This document is the collaborative product of the Vegetative Cover Database development team which is charged with designing and building a database to store forest cover data, now expanded in definition to include the phase 1 Vegetation Inventory data. The purpose of this document to solicit constructive criticism on the conversion of FIP data concerning the data conversion and rules. The expectations on the part of the development team is that this is the primary opportunity to seek contributions from the user community. There will be continued discussions with individuals to discuss and resolve specific issues, errors and oversights. There will be no other comprehensive presentation of FIP to Vegetative cover attribute mapping and load rules except for a final version.
Silence is considered to be consent.
All comments will be collated, and reviewed in light of addressing the intended business meaning. The intended audience is the entire FIP user community. There are many users of the FIP file, some with years of experience at a level of detail much greater than any of the development team who are well placed to provide useful contributions. Should the distribution of this document fail to reach anyone who you know that would have valuable comments, please feel free to include them. Much effort has been devoted to conveying the attribute mapping and conversion rules in business terms, such that the user community can understand the contents and provide useful commentary.