NWSS Roles

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The roles in which agents take part in an NWSS project or record its evidence. An agent appears in the graph only as an IRI in a role (ADR-0004).

@prefix aiao:    <https://w3id.org/aiao/> .
@prefix rdfs:    <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix nwss-wf: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/workflows/> .
@prefix skos:    <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
@prefix nwss-cs: <https://nova.org.za/nwss/concepts/> .

nwss-cs:Roles a skos:ConceptScheme ;
    skos:prefLabel "NWSS Roles"@en ;
    skos:definition "The roles in which agents take part in an NWSS project or record its evidence. An agent appears in the graph only as an IRI in a role (ADR-0004)."@en ;
    skos:hasTopConcept nwss-cs:role-funder , nwss-cs:role-implementer , nwss-cs:role-standards-body , nwss-cs:role-municipality , nwss-cs:role-offtaker , nwss-cs:role-participant , nwss-cs:role-collector , nwss-cs:role-facility-operator , nwss-cs:role-enumerator , nwss-cs:role-recruiter , nwss-cs:role-placement-agent , nwss-cs:role-trainer , nwss-cs:role-evaluator , nwss-cs:role-characterisation-analyst , nwss-cs:role-supervisor .

nwss-cs:role-funder a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Funder"@en ; skos:notation "FUNDER" ;
    skos:definition "The organisation paying for the project."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "funder" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-implementer a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Implementer"@en ; skos:notation "IMPLEMENTER" ;
    skos:definition "The organisation that runs the waste service and its monitoring."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "A project design names its implementer before it is validated."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "service_provider" ;
    rdfs:seeAlso nwss-wf:check-design-declares-scope ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-standards-body a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Standards body"@en ; skos:notation "STANDARDS_BODY" ;
    skos:definition "The organisation that authors and operates the standard."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "Holds no reserved review seat (ADR-0012)."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-municipality a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Municipality"@en ; skos:notation "MUNICIPALITY" ;
    skos:definition "The local authority responsible for waste services in the service area."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "municipality" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-offtaker a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Offtaker"@en ; skos:notation "OFFTAKER" ;
    skos:definition "An organisation that takes material from a facility for recycling, treatment or disposal: a recycler, buy-back centre, composter or landfill operator."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "Its offtake, treatment or disposal record is the evidence that material reached a destination (ADR-0008)."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "recycler" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-participant a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Participant"@en ; skos:notation "PARTICIPANT" ;
    skos:definition "An agent who agrees, for a service point, to take part in the service."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "Holds the role in a service point relationship (occupant, owner or responsible party); only a signed enrolment decision enrols the service point."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "resident" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-collector a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Collector"@en ; skos:notation "COLLECTOR" ;
    skos:definition "An agent who collects waste from service points and delivers it to a facility, and records service outcomes on their own round. Its kind comes from the collector-kinds scheme."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "Must be enrolled at the facility it delivers to. Its service outcomes are self-reported evidence of the work a bounty pays for, verified by others, never by the collector."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "waste_picker" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-facility-operator a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Facility operator"@en ; skos:notation "FACILITY_OPERATOR" ;
    skos:definition "An agent who weighs, sorts or receives waste at a facility, and records weighings, offtakes, disposals or treatment there."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-enumerator a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Enumerator"@en ; skos:notation "ENUMERATOR" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that registers service points."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "field_staff" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-recruiter a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Recruiter"@en ; skos:notation "RECRUITER" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that enrols participants."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-placement-agent a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Placement agent"@en ; skos:notation "PLACEMENT_AGENT" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that deploys containers."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-trainer a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Trainer"@en ; skos:notation "TRAINER" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that gives separation training at service points."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-evaluator a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Evaluator"@en ; skos:notation "EVALUATOR" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that evaluates service points, follows up missed services and audits contamination."@en ;
    skos:scopeNote "Never evaluates a service point on a round they collected (ADR-0004)."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-characterisation-analyst a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Characterisation analyst"@en ; skos:notation "CHARACTERISATION_ANALYST" ;
    skos:definition "A role that sorts and weighs the waste samples of a waste characterisation by material category."@en ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

nwss-cs:role-supervisor a aiao:Role , skos:Concept ;
    skos:prefLabel "Supervisor"@en ; skos:notation "SUPERVISOR" ;
    skos:definition "A field role that supervises the other field roles, enrols collectors and may restate or withdraw records."@en ;
    skos:hiddenLabel "supervisor" ;
    skos:inScheme nwss-cs:Roles ; skos:topConceptOf nwss-cs:Roles .

Characterisation analyst

A role that sorts and weighs the waste samples of a waste characterisation by material category.

Collector

An agent who collects waste from service points and delivers it to a facility, and records service outcomes on their own round. Its kind comes from the collector-kinds scheme.

Avoid: waste_picker

Enumerator

A field role that registers service points.

Avoid: field_staff

Evaluator

A field role that evaluates service points, follows up missed services and audits contamination.

Facility operator

An agent who weighs, sorts or receives waste at a facility, and records weighings, offtakes, disposals or treatment there.

Funder

The organisation paying for the project.

Avoid: funder

Implementer

The organisation that runs the waste service and its monitoring.

Avoid: service_provider

Municipality

The local authority responsible for waste services in the service area.

Avoid: municipality

Offtaker

An organisation that takes material from a facility for recycling, treatment or disposal: a recycler, buy-back centre, composter or landfill operator.

Avoid: recycler

Participant

An agent who agrees, for a service point, to take part in the service.

Avoid: resident

Placement agent

A field role that deploys containers.

Recruiter

A field role that enrols participants.

Standards body

The organisation that authors and operates the standard.

Supervisor

A field role that supervises the other field roles, enrols collectors and may restate or withdraw records.

Avoid: supervisor

Trainer

A field role that gives separation training at service points.

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