185 — Landscape Archive metadata standard (climate screening extension)

TLA-185 field registry

The published specification describes 185 documented elements across 16 modules — structural definitions only, with no species inventories, trait values, or client records. Below is a public preview of 28 representative fields. The full dictionary, JSON Schema modules, and worked examples live on GitHub and the schema portal.

15 Taxonomy & identity 169
12 Traits & morphology 169
22 Environment (historical & land cover) 169+185
7 Provenance 169
5 Licensing & rights 169
5 Product & publisher 169
12 Project record 169
16 Site context (standard bands) 169+185
9 Sustainability disclosure 169
6 Cultural context 169
6 Botanical asset 169
11 Revit shared parameters 169
43 Revit download form 169
6 Delivery & BIM 169
7 Climate projection screening 185
3 Site risk screening 185

Taxonomy & identity

speciesKey string

Species key

Stable Landscape Archive identifier for a canonical species record.

record.speciesKey
taxonID string

Taxon ID

Darwin Core taxon identifier (typically GBIF speciesKey).

sourceData.taxonomy.taxonID required

Traits & morphology

growthForms array<string>

Growth forms

Practice-oriented growth-form tags (tree, shrub, grass, etc.).

sourceData.traits.growthForms
totalObservations integer

Trait observations

Count of trait observations contributing to the species profile.

sourceData.traits.totalObservations

Environment (historical & land cover)

locationMethod string

Location method

How the environmental sample point was chosen.

sourceData.environment.locationMethod
latitude number

Latitude

WGS84 latitude for environmental context.

sourceData.environment.latitude

Provenance

packageType string

Package type

Revit or mesh package type identifier.

sourceData.provenance.packageType
downloadId string

Download ID

Unique issued download identifier.

sourceData.provenance.downloadId

Licensing & rights

commercialUsePlan string

Commercial use plan

Entitlement tier governing commercial use.

sourceData.licensing.commercialUsePlan
rightsStatus string

Rights status

Overall rights posture for the package.

sourceData.licensing.rightsStatus

Product & publisher

revitArchetype string

Revit archetype

Landscape Archive Revit archetype key.

sourceData.product.revitArchetype
revitArchetypeConfidence number

Revit archetype confidence

Confidence score for archetype assignment.

sourceData.product.revitArchetypeConfidence

Project record

federationSchemaVersion string

Schema version

TLA bundle schema version (legacy key name retained in v1).

project.federationSchemaVersion required
projectId string

Project ID

Stable project identifier within the publishing organisation.

project.projectId required

Site context (standard bands)

soilProfile.order string

Soil order

High-level soil order classification band.

siteContext.soilProfile.order
soilProfile.clayPercentBand string

Clay percent band

Clay content band for site context.

siteContext.soilProfile.clayPercentBand

Sustainability disclosure

climatePositiveClaim boolean

Climate positive claim

Whether the project claims climate-positive outcomes.

sustainability.climatePositiveClaim
carbonSequestration_kgCO2e_perYear number

Carbon sequestration (kg CO₂e/yr)

Estimated annual sequestration.

sustainability.carbonSequestration_kgCO2e_perYear

Cultural context

sensitivityClass enum

Sensitivity class

Controls public vs restricted cultural metadata.

culturalContext.sensitivityClass required
culturalEngagementLevel enum

Cultural engagement level

Documented level of Connection to Country engagement.

culturalContext.culturalEngagementLevel

Botanical asset

assetId string

Asset ID

Stable botanical asset identifier within a project bundle.

botanicalAssets[].assetId required
quantity number

Quantity

Planned or placed quantity for the asset.

botanicalAssets[].quantity

Revit shared parameters

LA_BotanicalName string

Botanical Name

Revit shared parameter LA_BotanicalName mapped to TLA-169.

revit.parameters.LA_BotanicalName
LA_CommonName string

Common Name

Revit shared parameter LA_CommonName mapped to TLA-169.

revit.parameters.LA_CommonName

Revit download form

commonName text

Common name

Per-download editable field captured at Revit family issue.

downloadForm.commonName
cultivar text

Cultivar / variety

Per-download editable field captured at Revit family issue.

downloadForm.cultivar

Delivery & BIM

lod enum

Level of development

BIM LOD target for the issued asset.

metadata.lod
representationProfile enum

Representation profile

Documentation vs presentation representation profile.

metadata.representationProfile

Preview generated from the published registry. Field IDs, JSON paths, and module structure are stable; values and populated datasets are licensed separately and are not part of the open layer.