NCGS planting questions

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

The fieldworker form for a planting day: one tree individual per hole.

What it captures

Questions

Planting record

  • Which site is this about? (required)
    • The site being planted.
    • Help: Pick it from the site list. Only sites cleared by their latest assessment, with every condition met, are listed.
  • Which planting day is this record for? (required)
    • The planting activity this record belongs to.
    • Help: Usually today’s planting day at this site.
  • Record each tree you planted. (required)
    • One entry per tree planted.
    • Help: For each tree: pick the hole, choose the species from the nursery label, and photograph the planted tree.
  • If a species was planted outside its listed vegetation types, why?
    • The supervisor’s reason for planting a species where the standard does not list it as suited.
    • Help: Supervisors only. Explain why it is justified; leave empty otherwise.
  • Who made this observation? (filled automatically) (required)
    • The person who made this record.
    • Help: Filled in from your login.
  • In which role did you make this observation? (required)
  • Date and time recorded (filled automatically) (required)
    • When the record was made.
    • Help: Filled in automatically.
  • Capture-device latitude (decimal degrees) (required)
    • Device latitude at capture.
    • Help: Filled in automatically from the device location when this record is saved.
  • Capture-device longitude (decimal degrees) (required)
    • Device longitude at capture.
    • Help: Filled in automatically from the device location when this record is saved.
  • How was this information first recorded? (required)

Tree individual

  • Which prepared hole did this tree go into? (required)
    • The prepared hole this tree went into.
    • Help: Scan or pick it from the site preparation record.
  • Which species or cultivar? (required)
    • Species or cultivar from the register, filtered by the site’s vegetation type.
    • Help: Pick the hole first: the list shows the species suited to its mapped vegetation type. Pick the cultivar if the nursery label names one, otherwise the species. If it is not listed, ask a supervisor to add it; there is no ‘other’.
  • What rootstock is this tree grafted on?
    • The lower part of a grafted tree that the fruiting variety is joined onto.
    • Help: Only for grafted fruit trees, if the nursery label names it.
  • What was the capacity of this tree’s nursery bag or pot? (litres) (required)
    • The size of the nursery bag or pot the tree came in.
    • Help: Use the labelled container capacity, for example 10 or 20 litres, not the amount of water used at planting.
  • On what date was this tree planted? (required)
    • The day the tree went into the ground.
    • Help: Today, unless you are entering a paper record.
  • Scan the QR tag you fixed to this tree.
    • The QR tag fixed to the tree, if any.
    • Help: Only if you fixed a tag; otherwise leave empty.
  • Who will look after this tree? (required)
    • Who will look after this tree, as an identifier and a role.
    • Help: Pick them from the people register and say if they are a steward (someone else’s property) or the owner (their own).
  • How was the ground around the tree finished? (required)
  • Was compost or manure mixed into the soil in the hole? (required)
    • Compost or manure mixed into the hole.
    • Help: Yes only if it was mixed into the soil, not just put on top.
  • Was the tree planted at the same depth as in its bag? (required)
    • Planted at the same depth as in the nursery bag.
    • Help: The soil line on the stem should be where it was in the bag, not deeper.
  • Was mulch put around the tree? (required)
    • Mulch laid around the tree.
    • Help: Answer yes only if the mulch is kept off the stem.
  • Was the stem painted white? (required)
    • Stem painted white against sunburn.
    • Help: White paint protects the stem from sunburn.
  • Was a stake put in beside this tree? (required)
    • A stake put in beside the tree.
    • Help: Tick yes if the tree was staked when it was planted.
  • Was a tree guard put up around this tree? (required)
    • A tree guard put up around the tree.
    • Help: Tick yes if a guard was put up when the tree was planted. Guards protect young trees from animals and mowers.
  • Take a photo of the planted tree. (required)
    • Tree photograph: a photo of the planted tree.
    • Help: A new photo of this tree, taken now with location on.
  • Any other photo or document (optional).
    • Any other photo or document of this tree.
    • Help: Any other photo or document of this tree.

Agent role

  • Which person or organisation? (required)
    • The enrolled person or organisation, never a name; the role they act in comes from their enrolment.
    • Help: Pick them from the people register. Never type a name. Their role comes from their enrolment; nothing to choose.

Evidence item

  • What this item is: a photograph of the tree (fixed by the form). (required)
  • Take the photo. (required)
    • The photo, kept by its content address.
    • Help: Use the camera.
  • Photo latitude (from the photo)
    • Latitude of the place the photograph was taken, as recorded with it.
    • Help: Filled in from the location you capture after the photo.
  • Photo longitude (from the photo)
    • Longitude of the place the photograph was taken, as recorded with it.
    • Help: Filled in from the location you capture after the photo.

