Interoperability of Machinery Data Standards: A Review of ISOBUS and the Gaps Between Implementations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664556Keywords:
Interoperability of Machinery Data Standards; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technologyAbstract
Interoperability of Machinery Data Standards has moved quickly from a research idea to something a working farm can actually
use, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We pull together the current evidence for interoperability of machinery
data standards, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely
settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks
better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.
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