Summary

The livestock export industry is increasingly collecting data to meet regulatory obligations, support research projects and allow analysis and decision making to drive animal welfare gains and commercial outcomes. Technology innovation, adoption and data sharing are increasing in speed and importance.

Data standards govern how data is managed, used, represented, formatted, defined, transmitted, structured, and tagged. They refer to technical specifications or recorded agreements that describe how data should be stored or exchanged across different systems.

Livestock export data standards were created with two primary audiences in mind:

• Supply chain participants and researchers, to provide definitions and industry data policy.

• IT developers, to support future software programs and data sharing between supply chain participants and/or the regulator.

This project was managed by the Livestock Export RD&E Program, a collaboration between LiveCorp and Meat & Livestock Australia.

Objectives

The project developed a repository that contains:

• Industry policy and standards for the governance of data

• Definitions or taxonomy of data collected.

• Technical specifications for the data

Benefits to industry

Setting standards for the collection, treatment, storage and sharing of data in a conscious and standardised manner will generate long-lasting principled behaviour. This project will enhance data literacy and support the ongoing development of data driven technology which continues to service the livestock export industry.