{ "standardId": "VIS", "standardLabel": "TLA-VIS — Landscape Archive plant visualisation grammar", "version": "1.0.0", "conditionGrammarVersion": "1.0.0", "generatedAt": "2026-09-07T06:54:23.503Z", "steward": "The Landscape Archive Foundation", "licence": { "vocabulary": "CC-BY-4.0", "specification": "CC-BY-4.0", "referenceImplementation": "Apache-2.0", "trademark": "The \"TLA-VIS\" name and conformance mark are retained by the steward.", "note": "The vocabulary is open so it can be implemented. The curated species records, meshes and stills built with it are separately licensed and are not covered by this grant." }, "scope": "A controlled vocabulary mapping botanical form and individual condition to renderable parameters. Complements TLA-185 (records and disclosure); it does not replace or extend it.", "notStandard": [ "Not a file format. Geometry ships as glTF / USD.", "Not a shading model. Surfaces resolve through standard PBR.", "Not a taxonomy. Names come from the relevant flora authority.", "Not a genomics ontology. Plant Ontology (PO) already covers anatomy for phenotyping." ], "termCount": 330, "measuredSlotCount": 16, "moduleCount": 8, "modules": [ { "id": "habit", "label": "Habit & architecture", "what": "How the plant supports itself and distributes its branches.", "termCount": 33, "slots": [ { "slot": "growthForm", "label": "Growth form", "terms": [ "tree", "shrub", "palm", "grass", "groundcover", "fern", "climber" ] }, { "slot": "crownShape", "label": "Crown shape", "terms": [ "natural", "open", "spreading", "domed", "round", "conical", "columnar", "vase", "weeping", "candelabra", "umbrella" ] }, { "slot": "trunkHabit", "label": "Trunk habit", "terms": [ "single", "forked", "multiStem", "mallee" ] }, { "slot": "branchingGradient", "label": "Branching gradient", "terms": [ "acrotonic", "mesotonic", "basitonic" ] }, { "slot": "phyllotaxis", "label": "Phyllotaxis", "terms": [ "random", "alternate", "spiral", "opposite", "whorled", "distichous" ] }, { "slot": "branchInsertion", "label": "Branch insertion", "terms": [ "alternate", "whorled" ] } ], "measured": [] }, { "id": "foliage", "label": "Foliage assembly", "what": "How organs are seated on the shoot, and which organ type is applied.", "termCount": 150, "slots": [ { "slot": "leafTemplate", "label": "Leaf template", "terms": [ "auto", "genericBroad", "eucalyptus", "smallLeaf", "needle", "strap", "fernlet", "pendulous", "acacia", "casuarina", "melaleuca", "banksia", "grevillea", "stenocarpus", "flindersia", "callitris", "doryphora", "syzygium", "photinia", "pyrus", "corymbia", "angophora", "leptospermum", "callistemon", "hakea", "kunzea", "tristaniopsis", "lophostemon", "syncarpia", "westringia", "pittosporum", "ficus", "toona", "macadamia", "nothofagus", "cryptocarya", "lomandra", "brachychitonJuvenile", "mangrove", "allocasuarina", "brachychiton", "araucaria", "macrozamia", "dacrydium", "podocarpus", "shrubSmall", "shrubMyrtle", "shrubHeath", "shrubWattle", "shrubWisteria", "shrubBottlebrush", "shrubLavender", "shrubRosemary", "shrubHawthorn", "shrubElaeagnus", "shrubBurgundy", "shrubSilverberry", "shrubLoropetalum", "shrubCeanothus", "shrubAzalea", "shrubDaphne", "shrubMolina", "shrubDeutzia", "shrubForsythia", "shrubNandina", "shrubBlueberry", "shrubCotoneaster", "shrubEskimo", "shrubHibiscus", "shrubIndigofera", "shrubEremophila", "shrubRhagodia", "shrubAcacia", "shrubLeptodermis", "shrubGardenia", "shrubCitrus", "shrubViburnum", "shrubPieris", "shrubChoisya", "shrubSpiraea", "shrubWeigela", "shrubHydrangea", "shrubKerria", "shrubBerberis", "shrubCistus", "shrubGenista", "shrubUlex", "shrubSantolina", "shrubTeucrium", "shrubSarcococca", "shrubDaphneOdora", "shrubPhiladelphus", "shrubEscallonia" ] }, { "slot": "twigCluster", "label": "Twig cluster", "terms": [ "needle", "strap", "broadleaf", "smallleaf", "pendulous", "fernlet", "eucalypt", "wattle", "banksia", "paperbark", "snowpaperbark", "melaleucasmallleaf", "sheoak", "grevillea", "hakea", "macadamia", "westringia", "lophostemon", "pyrus", "palmpinnate", "palmfan", "foxtailfrond", "nikaufrond", "fishtailfrond", "crownshaftpinnate", "cycadfrond", "grassblade", "tendril", "fernfrond", "stolon", "acaciahair", "bipinnate", "caudexskirt", "spearstrap", "succulentrosette", "paddleleaf", "pandanuscrown", "cactuscolumn", "cactuspad", "cactusbarrel", "wollemi", "peavine" ] }, { "slot": "leafType", "label": "Leaf type", "terms": [ "broadleaf", "smallleaf", "needle", "strap", "fernlet", "pendulous" ] }, { "slot": "leafPosture", "label": "Leaf posture", "terms": [ "upright", "neutral", "droop", "pendulous" ] }, { "slot": "foliageRenderMode", "label": "Foliage render mode", "terms": [ "twig", "billboard", "hybrid" ] }, { "slot": "frondType", "label": "Frond type", "terms": [ "pinnate", "fan" ] } ], "measured": [] }, { "id": "lamina", "label": "Lamina morphology", "what": "Botanical description of the blade, corresponding to flora descriptions.", "termCount": 77, "slots": [ { "slot": "laminaClass", "label": "Lamina outline class", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "lanceolate", "falcate", "ovate", "obovate", "elliptic", "orbicular", "cordate", "linear", "strap", "terete", "needle", "scale", "cladode", "phyllode", "pinnate", "bipinnate", "palmate" ] }, { "slot": "margin", "label": "Margin", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "entire", "serrate", "dentate", "crenate", "lobed", "undulate", "spinose" ] }, { "slot": "apex", "label": "Apex form", "drivesGeometry": false, "terms": [ "acuminate", "acute", "obtuse", "rounded", "emarginate", "mucronate", "pungent" ] }, { "slot": "base", "label": "Base form", "drivesGeometry": false, "terms": [ "cuneate", "attenuate", "rounded", "cordate", "oblique", "amplexicaul" ] }, { "slot": "phyllotaxis", "label": "Phyllotaxis", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "alternate", "spiral", "distichous", "opposite", "decussate", "whorled", "fascicled", "basal" ] }, { "slot": "attachment", "label": "Attachment", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "petiolate", "sessile", "sheathing", "amplexicaul", "decurrent" ] }, { "slot": "orientation", "label": "Orientation", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "erect", "spreading", "pendulous" ] }, { "slot": "compoundness", "label": "Blade complexity", "drivesGeometry": true, "terms": [ "simple", "compound", "pinnate", "bipinnate", "palmate", "trifoliate", "phyllode", "scale", "leafless" ] }, { "slot": "phenology", "label": "Phenology", "drivesGeometry": false, "terms": [ "evergreen", "deciduous", "semi_deciduous", "drought_deciduous" ] }, { "slot": "venation", "label": "Venation architecture", "drivesGeometry": false, "terms": [ "pinnate", "brochidodromous", "parallel", "palmate", "obscure" ] }, { "slot": "luster", "label": "Surface luster", "drivesGeometry": false, "terms": [ "glossy", "semi_glossy", "matte", "glaucous", "pubescent", "scurfy" ] } ], "measured": [ { "slot": "lengthMm", "label": "Lamina length", "unit": "mm", "min": 0.2, "max": 6000, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "widthMm", "label": "Lamina width", "unit": "mm", "min": 0.05, "max": 3000, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "aspect", "label": "Width ÷ length", "unit": "", "min": 0.01, "max": 3, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "whorlCount", "label": "Leaves per whorl", "unit": "", "min": 2, "max": 16, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "divergenceDeg", "label": "Divergence angle", "unit": "°", "min": 30, "max": 180, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "petioleLengthMm", "label": "Petiole length", "unit": "mm", "min": 0, "max": 900, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "leafletCount", "label": "Leaflets per leaf", "unit": "", "min": 2, "max": 400, "drivesGeometry": false }, { "slot": "leavesPerShoot", "label": "Leaves per shoot", "unit": "", "min": 1, "max": 16, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "internodeMm", "label": "Internode spacing", "unit": "mm", "min": 0.5, "max": 600, "drivesGeometry": false }, { "slot": "areaMm2", "label": "Lamina area", "unit": "mm²", "min": 