Individual Tree Data Standard Workshops

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This page summarises two workshops and a number of one-to-one consultations that formed part of the development of the Individual Tree Data Standard. Workshops were held in May and July 2019 at the Open University in Milton Keynes.

The workshops were attended by representatives from:

Research objectives

Sector-wide stakeholder engagement
Development of use cases
Describing user profiles
Inform the draft standard

The aims of the first workshop were:

To bring together a group of individuals representing stakeholder organisations from across the UK urban tree sector
To consider the roles and contributions of the range of stakeholders that contribute to the collection of data on urban trees
To establish a set of agreed principles and practices that will form the definitive UK standard for the collection of urban tree data

The aims of the second workshop were:

To identify and characterise the different potential user groups for an urban tree data standard
To establish a set or sets of data fields that form the basis of an urban tree data standard
To discuss how technology might be used to support a data standard

Findings and Recommendations

The first workshop identified the motivations and opportunities associated with establishing a standard, but also raised some barriers and constraints.

The second workshop identified different groups of data collectors and therefore users of a new tree data collection standard, including arboricultural consultancies, development organisations, members of the public/volunteers, policy makers (central and local government), managers of tree populations, academics, third sector organisations, botanic gardens and collections.

Contact

Phillip Handley

Themes

Urban trees and greenspaces

Research Status

completed

Research Groups

Urban forests