The short answer is "YES!" (and some stakeholders have been using it in production for over a year as of June 2017). That being said, this merits a multi-point answer.
Adoption of Field Operations data by growers has lagged behind its potential for decades. To dramatically increase adoption system interoperability needs to be achieved at a dramatically reduced cost for the industry. Contributing improvements to the ADAPT framework will accelerate the industry's ability to achieve this goal!
AgGateway's ADAPT Oversight Committee is currently working on outlining the steps required to implement a "Version 1" of ADAPT - which has a focus on documentation data generated by field computers (MICS) being consumed by business systems (FMIS).
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).
The developer guide and sample application cover most of the scenarios of accessing and writing data. You will need an application which can consume a .net/mono library.
The ADAPT framework is focused on providing a Data Model that covers a comprehensive superset of Field Operations Data. The goal is to allow a single integration for any Farm Management Information System - FMIS and through licensing of various plugins provided by different manufacturers (of systems that produce/consume Field Operations Data) the FMIS can read/write to a wide variety of systems with little incremental effort. The scope is quite broad - beyond field computers in self propelled machines (e.g., tractors) to include irrigation control and monitoring systems (in future versions). The goal is to expand the compatibility with even more kinds of Field Operations Data going forward. As an Open Source Software project, the ADAPT Oversight Committee is focused on providing a framework that can evolve as the industry sees fit.
ADAPT has been developed under the Eclipse Public License v1.0 Equipment manufacturers desire an approach that can be used with Farm Management Information System (FMIS) companies anywhere in the world that they do business. An open source approach allows non-AgGateway member companies to leverage the framework, providing the ability to:
Modify the framework to meet their commercial needs quickly, and evolve the standard interface for everyone.
Submit modifications back for consideration to incorporate into ADAPT (which are reviewed before acceptance)
From Wikipedia: Open Source Software is “A development model (which) promotes a universal access via a free license to a product's design or blueprint, and universal redistribution of that design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by anyone.”
ADAPT is provided under the terms of the Eclipse Public License
From Wikipedia: The Eclipse Public License is designed to be a business-friendly free software license and features weaker copyleft provisions than contemporary licenses such as the GNU General Public License (GPL).[7] The receiver of EPL-licensed programs can use, modify, copy and distribute the work and modified versions, in some cases being obligated to release their own changes.[8] The EPL is approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)[3] and is listed as a free software license by the Free Software Foundation(FSF).[2]
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ADAPT is not focused on data transmission, instead it is focused on data translation/conversion. This is not to say a plugin provider won't put a mechanism in their plugin which enables data transmission (upon use of the plugin) to a specific "cloud service." It is important for the companies that license a specific plugin to know the terms which they agree to.
ADAPT consists of two main components.
2. ADAPT Framework Plugin - a data converter for a specific data format which can be easily integrated into a specific data format which can be easily integrated into a specific instance of ADAPT. A specific plugin would be created/licensed by i) AgGateway, ii) equipment manufacturers, iii) entities (e.g., USDA), iv) FMIS companies, v) individuals, etc.
YES! actively engage in using ADAPT. If you see an opportunity to improve it please reach out to the Technical Team at adapt.feedback@aggateway.org as to the improvement that you'd like to make to the framework (best to get alignment before doing the work and submitting a pull request on GitHub).
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Note that an important part of ADAPT is data-driven, so vocabulary entries, whole vocabularies, and variable definitions can be added without users having to change versions of ADAPT in their software. This has been engineered as a very IT-department friendly feature of ADAPT.
The ADAPT framework incorporates a "superset" of data models used in the industry (to ensure system interoperability). As such, the goal is to incorporate ISO requirements as part of a larger industry context. One other important difference: the ADAPT framework has a larger scope than ISO 11783, namely more business needs related to Field Operations data than just the transactions that occur between FMIS and MICS systems.
The ESRI Shapefile format has been used to exchange Field Operations data in many cases. A key limitation to this approach is the need for the user interaction - that the various attributes contained in a shapefile need to be "mapped" to the system of interest to ensure interoperability. This fundamental requirement creates an inherent limitation on user adoption - basically constraining usage to individuals that are comfortable managing this level of detail. The industry will struggle to attract other participants that desire a "lower tech" solution if we continue to rely on loosely defined Shapefile attributes.
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When you visit the www.adaptframework.org site, you'll see a link to Model Documentation. That link leads to an ADAPT section in AgGateway's Public wiki space. You'll find a lot of information there. If you want a wiki account, visit the http://aggateway.atlassian.net site. You will see a login screen as shown in the figure below. Click on the "Create an account" link and follow the instructions.
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