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Standard Name - Acronym
Lead Contact
Domains
Adopters
Developers and Collaborators
Tech-stack: ingredients (e.g., Child Conventions, Standards, data models, etc.)"
Development Phase
Target Development Goal
Status
Documentation
Repository
Current geography / region of work
Target geography / region of work
Case Example
Target Audience
Competitors/Similar Standards
License
Governance Model
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
CFC
Greg Austic - greg@our-sci.net
Soil Health
Production Systems
Conservation and Regenerative Management Practices
farmOS
LiteFarm
Cool Farm Tool
Our-Sci
11th Hour Foundation
Point Blue Conservation Science
auto-generate documentation
sub-repositories for more precise versioning
JSON Schema
Defines data in JSON Schema using Gitlab to store
generate permalinks
Publicly Available
Active
https://conventions.farm
https://gitlab.com/our-sci/conventions/common_farm_conventions
Mostly US
Global
https://our-sci.gitlab.io/conventions/common_farm_conventions/wiki/Pasa
Software wanting to share a common exchange format to reduce the burden to support many APIs; farm or farmer organizations wanting to share data across orgs while retaining flexibility and independence; new projects looking to define farm records data in a high-confidence way.
GPL-3.0-or-later
Data governance framework — rules for ownership, access, and stewardship (e.g., FAIR principles)
BD4D
Steve Francis - steve@techmatters.org
Data Governance
Ethical Data Stewardship
The Soil Inventory Project
The Carter Center
Tech Matters
Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
None
Publicly Available
Determine relevance and adoptability
Active
https://bd4d.org
https://bd4d.org
Mostly US
Global
(coming)
Non-profit organizations and projects which collect non-public data
CC BY 4.0
Ontology - defines the shared terms and their relationships (e.g., AGROVOC, controleld vocabularies)
API specification — defines how systems communicate (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, FMIS APIs)
DFC
David Thomas - david@openfoodnetwork.ca
Agrifood Short Supply Chains
LiteFarm
Open Food Network
Provisions
API
shared ontology
Sematic Web (Linked Data)
Publicly Available
Active
https://docs.dfc-standard.org/dfc-standard-documentation
https://docs.dfc-standard.org/
Europe
Global
AGPL-3.0 license (MIT for some technical components)
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Codelist - standardized codes for values (e.g., UCUM for units)
Ontology - defines the shared terms and their relationships (e.g., AGROVOC, controleld vocabularies)
Modus V2
ben.craker@aggateway.org
agricultural lab tests or measurements protocols
microbiological
water
manure
nematode
plant tissue
soil
Our-Sci
JSON Schema
xml schema
AOAC, SSSA, USDA methods
ADAPT Unit of Measure (UoM) format
Publicly Available
Active
https://modusstandard.org
https://github.com/AgGateway/Modus
Mostly US
Global
Soil test labs, retailers, researchers, software providers, suppliers, FMIS software
ADAPT Standard
Custom, AgGateway Digital Resource License
AgGateway Laboratory Data Standardization Working Group; see decision making diagram: https://aggateway.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MOD/overview
Taxonomy / Classification - hierarchical category systems (e.g., NAICS codes, crop classificaiton systems)
Identifier standard - unique ID formats for entities (e.g., GLN, UUID, farm or field identifiers)
Data governance framework — rules for ownership, access, and stewardship (e.g., FAIR principles)
ITIS
itiswebmaster@itis.gov
Taxonomy
Biodiversity
Scientific names
USGS
USDA
USGS
USDA
Web Services
Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN) system
REST APIs
Publicly Available
Comprehensive global species taxonomy database
Active
https://www.itis.gov/
https://www.itis.gov/downloads/index.html
North America
Global
Species identification for biodiversity databases, research, conservation
Researchers,Biodiversity databases,Government agencies,Nature conservancies,Educational institutions
Catalogue of Life,GBIF Backbone Taxonomy,WoRMS
Public Domain
NOAA-led partnership with international taxonomic specialists
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Data governance framework — rules for ownership, access, and stewardship (e.g., FAIR principles)
Methodology standard — defines how a process should be conducted; workflows (e.g. sampling protocols)
AIM
Emily Kachergis - BLM HQ AIM Coordinator
Rangeland health
water quality
riparian and wetland ecosystems
NRCS
USGS
BLM
NRCS
USGS
BLM
Mobile applications
Centralized data repository
QA/QC protocols
Publicly Available
Standardized field protocols for natural resource monitoring on BLM lands
Active
https://www.blm.gov/aim
https://www.blm.gov/AIM/PublicData
United States (BLM-managed lands)
Global
Terrestrial indicators (bare ground, vegetation composition),Lotic indicators (conductivity, temperature, macroinvertebrates)
