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A specification that describes how to calculate a carbon intensity for software applications.
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Consider how uncertainty from simplification will impact the goals of transferability and comparability #154

Closed dschien closed 2 years ago

dschien commented 2 years ago

The standard is vague in many places which introduces uncertainty. For example, the section on Embodied Emissions permits the use of "simple models" without qualification what these are. The resulting uncertainty however will negatively affect comparability of any calculated SCI indicators between alternative software.

I miss consideration of this problem in the text.

atg-abhishek commented 2 years ago

@dschien please feel free to create a PR that clarifies this and brings forward what you would like to communicate on this and in which part of the SCI