farmOS Data Model

Goals

The goal of the farmOS data model is to represent and organize a wide variety of agricultural and ecological systems to allow for easy access, analysis, and interoperability. This ranges from small-scale garden records to industrial agriculture to national forestry management.

farmOS can model data that was recorded via manual data entry, as well as data streams from sensors or other applications.

Record types

Data is organized into a set of high-level record types. The two primary record keeping data types are Assets and Logs. Other types include Quantities, Terms, Plans, and Users.

• Assets
• Logs
• Quantities
• Data streams
• Files
• Terms
• Plans
• Users

Logic

• Location
• Group membership
• Inventory

Conventions

Beyond the record types that farmOS provides, it is helpful to develop conventions around how they are used.

farmOS Data Conventions