BLM land managers,Field crews,Monitoring coordinators,Restoration project managers
Ecoregional assessments,NRCS monitoring protocols,USGS monitoring programs
Not specified
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) with partner organizations
Ontology - defines the shared terms and their relationships (e.g., AGROVOC, controleld vocabularies)
Taxonomy / Classification - hierarchical category systems (e.g., NAICS codes, crop classificaiton systems)
AGROVOC
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization
Agrifood
agricultural terminimology
multilingual vocabulary
FAO
FAO
European Commission
SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System)
REST APIs
Publicly Available
Multilingual structured vocabulary for agricultural concepts
Active
https://agrovoc.fao.org/
https://agrovoc.fao.org/sparql
Global
Global
FAO terminology services,Food security research,Agricultural data interoperability
Researchers,Agricultural institutions,Libraries,Data managers
EARTh,NALT,CAB Thesaurus
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
FAO-led with international contributions
API specification — defines how systems communicate (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, FMIS APIs)
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Identifier standard - unique ID formats for entities (e.g., GLN, UUID, farm or field identifiers)
Message / exchange format — structure of data in transit (e.g., ADAPT Toolkit)
File format - structure of a stored artifact (e.g., GeoJSON)
AgGateway
Member.Services@AgGateway.org
Digital Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
On-Farm Data
Supply Chain
AgGateway
Agricultural Industry Identification System (AGIIS)
xml schema
ADAPT Standard
PAIL Irrigation Standard
ISO 11783-10 (ISOBUS)
Publicly Available
Digital connectivity standards for agricultural transactions and data exchange
Active
https://aggateway.org/
https://aggateway.org/GetConnected/ADAPTStandard.aspx
Mostly US,Global
Global
ADAPT toolkit,ISOXML extensions,GPS coordinate reporting
Farm management software providers,Equipment manufacturers,Agricultural retailers,Seed and chemical companies
ADAPT Standard,ISOBUS (ISO 11783),Open Ag Data Alliance
Custom AgGateway Digital Resource License
AgGateway Laboratory Data Standardization Working Group
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Codelist - standardized codes for values (e.g., UCUM for units)
Identifier standard - unique ID formats for entities (e.g., GLN, UUID, farm or field identifiers)
ISO 3166
customerservice@iso.org
International Trade
Postal Services
Financial Systems
Internet Infrastructure
United Nations
Publicly Available
Internationally recognized codes for countries and subdivisions
Active
https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html
https://iso.org/obp
Global
Global
UN country names standardization,Internet domain assignment,Machine-readable passports
National postal organizations,Internet registries,Financial institutions,Government agencies
UN/LOCODE,ECB country codes,World Bank country codes
Free for country codes (basic),Paid subscription for data files
ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA) with 15 member organizations
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Taxonomy / Classification - hierarchical category systems (e.g., NAICS codes, crop classificaiton systems)
Message / exchange format — structure of data in transit (e.g., ADAPT Toolkit)
ISO 19160-4
customerservice@iso.org
Postal Services
Geospatial Information
Addressing
United Nations
Publicly Available
Standard for international postal address components and template language
Active
https://www.iso.org/standard/64242.html
Global
Global
International postal addressing,Address data interoperability
Postal services,Government addressing authorities,Logistics companies,E-commerce platforms
UN/LOCODE,USPS addressing standards,EU address formats
Copyright-protected (ISO standard requires purchase)
ISO/TC 211 (Geographical information/Geomatics)
API specification — defines how systems communicate (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, FMIS APIs)
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Identifier standard - unique ID formats for entities (e.g., GLN, UUID, farm or field identifiers)
Message / exchange format — structure of data in transit (e.g., ADAPT Toolkit)
File format - structure of a stored artifact (e.g., GeoJSON)
ADAPT
AgGateway Member Services (Member.Services@aggateway.org); Contact form at https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/18a162231b474be69a7e0203383a9ee6
Digital Agriculture
Precision Agriculture
On-Farm Data
Geospatial Information
Equipment Data
Crop Protection Products
AgGateway
AgGateway
JSON Schema
GeoTIFF
GeoParquet
WKT
Controlled vocabularies
Publicly Available
To provide a standardized, universally interoperable data schema for agricultural production data - enabling B2B data exchange across disparate farm management information systems, equipment brands, a...
Active
Identifier standard - unique ID formats for entities (e.g., GLN, UUID, farm or field identifiers)
UUID
Kyzer R. Davis (kydavis@cisco.com), Brad Peabody (brad@peabody.io)
Information Technology
Distributed Computing
Database Systems
Supply Chain
Publicly Available
Provide a standardized globally unique 128-bit identifier that requires no central authority;enable sortable, unguessable, collision-resistant identifiers for distributed systems, databases, supply ch...
Active
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9562/
https://github.com/ietf-wg-uuidrev/rfc4122bis
Global
Global
IETF is an international standards body with participants worldwide
Codelist - standardized codes for values (e.g., UCUM for units)
UCUM
UCUM Committee / Regenstrief Institute Inc. (contact via https://ucum.org/contact)
Healthcare
Clinical Research
Health Informatics
Biomedical Science
Laboratory Medicine
xml schema
Web Services
Markdown Documentation
Unit Code Definitions
Javascript library
Publicly Available
To provide a complete unambiguous code system for all units of measure used in international science, engineering, and business - enabling unambiguous electronic communication of quantities and units ...
Active
https://ucum.org/
https://github.com/ucum-org/ucum
Global
Global
International - designed for worldwide use across all scientific, engineering, engineering and business domains
In HL7 FHIR R5,UCUM codes are used in the Quantity.dataType to express units in clinical observations (e.g., lab results,vital signs). A FHIR Observation resource might express blood pressure as 'mm[Hg]' using a UCUM code. The NLM UCUM-LHC library validates expressions like 'mg/kg/h' using dimensional analysis,ensuring units are commensurable before conversion
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
API specification — defines how systems communicate (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, FMIS APIs)
Trellis
The Qlever Company LLC (hello@qlever.io)
Agicultural data interoperability
Database Systems
Distributed Computing
Supply Chain
QLever
QLever
JSON Schema
Docker/OCI Images
Web Services
Typescript
Publicly Available
To provide a typed, contract-driven framework for building and operating distributed services over NATS JetStream, so development teams do not need to invent per-project conventions for API shapes, pe...
Active
https://qlever-llc.github.io/trellis/
https://github.com/Qlever-LLC/trellis
United States
United States
Trellis implements OADA-compliant microservices for master data management, trial data, and supply-chain interoperability
AI Communication Conventions
Agents.md
Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) - a directed fund of the Linux Foundation;contact via https://aaif.io
AI Coding agents
Developer tooling
Directory support
Plain Markdown file
Publicly Available
Provide a universal, open vendor-neutral format for giving AI coding agents project-specific context and instructions (build steps, tests, coding conventions, security considerations) - reducing frict...
Active
https://agents.md/
https://github.com/agentsmd/agents.md
Global
Global
OpenAI's own monorepo uses 88 nested AGENTS.md files across sub-packages;Apache Airflow uses AGENTS.md for Python build and test guidance;Codex uses AGENTS.md as its primary persistent instruction mechanism,having helped merge over 2 million public pull requests on GitHub
Software developers,development teams,AI engineering practitioners,and any organization using AI coding agents who want consistent,portable agent behavior across projects and tools
Proprietary per-tool rule files (.cursorrules,CLAUDE.md,.aider.conf.yml,.gemini/settings.json);Model Context Protocol (MCP) - MCP is a tool-context protocol while AGENTS.md is a project-instruction convention;both are complementary
MIT License (copyright held by AGENTS.md a Series of LF Projects LLC
Communication protocol — rules governing transmission and security (e.g., MQTT, REST conventions, Signal Protocol, Matrix)
MCP
David Soria Parra (Lead Maintainer/BDFL Anthropic);Den Delimarsky (Lead Maintainer/BDFL) - contact via https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol or https://discord.gg/6CSzBmMkjX
Developer tooling
AI agents
LLM tooling
JSON Schema
Protocol specification
SDK implementation
Publicly Available
Provide a universal, open standard enabling any AI application to connect to any external data source or tool without custom per-source integrations. Reduce the M integration problem (M clients N data...
Active
https://modelcontextprotocol.io
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol
Global
Global
Uber built an enterprise-scale MCP deployment using a custom MCP Gateway and Registry as a control plane,enabling thousands of internal MCP tools across their organization. Amazon uses MCP as the core building block for connecting agents to internal systems and has open-sourced agent-sop integrating MCP tools,skills,context files,and SOPs as composable,shareable configurations
AI application developers,LLM tool builders,enterprise IT/AI teams,AI agent developers,AI IDE/assistant vendors,cloud infrastructure providers
Google A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Protocol - MCP and A2A are complementary: MCP connects AI models to tools/data;A2A connects AI agents to each other for multi-agent orchestration. ACP (Agent Communication Protocol) by Manus/CrewAI - similar scope to A2A. Traditional custom API integrations and vendor-specific tool call formats are the de facto competitors MCP aims to replace
Apache License
API specification — defines how systems communicate (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger, FMIS APIs)
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Message / exchange format — structure of data in transit (e.g., ADAPT Toolkit)
OADA Formats
Community-driven via GitHub issues (https://github.com/OADA/formats/issues)
Agicultural data interoperability
Precision Agriculture
On-Farm Data
AgGateway
Purdue University
Purdue University
JSON Schema
Docker/OCI Images
REST APIs
Typescript
Publicly Available
An open, farmer-centered agricultural data ecosystem enabling interoperability, security, and privacy through standard REST APIs and JSON Schema-based format definitions, and privacy through standard ...
Active
https://formats.openag.io/
https://github.com/OADA/formats
United States
United States
schema - defines the structure and fields of a data object (e.g., model input specification saved as JSON Schema or XML Schema)
Codelist - standardized codes for values (e.g., UCUM for units)
Modus slim
Aaron Ault (aultac@gmail.com);OATS Center at Purdue University (oatscenter.org);AgGateway Member Services (member.services@aggateway.org)
agricultural lab tests or measurements protocols
Agicultural data interoperability
Digital Agriculture
AgGateway
Purdue University
AgGateway
Purdue University
JSON Schema
xml schema
REST APIs
Typescript
Publicly Available
To enable automated, error-free exchange of agricultural laboratory test data (soil, tissue, manure, water, feed) between labs, growers, retailers, advisors, and farm management software systems. The ...
Active
https://github.com/oats-center/modus
United States
United States
ISRIC
https://isric.org/explore/
SoDaH
https://lter.github.io/som-website/
Methodology standard — defines how a process should be conducted; workflows (e.g. sampling protocols)
Ag-C
Point Blue Conservation Science, rangeC@pointblue.org; Erika Foster efoster@pointblue.org
Soil Carbon
Soil Health
Ecological Outcomes
soil
Point Blue Conservation Science
API
standardized field measurement protocols
Centralized data repository
web-based data portals
Publicly Available
Active
https://www.pointblue.org/our-work/working-landscapes/agricultural-conservation-monitoring-program/
https://github.com/pointblue/AgC
CA, WA, OR, KS, TX, NM
USA
Technical Assistants, Government Scientists,
GNU
Ag Data Oath of Care; Program managed by Point Blue Conservation Science
GloSIS
https://glosis-ld.github.io/glosis/
VF
REA - Resources Events Agents
Publicly Available
Ontology - defines the shared terms and their relationships (e.g., AGROVOC, controleld vocabularies)
VF
Lynn Foster
Publicly Available
The general goal is to support networked economic ecosystems of the next economy. We published a stable version 1.0.0 early in 2026, which includes core economic operations. Next version will includ...
Active
https://valueflo.ws
https://codeberg.org/valueflows/valueflows
global
global
Economic software wanting to interoperate with other economic software.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
informal volunteer organization