As part of #398, I noticed that the transportation-sector subcategories are not well structured. They were imported transferred directly from NAVIGATE and ENGAGE as one of the first actions in common-definitions (#3).
Specifically, the imported variables were
- Emissions|CO2|Energy|Demand|Transportation|Bus
- Emissions|CO2|Energy|Demand|Transportation|Light-Duty Vehice
- Emissions|CO2|Energy|Demand|Transportation|Truck
and similar variables for energy demand, but no corresponding variables for cars or motorcycles.
We also have
- Energy Service|Transportation|Freight|Truck
- Energy Service|Transportation|Passenger|Road|Light-Duty Vehicle:
and similar variables with the Freight category.
This inconsistency is not helpful.
I suggest to restructure the emissions- and energy-demand variables by adding "Road" or "Road|Passenger" or "Road|Freight" to improve consistency of the variable tree, and to add a complete set of road-transportation modes.
Implementation-wise, we could rename the variables in all IIASA-hosted databases (that are still in active use) at the same time as updating common-definitions, to minimize the disruptions to modelling teams and users.
Any comments @IAMconsortium/common-definitions-transport @IAMconsortium/common-definitions-coordination
As part of #398, I noticed that the transportation-sector subcategories are not well structured. They were imported transferred directly from NAVIGATE and ENGAGE as one of the first actions in common-definitions (#3).
Specifically, the imported variables were
and similar variables for energy demand, but no corresponding variables for cars or motorcycles.
We also have
and similar variables with the Freight category.
This inconsistency is not helpful.
I suggest to restructure the emissions- and energy-demand variables by adding "Road" or "Road|Passenger" or "Road|Freight" to improve consistency of the variable tree, and to add a complete set of road-transportation modes.
Implementation-wise, we could rename the variables in all IIASA-hosted databases (that are still in active use) at the same time as updating common-definitions, to minimize the disruptions to modelling teams and users.
Any comments @IAMconsortium/common-definitions-transport @IAMconsortium/common-definitions-coordination