Biomass Origin and Ownership Supply-chain Tracking (BOOST) provides a comprehensive data standard for tracking biomass materials through complex supply chains with complete traceability and sustainability verification.
📖 View Documentation Online# Changelog
All notable changes to the BOOST data standard are documented in this file.
Critical Tracking Points and Python Validation Enhancement
- **Replaced Deprecated Concepts**: Eliminated ambiguous "skid_road/forest_road" with specific "consolidation_point" definition
- **Enhanced TrackingPoint Schema**: Added `coordinatePrecision` and `configurationRole` fields for operational flexibility
- **Expanded Point Types**: Updated enum to 7 values including `harvest_site`, `consolidation_point`, `mill_entrance`, `transfer_station`, `storage_facility`, `quality_control_point`, `mobile_processing_unit`
- **Edge Case Documentation**: Comprehensive analysis addressing universal applicability, silo systems, mobile processing, and multi-stage transport operations
- **Flexible Configuration Support**: 2-point minimum to 5+ point extended configurations based on operational complexity
- **Complete validate_all() Function**: Replaced empty signatures with actual business logic and validation rules
- **Six Validation Categories**: Schema validation, foreign key integrity, volume conservation, tolerance compliance, temporal consistency, and business rules
- **Process-Specific Tolerances**: Realistic tolerance definitions for drying (15%), chipping (8%), pelletizing (12%), sawmill (35%), transport (2%)
- **Actionable Recommendations**: Automated generation of specific improvement suggestions based on validation results
- **Cross-Entity Relationship Validation**: Comprehensive foreign key integrity checking across all entity types
- **HTML Documentation**: Regenerated with correct enum values and consolidation_point terminology
- **Schema-Documentation Alignment**: Verified consistency between JSON schemas and generated documentation
- **Build System Synchronization**: All formats now reflect current schema definitions
- **Thematic Areas Integration**: Added to Core Traceability section in documentation generation
- **Complete Entity Coverage**: All 36 entities now documented across HTML and PDF formats
- **Automated Schema Processing**: Enhanced build system to handle recent entity additions and modifications
- **Cross-Format Consistency**: Verified alignment between HTML, PDF, and LaTeX documentation formats
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