The Definition of Vitality in the dataset
Hello, we are using CurioTreeData for a student project evaluating vision-language models on tree species identification and vitality assessment.
Could you clarify the meaning of the numeric values in the vitality field, particularly values 1–4? Were vitality ratings from different inventories mapped to a common scale, or do they retain source-specific meanings?
Is there a data dictionary, assessment guideline, or mapping table available? We would also like to know which field records the vitality assessment date and whether an organisation ID lookup table is available.
Thank you for your help.
Hello! Thanks for reaching out and it's great that the data might be of use to your project. Within our UI the vitality values were mapped to the following string values
vitalityMappings: {
'1' : 'Good',
'2' : 'Moderate',
'3' : 'Poor',
'4' : 'Very poor'
},
It's worth noting, that the consistency across users and organisation may vary. At an organisation level, we didn't retain the original ratings but we did map them to this scale in a consistent manner and most organisations used as scale that was pretty aligned with with the rating scheme and categories we defined (it was informed by domain experts).
The inv_last_updated or updated_at are the most relevant to the vitality assessment date. I'll need to check about an organisation look up table.
I hope this helps!
Conor