation (xlsx, 2/16/18) (376K)
  
  

For RY2014 and prior years,  please see the previously published RY2014 XML help document:

• RY2014 Subpart W XML Reporting Instructions (docx, 2/25/15) (3,576K)
  
  

An archive of  RY2012, RY2013, RY2014, RY2015, and RY2016 XML reporting instructions can be found at Archived XML Reporting Instructions.

Critical Validation Checks

Subpart W has almost 600 critical validations checks.  To help XML reporters determine with specific data element is causing critical validation, we have provided that documentation below:

• Subpart W Critical Validation Crosswalk

XML Reporting Examples 

This section provides examples of common Subpart W reporting scenarios and XML submissions demonstrating how annual GHG reports should be structured. In each case we have provided a complete segment report which includes all sources applicable to the segment.  Each example is presented in a Reporting Form format and in an XML for consistent with the formats created by and expected by e-GGRT.