Landscape Archive Foundation
Foundation Approved vs Archive Seal
Two different instruments share the Archive name. Keeping them distinct reduces procurement confusion.
This page states the difference clearly. It does not claim Foundation incorporation,
published Approved criteria, or Seal issuance on this Foundation site.
Draft posture.
Foundation Approved criteria are not yet offered as a public product on this site.
Public validator and Evidence Checker inspect files locally — they are not Approved, Seal, or government approval.
Archive Seal purchase and authenticity checks are provided by the commercial Archive,
and are not part of the open Foundation standard.
Comparison
Foundation Approved
Open-specification conformance (when criteria are published)
- Stewarded as a Foundation / open-spec concept — vendor-neutral intent.
- Assesses whether a bundle meets published open criteria against TLA-185 / orbit shapes.
- Does not sell Library fill, Hub seats, or Studio+™.
- Does not issue Archive Seal marks or period-bound crypto manifests.
- Status today: Approved criteria and an interactive checker are not yet a public product — see Governance.
Archive Seal
Commercial attestation — The Landscape Archive Pty Ltd
- Paid, renewable, organisation- or practitioner-scoped attestation.
- Attests integrity / issuer / process provenance for sealed packs — not botanical truth of every taxon.
- Authenticity checks are performed by Landscape Archive administrators (and published commercial Archive services where available).
- This Foundation site does not provide a public Seal verification service.
- Purchase and the authorised directory are on the commercial Archive site.
Also distinct
- Archive Certified — paid practitioner / training credential from the commercial Archive.
Distinct from Foundation Approved.
- TLA-EVID — Draft open evidence pack shape. Assembling an evidence pack does not issue Archive Seal.
- Vault — IP holder. Does not bill customers. Does not grant Seal or Foundation Approved.