The data model elaborated in this paper is meant to serve as a
template of the database component of information and decision
support systems related to the upstream segment of supply chains
covering different types of biomass feedstock, different types of
destinations (biomaterials and bioenergy) and, hence, different
typesof handling techniques. This generic reference data model
enables the exchange of optimisation and simulation models
among users and is a precondition to achieve a standard exchange
format which allows benchmarking of different tools in the same
case study.