0.1, "max": 4000000, "drivesGeometry": false }, { "slot": "specificLeafAreaMm2Mg", "label": "Specific leaf area", "unit": "mm²/mg", "min": 0.1, "max": 200, "drivesGeometry": false }, { "slot": "glaucousness", "label": "Glaucous bloom", "unit": "", "min": 0, "max": 1, "drivesGeometry": false }, { "slot": "oilGlands", "label": "Oil gland density", "unit": "", "min": 0, "max": 1, "drivesGeometry": false } ] }, { "id": "surface", "label": "Surface & material", "what": "Surface response of bark and leaf to incident light.", "termCount": 14, "slots": [ { "slot": "barkTexture", "label": "Bark texture / profile", "terms": [ "smooth", "furrowed", "mottled", "peeling", "charcoal", "paperbark", "sheoak", "ironbark", "scribbly" ] }, { "slot": "leafMaterial", "label": "Leaf material class", "terms": [ "matte", "waxy", "silvery", "autumn", "dry" ] } ], "measured": [] }, { "id": "reproductive", "label": "Reproductive structure", "what": "Flower and fruit organs, and their arrangement on the shoot.", "termCount": 16, "slots": [ { "slot": "bloomType", "label": "Bloom type", "terms": [ "blossom", "pompom", "operculum", "spike", "bottlebrush", "toothbrush", "puff", "waratah", "catkin", "daisy" ] }, { "slot": "inflorescence", "label": "Inflorescence arrangement", "terms": [ "single", "spike", "raceme", "umbel", "head", "panicle" ] } ], "measured": [] }, { "id": "condition", "label": "Condition & state", "what": "The state of this individual. Scenario grammar: a condition is usually modelled, not asserted of the taxon.", "termCount": 26, "slots": [ { "slot": "condition.water", "label": "Water & vigour", "terms": [ "well-watered", "adequate", "mild-deficit", "deficit", "severe-deficit", "waterlogged" ] }, { "slot": "condition.decline", "label": "Decline & senescence", "terms": [ "vigorous", "stable", "early-decline", "stag-headed", "senescent", "dead-standing" ] }, { "slot": "condition.wounds[].kind", "label": "Wound taxonomy", "terms": [ "target-cut", "flush-cut", "stub-cut", "storm-snap", "fork-failure", "natural-shed", "fire-scar", "strike" ] }, { "slot": "condition.response", "label": "Plant response", "terms": [ "none", "epicormic-flush", "lignotuber-resprout", "coppice-regrowth", "kino-exudate", "basal-sprout" ] } ], "measured": [ { "slot": "condition.wounds[].ageYears", "label": "Wound age", "unit": "years", "min": 0, "max": 400, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "condition.wounds[].diameterMm", "label": "Wound diameter", "unit": "mm", "min": 5, "max": 3000, "drivesGeometry": true }, { "slot": "condition.wounds[].occlusion", "label": "Occlusion (derived)", "unit": "0..1", "min": 0, "max": 1, "drivesGeometry": true } ] }, { "id": "temporal", "label": "Temporal state", "what": "Seasonal position and life-history stage. Neither is a condition.", "termCount": 8, "slots": [ { "slot": "season", "label": "Season", "terms": [ "spring", "summer", "autumn", "winter" ] }, { "slot": "growth.ageStage", "label": "Age stage", "terms": [ "sapling", "juvenile", "mature", "veteran" ] } ], "measured": [] }, { "id": "provenance", "label": "Provenance & honesty", "what": "The evidentiary basis of each term. Required: a term with no basis is not conformant.", "termCount": 6, "slots": [ { "slot": "condition.basis", "label": "Condition basis", "terms": [ "observed", "specified", "engine" ] }, { "slot": "trait.provenance", "label": "Trait provenance", "terms": [ "measured", "derived", "archetype" ] } ], "measured": [] } ], "conformance": { "level1": "Consumes the vocabulary — recognises terms and renders something plausible.", "level2": "Round-trips the vocabulary — reads and re-emits without term loss.", "level3": "Honours honesty gates — refuses terms a growth form or taxon cannot express, and carries basis." }, "honesty": [ "A term with no provenance basis is not conformant.", "Condition terms are scenario claims unless basis is `observed`.", "Implementations must not invent a term to fill a gap; unknown input degrades to the default.", "The vocabulary is open; the curated records built with it are not covered by this grant." ] }