[Feature] - DPP Conform json Output

[fthobe]

As discussed with maintainers.

The PRs and commits related to #211 introduce the capacity to export json reports. By 2026 the DPP (Digital Product Passport) will be mandatory to track lifecycle steps of electronics. Part of the required fields are:

• Manufacturer
• Model
• GTIN
• Serial or Lot Number
• Servicing and maintenance

The draft for the standard is visible here:
https://www.gs1.org/standards/standards-emerging-regulations/DPP

Currently efforts are made at schema.org to model a GS1 / DPP compliant model. The suggestion was made to attend till that work is completed.

[fthobe]

@vonericsen i can tell you already that the biggest issue is the GTIN. All other steps are either very flexible (lifecycle steps) or very easy to compile from the application data.

[vonericsen]

So far in my initial reading about this it does seem mostly straight-forward.
GTIN will be difficult to figure out how to handle.

I'll keep reading up on this.
I just did training about the EU CSA recently as well and what that means for our software so this seems to fit in in a lot of ways.

[fthobe]

GTIN has significant issues as usually it can very by:

• model
• packaging (eg English packaging has a different GTIN than German even if the product is identical)
• rebranded disks (eg Dell, Cisco,..)

I am 100% sure that you people have one mighty association table somewhere that connects your serial numbers to an MPN that is connected to a GTIN for everything that's not build to order or for OEM use. The real problems are OEMs.

[vonericsen]

I am 100% sure that you people have one mighty association table somewhere that connects your serial numbers to an MPN that is connected to a GTIN for everything that's not build to order or for OEM use. The real problems are OEMs.

Yeah, I know there is someone doing this inside Seagate, it will be a matter of finding out who which is often easier said than done.

[fthobe]

@vonericsen

And there he went off into the corporate djungle: