NWSS Result Levels

Pre-release. This site describes standard version 0.1.0-dev, which is in development and may change before version 1.0.0.

Input, activity, output, outcome, impact. Mass collected is an output; mass recovered is an outcome; greenhouse-gas results are impacts that approved methodologies under NIAS compute, never NWSS (ADR-0008).

@prefix skos:    <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix nwss-cs: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/concepts/> .

nwss-cs:ResultLevels a skos:ConceptScheme ;
    skos:prefLabel "NWSS Result Levels"@en ;
    skos:definition "Input, activity, output, outcome, impact. Mass collected is an output; mass recovered is an outcome; greenhouse-gas results are impacts that approved methodologies under NIAS compute, never NWSS (ADR-0008)."@en ;
    skos:hasTopConcept nwss-cs:level-input , nwss-cs:level-activity , nwss-cs:level-output , nwss-cs:level-outcome , nwss-cs:level-impact .

nwss-cs:level-input a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Input"@en ; skos:notation "INPUT" ;
    skos:definition "What the service starts from or rests on: the service points registered and their occupancy, the waste generated before any service."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:ResultLevels ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:ResultLevels .

nwss-cs:level-activity a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Activity"@en ; skos:notation "ACTIVITY" ;
    skos:definition "Work done and recorded: enrolments, deployments, service visits, weighings, scheduled evaluations, follow-ups."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:ResultLevels ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:ResultLevels .

nwss-cs:level-output a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Output"@en ; skos:notation "OUTPUT" ;
    skos:definition "A state produced directly by the activities: service points equipped and served, mass collected, collectors engaged."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:ResultLevels ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:ResultLevels .

nwss-cs:level-outcome a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Outcome"@en ; skos:notation "OUTCOME" ;
    skos:definition "A state difference following the outputs: mass recovered rather than merely collected, separation sustained, burning and dumping reduced, participants retained and satisfied."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:ResultLevels ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:ResultLevels .

nwss-cs:level-impact a skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Impact"@en ; skos:notation "IMPACT" ;
    skos:definition "A downstream benefit the outcomes produce, needing its own evidence and method: emission reductions from recycling or composting, health benefits of cleaner air. NWSS supplies the inputs; it does not compute impacts itself."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:ResultLevels ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:ResultLevels .

Activity

Work done and recorded: enrolments, deployments, service visits, weighings, scheduled evaluations, follow-ups.

Impact

A downstream benefit the outcomes produce, needing its own evidence and method: emission reductions from recycling or composting, health benefits of cleaner air. NWSS supplies the inputs; it does not compute impacts itself.

Input

What the service starts from or rests on: the service points registered and their occupancy, the waste generated before any service.

Outcome

A state difference following the outputs: mass recovered rather than merely collected, separation sustained, burning and dumping reduced, participants retained and satisfied.

Output

A state produced directly by the activities: service points equipped and served, mass collected, collectors engaged.

This page explains the standard and does not decide conformance: only the released corpus does. It describes glossary/result-chain.ttl at standard version 0.1.0-dev.