# Conventions **URL:** https://farmos.discourse.group/c/conventions/11.md [Latest](https://farmos.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://farmos.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://farmos.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Common Farm Convention Biweekly Community Call](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/common-farm-convention-biweekly-community-call/1914)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/common-farm-convention-biweekly-community-call/1914 "2025-10-23T19:35:46Z")
I’m making a topic post to make it easier to share information about these calls! We’ve been gathering every other Thursday after the farmOS dev call to chat about “ag data wallet / common farm format / FarmOS Conventio… --- ## [Documenting conventions](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/documenting-conventions/1263)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/documenting-conventions/1263 "2026-08-23T12:01:50Z")
I’d like to propose we establish some standard processes for documenting conventions used in farmOS, in the form of a new Git repository managed by the farmOS community. For background on what we mean by “conventions”, … --- ## [Wiki: Conventions Quick Links](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/wiki-conventions-quick-links/1518)
**Author:** [@jgaehring](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/jgaehring)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/wiki-conventions-quick-links/1518 "2023-02-10T17:06:05Z")
Wiki: farmOS Conventions A collection of useful links and other information regarding farmOS Conventions. General documentation & drafts General information on what conventions are, how they are to be structured and use… --- ## [About the Conventions category](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/about-the-conventions-category/1519)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/about-the-conventions-category/1519 "2023-02-08T20:22:12Z")
Proposals and discussions about farmOS conventions, which are standard specifications for entering data to ensure interoperability / comparability. --- ## [Declarative data entry conventions](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/declarative-data-entry-conventions/2591)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/declarative-data-entry-conventions/2591 "2026-08-23T12:00:52Z")
(Quite the obtuse topic name, but we have to start somewhere! :laughing:) Spinning this off as a dedicated topic from: This is a fun (and functional) idea that relates to the “Documenting Conventions” discussion. T… --- ## [Fuel efficiency for \`equipment\`](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/fuel-efficiency-for-equipment/2426)
**Author:** [@gbathree](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/gbathree)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/fuel-efficiency-for-equipment/2426 "2025-10-14T12:15:29Z")
Hi folks, I’m working on an Energy Convention as part of the integration with Cool Farm Platform, a green house gas calculation tools. See energy.md \[at this link\]( User Facing Documentation/Convention Documentation · m… --- ## ["Community Specification" (a spec for specs created by communities)](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/community-specification-a-spec-for-specs-created-by-communities/2415)
**Author:** [@jgaehring](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/jgaehring)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/community-specification-a-spec-for-specs-created-by-communities/2415 "2025-09-08T16:21:18Z")
Is anyone here familiar with this “Community Specification”? As stated in the README: The Community Specification process is a repository-based approach for creating standards and specifications in version control s… --- ## [Conventions Call April 24th - Conventions 1.0, ontologies & dictionaries](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-24th-conventions-1-0-ontologies-dictionaries/2286)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-24th-conventions-1-0-ontologies-dictionaries/2286 "2025-04-28T14:56:40Z")
Vic, Rose, Jamie, Greg Hearing some potential interest in aligning NRCS grazing practice standards across states in the Northeast - will keep my ear to the ground if there’s potential we can support Staff at Regen … --- ## [Conventions call April 10th - Documentation walkthrough](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-10th-documentation-walkthrough/2277)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-10th-documentation-walkthrough/2277 "2025-04-10T18:30:27Z")
Mike, Greg, Rose, Juliet, Vic Agenda: Forward-facing conventions documentation Calendar clearing - the GOAT community calendar is the real one Catch vic up on anything missed in Conventions world in the last 3 months … --- ## [Conventions Call - 2024.12.05](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-2024-12-05/2178)
**Author:** [@julietnpn](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/julietnpn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-2024-12-05/2178 "2024-12-05T19:08:06Z")
Rose, @julietnpn, @mikefarms, @gbathree, Ken What is the landscape of farm management data conventions? Is there a related work? This is an important question as we start to defend what we’ve done so far and encourage c… --- ## [Conventions Call - 2024.11.21](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-2024-11-21/2163)
