FAQ

What is TLA-185?

TLA-185 is the published plant-metadata spine stewarded here. The field registry, schema documentation, and open grammar are the public reference path.

Filled Archive packages, Library holdings, desktop tools, and sealed outputs are licensed separately through The Landscape Archive Pty Ltd.

What is Archive Seal?

Archive Seal is a commercial attestation. It sits beside Foundation Approved and the open TLA-185 grammar: one is a paid attestation, one is a Foundation recognition path, and TLA-185 is the published spine.

How do Archive members sign in here?

Use Sign in on this site with the same Landscape Archive account you use for web Accounts, Landscape Archive Tools, the Revit connector / Hub tray, and organisation seats.

The Foundation sign-in page posts to the Archive identity bridge. It does not create a second password store.

What can I read without signing in?

The open specification, registry, draft dictionary, Field Notes, public validator, Evidence Checker, governance, awards, and volunteer programme remain public.

Member programme pages that already belong to an Archive account open after sign-in.

Is there a licence between Vault and Archive?

The intra-group licence between The Landscape Vault Pty Ltd and The Landscape Archive Pty Ltd is in force. Binding customer terms remain those published in the Archive Legal centre. The open-specification licence for this site is recorded on Licence & scope.

Do these pages warrant on-site performance?

TLA-185 records and draft living-system orbits are published-spine and consultation material. They support a registered professional’s judgment. Site investigation, statutory approvals, and design responsibility remain with the practitioner and the project team.

Archive Seal records that a named pack or output was sealed under the Archive’s published workflow at a stated time. Foundation Approved is a Foundation recognition path. Neither mark is a statutory accreditation.

Can I contribute corrections or source advice?

Yes. The Archive accepts proposed edits as versioned notes against a taxon, attributed to a named member or organisation seat. A curator reviews each proposal; accepted material can then enter the Archive’s human-gated merge path toward a published Library record.

The public pathway today is the Archive Contact form. Signed-in members who have completed the Contributor Agreement may also use Contribute intake, including Submit for review from Species Note on Landscape Archive Tools. Empty measurements stay empty until they are measured. Contact remains the working channel for source advice and corrections.

This is a curated, versioned record — not an open wiki. Members propose; the Archive accepts. A live Wikipedia-style overwrite of the Library is not available.

How are Species Notes reviewed?

A Species Note is a versioned desk record for one taxon, attributed to a named member or organisation seat. Empty measurements stay empty until they are measured. Notes drafted in Landscape Archive Tools remain on that workstation until they are submitted.

Submission is Contact, Contribute intake after the Contributor Agreement, or Submit for review from the Species Note desk while signed in. Administrators then inspect the proposed note on Contribution intake. A curator accept is required before any merge toward the Library. Review does not invent measurements and does not grant Archive Seal.

How can a third party verify the founder’s academic qualifications?

Interested parties may confirm academic qualifications with the awarding institution through that institution’s standard verification or alumni-verification process.

This site does not publish student numbers, transcripts, or other private identifiers. A written request to admin@landscapearchive.com.au can be directed to the appropriate verification channel.