Evidence item

Build your own instrument

Instrument NCGS tree planting form (the standard’s generated form)
standard release 0.7.0-dev
submission identifier field KEY
export timezone +02:00
links survey layer yes

Downloads: form-fields.csv, form-choices.csv

Record structure

Fields

Field Type Group Question Personal or media Resolved by
record.deviceLatitude decimal Capture-device latitude (decimal degrees)
record.deviceLongitude decimal Capture-device longitude (decimal degrees)
record.observedAt dateTime Date and time recorded (filled automatically)
login text Who made this observation? (filled automatically); In which role did you make this observation? personal field Agent from the people register; Role from the people register
record.overrideReason string If a species was planted outside its listed vegetation types, why?
record.plantedTree.atPosition picker record.plantedTree Which prepared hole did this tree go into?
record.plantedTree.compostMixed boolean record.plantedTree Was compost or manure mixed into the soil in the hole?
record.plantedTree.containerSizeLitres decimal record.plantedTree What was the capacity of this tree’s nursery bag or pot? (litres)
record.plantedTree.guardInstalled boolean record.plantedTree Was a tree guard put up around this tree?
record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.contentCid file record.plantedTree.hasEvidence Take the photo. media field
record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.documentTag string record.plantedTree.hasEvidence Scan the QR sticker you put on the document.
record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.evidenceType select_one record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.evidenceType record.plantedTree.hasEvidence What does this photo or document show?
record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.photoLatitude decimal record.plantedTree.hasEvidence Photo latitude (from the photo)
record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.photoLongitude decimal record.plantedTree.hasEvidence Photo longitude (from the photo)
record.plantedTree.holeTypology select_one record.plantedTree.holeTypology record.plantedTree How was the ground around the tree finished?
record.plantedTree.mulchApplied boolean record.plantedTree Was mulch put around the tree?
record.plantedTree.plantedAtNurseryDepth boolean record.plantedTree Was the tree planted at the same depth as in its bag?
record.plantedTree.plantingDate date record.plantedTree On what date was this tree planted?
record.plantedTree.rootstock string record.plantedTree What rootstock is this tree grafted on?
record.plantedTree.stakeInstalled boolean record.plantedTree Was a stake put in beside this tree?
record.plantedTree.stemPainted boolean record.plantedTree Was the stem painted white?
record.plantedTree.stewardRole.agent agent record.plantedTree Which person or organisation? Agent picked from the enrolled agents
record.plantedTree.tagNumber string record.plantedTree Scan the QR tag you fixed to this tree.
record.plantedTree.treePhoto.contentCid file record.plantedTree Take the photo. media field
record.plantedTree.treePhoto.photoLatitude decimal record.plantedTree Photo latitude (from the photo)
record.plantedTree.treePhoto.photoLongitude decimal record.plantedTree Photo longitude (from the photo)
record.plantedTree.treeSpecies picker record.plantedTree Which species or cultivar?
record.recordsActivity picker Which planting day is this record for?
record.recordsSite picker Which site is this about?

Personal field: True when the field’s value is personal data (a login, a name, a phone number): the survey layer records that the question was answered and never the answer (ADR-0007).

Choices

record.plantedTree.hasEvidence.evidenceType

Value Label Maps to
site-photo site-photo Site photograph
tree-photo tree-photo Tree photograph
ground-cover-photo ground-cover-photo Ground-cover photograph
stock-photo stock-photo Stock photograph
delivery-note delivery-note Nursery delivery note
recipient-acknowledgement recipient-acknowledgement Recipient acknowledgement
attendance-register attendance-register Attendance register
site-agreement-document site-agreement-document Site agreement
on-screen-signature on-screen-signature On-screen signature
recorded-consent recorded-consent Recorded consent
agreement-notice agreement-notice Agreement notice
interview-notes interview-notes Interview notes
report-document report-document Report
database-export database-export Ledger export

record.plantedTree.holeTypology

Value Label Maps to
hole-raised-border hole-raised-border Raised border or ridge
hole-flat hole-flat Flat, no border
hole-basin hole-basin Basin below ground level
hole-mound hole-mound Mound above ground level

This page explains the standard and does not decide conformance: only the released corpus does. It describes dataRequirements/shape2form/planting-ui-shapes.ttl, dataRequirements/shape2form/planting-annotations.ttl, questionRegister/question-register.jsonld, dataRequirements/instruments/tree-planting/mapping.ttl, dataRequirements/instruments/tree-planting/form-fields.csv, dataRequirements/instruments/tree-planting/form-choices.csv, ontology/ncgs-ontology.ttl at standard version 0.7.0-dev.