**Author:** [@julietnpn](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/julietnpn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-2024-11-21/2163 "2024-11-22T00:54:39Z")
Date: 11/21/2024 Attendees: Rose, Garethe, @gbathree, @julietnpn A newcomer wonders, what exactly is the Common Farm Convention? There a lot of different conventions. What makes this one different? It seems to be a st… --- ## [Conventions Call October 24 - First Child Convention/Fork from CFC, Demo of NAPDC AI experiments](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-october-24-first-child-convention-fork-from-cfc-demo-of-napdc-ai-experiments/2138)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-october-24-first-child-convention-fork-from-cfc-demo-of-napdc-ai-experiments/2138 "2024-10-24T19:17:14Z")
10/24 Greg, vic, rose, octavio Octavio got a new piano on his terrace! Greg got a run thru of Liz’s farm’s data - great case study (or hilarious comic re: common issues) E.g. Square has a different list of items… --- ## [Conventions Call September 12th 2024 - Standards, design patterns, & discussion of OAGI tooling](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-september-12th-2024-standards-design-patterns-discussion-of-oagi-tooling/2116)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-september-12th-2024-standards-design-patterns-discussion-of-oagi-tooling/2116 "2024-09-12T18:16:01Z")
Greg, Vic, Rose, Juliet Greg made must? Quick fermentation of grapes into sparkling juice? Rose is also a fermentation guy. Potential for Plans to play a bigger role in PODS / CCD work, since we’ll need to reference co… --- ## [Conventions Call August 1st 2024 - How to handle Descriptions, Cost Data](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-august-1st-2024-how-to-handle-descriptions-cost-data/2088)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-august-1st-2024-how-to-handle-descriptions-cost-data/2088 "2024-08-01T18:07:42Z")
Updates from our-sci side: Currently have a set of good examples of pass & edge cases, now working on fail cases Location vs Geometry - Location is a reference to another asset; geometry is the actual shape (they can b… --- ## [Conventions Call June 20th 2024 - cross project updates & discussion on Location, Planting, Geometry](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-june-20th-2024-cross-project-updates-discussion-on-location-planting-geometry/2053)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-june-20th-2024-cross-project-updates-discussion-on-location-planting-geometry/2053 "2024-06-20T18:42:02Z")
Convention convention - using a standardized reference to refer to a convention \[taxonomy\_term–convention\] When we hold an in-person meeting…that would be a convention convention convention :smiley: Updates Vic - ea… --- ## [Workshopping the farmOS Data Model, Conventions, and Schema Formats](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/workshopping-the-farmos-data-model-conventions-and-schema-formats/1973)
**Author:** [@jgaehring](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/jgaehring)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/workshopping-the-farmos-data-model-conventions-and-schema-formats/1973 "2024-06-06T21:55:26Z")
The following use case builds on a conversation from yesterday with @paul121 and @OctavioDuarte, which was partly prompted by the CUE data validation and schema definition language and partly by a discussion around conve… --- ## [Conventions Bi-weekly Call: April 25th - Farm2Data demo discussion, USDA PCSC updates](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-april-25th-farm2data-demo-discussion-usda-pcsc-updates/1990)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-april-25th-farm2data-demo-discussion-usda-pcsc-updates/1990 "2024-04-26T15:18:44Z")
Ongoing discussion of visual layout & UI changes from dev call: Is there a way to make uploaded images appear better in this version of farmOS? V1 used a drupal module to have a gallery-style view Limited by our budget… --- ## [Conventions call april 11, 2024](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-11-2024/1977)
**Author:** [@gbathree](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/gbathree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-call-april-11-2024/1977 "2024-04-11T17:46:19Z")
Agenda (Octavio) Long discussion was had about better technologies for schemas and conventions Established a set of needs for selecting the right technology 1. Semantic (translate with ease and with confidence) … --- ## [CUE data validation and schema definition language](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/cue-data-validation-and-schema-definition-language/1969)
**Author:** [@jgaehring](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/jgaehring)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/cue-data-validation-and-schema-definition-language/1969 "2024-04-09T17:30:01Z")
Has anyone here encountered or used CUE before? @gbathree and @OctavioDuarte, I think you may find this very interesting as an alternative means of defining conventions in text format. It requires way less boilerplate a… --- ## [Conventions Bi-weekly Call: March 28th - Geometries, fixed vs not, & strategies for Plans](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-march-28th-geometries-fixed-vs-not-strategies-for-plans/1956)
