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Why would I adopt ADAPT instead of using one of these data hubs I've been hearing about?
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Is ADAPT ready for use in a production environment? I still see some open issues on the documentation pages.
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Since ADAPT is focused on supporting field operations based business processes, grower practices typically have local context (e.g., EPA number, ....). It is important for ADAPT to be able to address this data, but in a way that doesn't require all aspects to be explicit in the model. Instead, ADAPT uses a data driven "ContextItem" system - definitions of items can be sourced via the internet, anyone can propose a new definition for an item (https://api.contextitem.org/swagger).
Will ADAPT be an international standard or will it only work in North America?
ADAPT is an open-source project to provide a mechanism for enabling global interoperability between various software and hardware applications in agriculture. Since the plug-ins used in the solution are software libraries that can interconvert between a common object model and a given format, the given format simply needs to specify language and context. As long as a translation exists, a plug-in can be designed to accomplish the translation. The ADAPT project uses the Eclipse Public License to ensure the project meets the needs of the global companies that are focused on improving the interoperability of field operations data systems.
I want to adopt ADAPT: Where do I start?
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"Breaking changes" are defined in Wiktionary as "a change in one part of a software system that potentially causes other components to fail; occurs most often in shared libraries of code used by multiple applications. Not possible to fix old entries without a breaking change, so remap old to new in import lib."
ADAPT's Branching and Versioning Policy addresses this in the "Major pull requests handling" section of the policy. "Any elements which will be removed as part of this major version change must be marked as deprecated for one major version. This provides users with sufficient time to know about changes and fully prepare for the change."
What are the available plugins?
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What test data is available for me to test my ADAPT integration / plugin?
I'm interested in capturing and exchanging data about a particular aspect X of field operations. How can I find out if ADAPT supports it?
For developers - dig into the code. For managers - talk to your developers. Adaptframework.org has several videos that review various aspects of ADAPT which you may find helpful to answer this question: https://adaptframework.org/adapt-videos/
I'm interested in capturing and exchanging data about a particular aspect of field operations. ADAPT does not currently support it. What do I do now?
Communicate with the ADAPT community (specifically the Technical Committee) on the need.
- There are some rough edges here. Constructive feedback is always helpful.
- Technical Committee meetings are Wednesdays @ 10 am CST. Send an e-mail to adapt.feedback@aggateway.org if you are interested in speaking with the Technical Committee about your identified gap in the ADAPT framework.
- There may be an opportunity for you to contribute to ADAPT to provide this additional capability within the ADAPT framwork, but it is best to be coordinated with the Technical Committee as there may be a need to agree on the best approach (or there may be a misunderstanding in what ADAPT supports and how it supports it - so your aspect of field operations may be supported in a different way than what you are thinking of).
What software platforms does ADAPT support?
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