Gap analysis of existing agricultural data exchange standards for automated controlled traffic farming systems

Mixed fleets of agricultural machines require standardised data exchange formats to allow seamless communication between machines of different brands. While ISO 11783 is a very successful standard for tractor-implement communication and ISO-XML is widely used to transfer data between tractors and farm management systems, these existing standards cannot represent all information that is necessary to enable automated Controlled Traffic Farming systems. In order to create a base for future developments, this paper collects the features that need to be represented in an agricultural data exchange standard. Furthermore, these requirements are compared to two well-known data exchange formats: ISO-XML and ADAPT. While neither of the two standards can represent all required features, there are small differences in what data can be represented. • Analysis of agricultural in-field processes, focus on controlled traffic farming. • Requirement engineering for data exchange standards. • Presentation of use-cases and requirement list for CTF. • Comparison of requirements to existing data exchange standards. • Neither ISO-XML nor the ADAPT Standard fulfil all requirements.