Truth-tellers
Practitioners, researchers, Traditional Owner organisations, regulators, and institutions who insist that landscape project metadata states what was claimed and what supports it.
What truth-telling means
Implicit claims — “native planting,” “climate resilient,” “sustainable,” “culturally appropriate” — are stated precisely through the field dictionary and conformance rules.
Structural requirements: taxon IDs; banded climate context; evidence links; sensitivity classes; synthetic-asset lineage.
Who truth-tellers are
- Practitioners who document species, site context, and sustainability claims in exchange bundles
- Researchers and herbaria who supply taxonomic and trait evidence
- Traditional Owner organisations and cultural advisors who set protocol for restricted metadata
- Regulators, certifiers, and client teams who review disclosed claims
- Institutions that adopt the open standard as a shared reference
Curated registry & technical intake
If you want to help stress-test dictionary corners or registry wording, use the curated Technical reviewers / Registry contributors path on Volunteers. Highly selective; GitHub may be limited — pack review by email is enough.
The Foundation's role
The Foundation defines how honest disclosure is encoded. Substantive verification remains with project teams and governing institutions.