XML Reporting Documentation

Below you 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.   While these will address a wide range of questions, user 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 v6.3 (xsd, 3/21/2016)   (541K) 
  
• Subpart W XML XPath and Associated Requirements Documentation (xlsx, 3/21/2016)  (330k)
• Subpart W XML Corrections from v6.2 to v6.3

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.