Soil & Agricultural Land
Soil quality and agricultural capability
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
3 bundles · 9 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
soilResource What the soil is and where each kind occurs
profileAndHorizon
described profiles, their horizons and diagnostic features
classificationUnit
classification terms assigned to profiles and units
soilMapping
map units, polygons and digital soil property surfaces with their uncertainty
fertility What the soil can support
chemistryAndNutrient
organic carbon, nutrients, pH, salinity and cation exchange
physicalProperty
texture, bulk density, structure, depth and water holding capacity
capabilityAndSuitability
capability classes and crop-specific suitability ratings with their limiting factors
condition How land condition changes and why
degradationProcess
erosion, compaction, salinization, acidification and organic matter loss
contaminationStatus
contaminant findings, thresholds exceeded and remediation state
managementPractice
tillage, cover, amendment and irrigation practice as it bears on soil state
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.PHY.EAR.SOI
- Domain
- PHY.EAR.SOI
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- soilphy.ear.soi
- Also called
- P10
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes soil as a mapped, sampled and classified resource and the agricultural capability that follows from it: profiles and horizons, laboratory chemistry and physical properties, capability and suitability ratings, and the degradation, contamination and management history that change land condition over time.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Soil quality and agricultural capability
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because soil is a slow-moving stock that is measured at points, mapped as units and managed as fields, three grains that must be reconciled explicitly.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
An ecology and agronomy commons steward keeps the soil register: it maintains the map, accredits laboratories, publishes capability and condition and curates the long profile archive.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.landParcelAndCadastre - fields and units are located within registered land units and their holders resolve there
- world.terrainAndLandform - slope, aspect and relief are limiting factors in capability and erosion assessment
- world.subsurfaceAndMineralResource - parent material links the weathering profile to bedrock
- world.waterBodyAndHydrology - infiltration, runoff and nutrient loading connect soil state to water response
- world.ecosystemAndBiome - soil condition is an input to ecosystem condition and process accounts
- world.agricultureAndHusbandry - cropping, grazing and amendment operations are described there and reference fields here
- world.materialAndSubstance - contaminant identity, hazard class and thresholds resolve there
- world.emissionAndEnvironmentalFlux - soil carbon change and nutrient losses are accounted as fluxes there
- world.officialStatisticsAndIndicators - published land statistics respect the cohort grain defined there
- world.privacyAggregationAndCohortFloor - published land statistics respect the cohort grain defined there
imports
- fao-soil-classification - EXTEND: the classification backbone for units and profiles
- iuss-world-reference-base - ALIGN: reference groups and qualifiers for cross-register comparability
- iso-28258-soil-data-exchange - COMPOSE: the site, profile, horizon and result exchange structure
requires
- vr.wm-ear-004
- vr.wm-eco-014
- vr.wm-liv-006
- vr.wm-liv-009
- vr.wm-mat-002
- vr.wm-plc-001
- vr.wm-plc-003
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Derived, awaiting review
- soilUnit: a mapped soil unit; key attributes: unit identifier, geometry, dominant classification term, component proportions, map scale, purity
- soilSample: material taken for analysis; key attributes: sample identifier, source horizon reference, depth interval, sampling date, laboratory reference, analysed determinands
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- soilProfileDescribed: a pit or auger site was described and classified
- soilSampleAnalyzed: laboratory results were returned and attached to a horizon
- soilMapUnitRevised: unit boundaries or component proportions changed after new evidence
- capabilityClassReassessed: the general capability rating for a unit changed
- erosionEventRecorded: a measurable loss of topsoil was observed after rainfall, wind or cultivation
- salinizationDetected: salinity crossed the threshold defined for a unit or field
- contaminationConfirmed: a contaminant exceeded its threshold at a sampled location
- remediationCompleted: works to restore soil condition finished and post-works results were recorded
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- laboratoryAnalysisContract: terms for submitting samples and returning results, including method declaration, detection limits and reanalysis
- farmSoilDataSharingContract: terms under which field-level results held by a holder are shared with the steward, including the grain at which they may be republished
- contaminationDisclosureContract: terms for disclosing a confirmed contamination finding to an entitled party such as a prospective occupier or a land registrar
- publicSoilMap: soil units, dominant classification and capability class; omits sample-level results and any holder-linked field data
- holderFieldReport: the complete profile, laboratory and condition record for the fields of one holder; omits neighbouring holdings
- landCapabilityStatistics: area by capability class, suitability and degradation status; omits unit geometry and holder identity
Context of use required Filled
- Field-level data contributed by a holder remains that holder's under S1, republication happens only at the grain agreed in an S2 access contract and constrained by S5 cohort rules, and reads of holder-linked records are logged in S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-p10-soil-and-agricultural-land/spec.yaml, models/docs/planet-nature/P10-soil-and-agricultural-land.md