NCGS stewardship 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 steward, owner or fieldworker form for a care event.

What it captures

Questions

Stewardship record

  • Which site is this about? (required)
    • The site where the trees stand.
    • Help: Pick it from the site list.
  • Which care activity is this record for? (required)
    • The stewardship activity this care event belongs to.
    • Help: Usually the current care round at this site.
  • On what date did you do this care? (required)
    • The day the care was done.
    • Help: Today, unless you are catching up on earlier work.
  • Did you care for every tree at the site?
    • Whether the care covered every tree at the site rather than named trees.
    • Help: If yes, leave the tree list empty.
  • Add each tree you cared for.
    • One entry per tree cared for, unless the whole site was covered.
    • Help: Find each by its tag number or position in the list. Leave empty if you cared for the whole site.
  • Which care actions were carried out for the trees in this record? (required)
  • How much water did each cared-for tree receive? (litre range)
  • Which water source was used for this care activity?
  • What other water source is used?
    • Only if the answer was Other: the water source, in the respondent’s words.
    • Help: Complete only if you selected Other for the water source. Record the source in the respondent’s own words, using at least two characters.
  • Who carried out the tree care, and in what role? (required)
    • Who did the care, as an identifier and a role.
    • Help: Pick the steward, owner or fieldworker and their role. Do not write names.
  • Add a photo of the care you did.
    • A photograph showing the care that was done.
    • Help: Take it now with location turned on. Required from fieldworkers and supervisors; welcome from stewards and owners.
  • Who made this observation? (filled automatically) (required)
    • The person who made this record.
    • Help: Filled in from your login or your WhatsApp number.
  • In which role did you make this observation? (required)
    • Whether you report as steward, owner, fieldworker or supervisor; this decides whether a photo is required.
    • Help: Filled in: steward or owner for trees you look after; fieldworker or supervisor on a care visit.
    • Choices: NCGS Observer Roles: Fieldworker, Supervisor, Steward, Owner
  • 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)

Cared-for tree

  • Which tree did you care for? (required)
    • The tree, found by its tag number or position in the list.
    • Help: Find it by its tag number or position in the list.

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

Build your own instrument

Instrument NCGS stewardship 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.careAction select_one record.careAction Which care actions were carried out for the trees in this record?
record.careDate date On what date did you do this care?
record.caredFor.caredTree picker record.caredFor Which tree did you care for?
record.deviceLatitude decimal Capture-device latitude (decimal degrees)
record.deviceLongitude decimal Capture-device longitude (decimal degrees)
record.hasEvidence.contentCid file record.hasEvidence Take the photo. media field
record.hasEvidence.documentTag string record.hasEvidence Scan the QR sticker you put on the document.
record.hasEvidence.evidenceType select_one record.hasEvidence.evidenceType record.hasEvidence What does this photo or document show?
record.hasEvidence.photoLatitude decimal record.hasEvidence Photo latitude (from the photo)
record.hasEvidence.photoLongitude decimal record.hasEvidence Photo longitude (from the photo)
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.performerRole.agent agent Which person or organisation? Agent picked from the enrolled agents
record.recordsActivity picker Which care activity is this record for?
record.recordsSite picker Which site is this about?
record.waterSource select_one record.waterSource Which water source was used for this care activity?
record.waterSourceOther string What other water source is used?
record.wateringVolume select_one record.wateringVolume How much water did each cared-for tree receive? (litre range)
record.wholeSite boolean Did you care for every tree at the site?

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.careAction

Value Label Maps to
care-watering care-watering Watering
care-mulching care-mulching Mulching
care-pruning care-pruning Pruning
care-fertilising care-fertilising Fertilising or composting
care-stem-painting care-stem-painting Stem painting
care-stake-replacement care-stake-replacement Stake replacement
care-guard-repair care-guard-repair Guard or fence repair
care-weeding care-weeding Weeding
care-pest-control care-pest-control Pest control
care-basin-repair care-basin-repair Watering-basin repair

record.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.waterSource

Value Label Maps to
source-municipal-tap source-municipal-tap Municipal tap
source-borehole source-borehole Borehole
source-rainwater-tank source-rainwater-tank Rainwater tank
source-delivered-tank source-delivered-tank Tank filled by truck
source-greywater source-greywater Household greywater
source-surface-water source-surface-water River, dam or stream
source-none source-none Not watered
source-other source-other

record.wateringVolume

Value Label Maps to
volume-under-20l volume-under-20l Less than 20 litres (under one bucket)
volume-20-40l volume-20-40l 20 to 40 litres (one to two buckets)
volume-over-40l volume-over-40l More than 40 litres (over two buckets)

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