ÖCPA 2015: Austrian Classification of Goods and Products

ÖCPA 2015 is the Austrian national version of the European CPA (Classification of Products by Activity) for classifying goods and services. It was published by Cooperation OGD Österreich and Wikimedia Österreich and replaced the ÖCPA 2008 version on 1 January 2015. The dataset is designed to reflect specificities of the Austrian economy and is related to international classifications like ISIC, NACE, CPC, HS, SITC, and PRODCOM.

Use Cases

• Categorize Austrian economic data based on the hierarchical product classification.
• Harmonize product data with international standards like CPA, NACE, and HS based on the described relationships.
• Analyze the structure of the Austrian economy based on the national sub-categories introduced in earlier versions.
• Build a product taxonomy for Austrian marketplaces or supply chain systems.

Strengths

• The dataset is the official Austrian national classification, providing an authoritative standard.
• It is aligned with the European CPA 2.1 standard at the sub-category level.
• It is released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Cooperation OGD Österreich, Wikimedia Österreich

Time Range

Current version is from 2015.

Geography

Austria