Site assessment record

Pre-release. This site describes standard version 0.7.0-dev, which is in development and may change before version 1.0.0.

A site record that also scores the eight suitability criteria and files a suitability determination. The derived determination is what the methodology computes from the criteria; the filed determination is what the assessor files, equal to the derived one unless a supervisor overrides it with a reason.

Kind of: Site record

Properties

Property Required Repeatable Value Message
derived determination no no NCGS Suitability Determinations: Suitable, Suitable with conditions, Unsuitable, remediable, Withheld on ecological grounds, Deferred, pending agreement The derived determination is one of the five suitability determinations.
determination reason no no string
distance to an activity area in metres no no decimal
distance to water (m) no no decimal
estimated tree capacity no no integer
filed determination yes no NCGS Suitability Determinations: Suitable, Suitable with conditions, Unsuitable, remediable, Withheld on ecological grounds, Deferred, pending agreement A site assessment record files exactly one suitability determination.
frost pocket no no boolean
ground hazard no yes NCGS Ground Hazards: Cracks in the ground, Depressions, Mine-related subsidence, Deep or uncontrolled fill, Ash or slag, Unusual soil discolouration, Suspected contaminated fill, None seen
has criterion score no yes Criterion score
intended function no yes NCGS Species Functions: Fruit, Shade, Windbreak, Nutrient recycling, Ornamental, Medicinal
named condition no yes string
override reason no no string
proposes planting point no yes Proposed planting point
unmapped site confirmation no no string
water source no no NCGS Water Sources: Municipal tap, Borehole, Rainwater tank, Tank filled by truck, Household greywater, River, dam or stream, Not watered
water source, other no no string
within site property no no boolean

Also required of other records: Restatement

Property Required Repeatable Value Message
restatement reason no no string
restates no no any value A record restates at most one earlier record (ADR-0018).

Rules

  • Safeguard input from the desk: the site’s land cover and intactness come only from its registration or a desk or remote observation, not from anyone on site (#130).
  • A record moves to another site only by a supervisor’s or an office analyst’s correction in one role, observed at one zoned time, to a registered site current when it moves, and with each thing its restatement group introduced before it withdrawn or replaced by the move or a correction before it (ADR-0027).
  • A restatement is a record of the same type as the record it restates (ADR-0018).
  • A restatement is about the same site as the record it restates, or follows in its restatement group, unless a supervisor’s or an office analyst’s correction moves it (ADR-0018, ADR-0027).
  • A restatement is observed after the record it restates: it is the later observation that governs (ADR-0018).
  • A restatement says why the fact is restated, in a sentence or more (ADR-0018).
  • A site registration never moves: its correction registers the site its original registered, and a site registered in error is replaced (ADR-0027).
  • Safeguard review: a proposed planting point shows signs of intact cover (waterlogging, a waterlogging indicator such as wetland vegetation, another sign in the observer’s words, or a hollow), whatever the site’s land cover (#130).
  • A determination cannot be filed while any criterion is unknown; resolve it or file deferred, pending agreement.
  • A determination other than deferred must be accompanied by the derived determination it is filed against.
  • A filed determination that differs from the derived one is an override: it requires an override reason and observer role supervisor.
  • A water source is a concept or, for an Other answer, the respondent’s words (ncgs:waterSourceOther), never both.
  • Deferred, pending agreement may be filed only while the agreement in force at the assessment is none, refused or withdrawn (ADR-0019).
  • Derivation: a safe-space criterion not met gives suitable with conditions when a condition is named, otherwise unsuitable remediable.
  • Derivation: all criteria met gives suitable.
  • Derivation: an ecological criterion not met gives withheld on ecological grounds.
  • Each suitability criterion is scored at most once per assessment.
  • Every one of the eight suitability criteria must be scored before a determination other than deferred is filed.
  • Ground with no hazard seen (ground-none) names no hazard besides.
  • Suitable with conditions requires at least one named condition.
  • The site’s land cover and intactness are not known: neither its registration nor another site record recorded them, so this assessment records them (#130).
  • Withheld on ecological grounds requires intact indigenous land cover (indigenous grassland, wetland or riparian), the mapped vegetation type (or a point the map has no unit for), at least two geotagged ground-cover photographs and a determination reason.

Checked by

Criterion score

One suitability criterion scored met, not met or unknown at one assessment, with a note and evidence.

Properties

Property Required Repeatable Value Message
criterion yes no NCGS Suitability Criteria: Water, Caretaker, Security, Soil and ground, Space and services, Access, Land cover and biome, Ecological appropriateness A criterion score names exactly one of the eight suitability criteria.
criterion note no no string
criterion value yes no NCGS Criterion Values: Met, Not met, Unknown A criterion is scored met, not met or unknown.
has evidence yes yes Evidence item Every criterion score carries at least one photograph or document as evidence.

Proposed planting point

A spot where the assessor proposes a tree be planted, with what the ground shows there. A planting point with signs of intact cover (waterlogging, a waterlogging indicator such as wetland vegetation, or a hollow) is flagged for safeguard review, whatever the site’s land cover (#130).

Properties

Property Required Repeatable Value Message
landscape position no no NCGS Landscape Positions: Ridge or upper slope, Mid-slope, Flat ground, Lower slope, Hollow or depression A proposed planting point lies in at most one landscape position, from the landscape-position scheme.
lat no no decimal
long no no decimal
waterlogging indicator no yes NCGS Waterlogging Indicators: Standing water after rainfall, Grey or gleyed soil, Extensive soil mottling, Wetland vegetation A waterlogging indicator comes from the waterlogging-indicator scheme.
waterlogging indicator, other no no string
waterlogging signs yes no boolean A proposed planting point says whether the ground there shows signs of waterlogging.

This page explains the standard and does not decide conformance: only the released corpus does. It describes ontology/ncgs-ontology.ttl, dataRequirements/site-assessment-shapes.ttl, dataRequirements/common-shapes.ttl, methodologies/applicability-shapes.ttl at standard version 0.7.0-dev.