**Author:** [@vic](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/vic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-march-28th-geometries-fixed-vs-not-strategies-for-plans/1956 "2024-03-28T18:57:44Z")
Discussion of running geography allowing for logs/assets across time x space Thinking about farmOS in the context of USDA as essentially a dev tool How is geometry maintained for plant assets? Set as log (seeding log),… --- ## [farmOS Conventions module](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/farmos-conventions-module/1950)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/farmos-conventions-module/1950 "2024-03-24T15:17:52Z")
I created a farmOS Conventions module that implements what I proposed here: It adds two things: A “Convention” taxonomy, which can be a list of conventions that are used on the farm. In my mind, these terms can be… --- ## [March 14th meeting - geometry, schemas](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/march-14th-meeting-geometry-schemas/1928)
**Author:** [@gbathree](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/gbathree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/march-14th-meeting-geometry-schemas/1928 "2024-03-14T18:06:54Z")
Some outcomes @gbathree and @OctavioDuarte want to output a Location Convention that helps clarify and address some of the questions around location, check against Anna, Alex and USDA folks (and FarmOS community and a… --- ## [Conventions Bi-weekly Call: Feb 29th: COMET Planner APIs, conservation practices, oh geez!](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-feb-29th-comet-planner-apis-conservation-practices-oh-geez/1907)
**Author:** [@gbathree](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/gbathree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-feb-29th-comet-planner-apis-conservation-practices-oh-geez/1907 "2024-03-04T20:30:29Z")
Comet Planner Mike is prototyping something for OpenTEAM to better manage PCSC data to get used to produce workbooks Conservation Practice codes there are published PDFs which are updates every time there are change… --- ## [Conventions Bi-weekly Call: Feb 15: LinkML, Murmurations, Attributes oh my](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-feb-15-linkml-murmurations-attributes-oh-my/1878)
**Author:** [@gbathree](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/gbathree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/conventions-bi-weekly-call-feb-15-linkml-murmurations-attributes-oh-my/1878 "2024-02-15T19:01:32Z")
Here’s notes from the call: Notes, Meeting Feb 15 Octavio - updates on the JSON Schema Publisher Looking into LinkML, which has a separate independent language that can output to many frameworks Concerns How ‘lo… --- ## [(Proposal) Code distribution for our set of convention schema tools](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/proposal-code-distribution-for-our-set-of-convention-schema-tools/1796)
**Author:** [@OctavioDuarte](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/OctavioDuarte)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/proposal-code-distribution-for-our-set-of-convention-schema-tools/1796 "2023-11-20T15:37:44Z")
JSON Schema Distribution Tools: Next steps. The current situation is: We have a system that enables a user to write very complex JSON schemas leveraging the FarmOs format using high level functions with meaningful er… --- ## [farmOS Convention Schemas Discussion](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/farmos-convention-schemas-discussion/1615)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/farmos-convention-schemas-discussion/1615 "2023-04-12T19:21:26Z")
On the April 2023 farmOS monthly community call @gbathree and Octavio described the process and tooling they are developing for working with farmOS convention schemas. The discussion was recorded and uploaded to YouTube … --- ## [Land asset (farmOS:land:1.0)](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/land-asset-farmos1-0/1560)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/land-asset-farmos1-0/1560 "2023-03-09T15:09:13Z")
This thread is for discussing the draft farmOS core convention for land assets: farmOS:land:1.0. The current draft is in the wip branch of GitHub - mstenta/farmOS-conventions, copied below: Land Asset Version 1.0 conv… --- ## [Animal weight measurements (farmOS:animal-weight:1.0)](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/animal-weight-measurements-farmos1-0/1559)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/animal-weight-measurements-farmos1-0/1559 "2023-03-09T15:00:03Z")
This thread is for discussing the draft farmOS core convention for animal weight measurements: farmOS:animal-weight:1.0. The current draft is in the wip branch of GitHub - mstenta/farmOS-conventions, copied below: Anim… --- ## [Soil tests (farmOS:soil-test:1.0)](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/soil-tests-farmos1-0/1557)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/soil-tests-farmos1-0/1557 "2023-03-09T14:49:18Z")
This thread is for discussing the draft farmOS core convention for soil tests: farmOS:soil-test:1.0. The current draft is in the wip branch of GitHub - mstenta/farmOS-conventions, copied below: Soil test Version 1.0 c… --- ## [Water tests (farmOS:water-test:1.0)](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/water-tests-farmos1-0/1558)
**Author:** [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/water-tests-farmos1-0/1558 "2023-03-09T14:48:55Z")
This thread is for discussing the draft farmOS core convention for soil tests: farmOS:water-test:1.0. The current draft is in the wip branch of GitHub - mstenta/farmOS-conventions, copied below: Water test Version 1.0 … [Next page](https://farmos.discourse.group/c/conventions/11.md?page=1)