Hawaii Habitat Data Plan

This planning note defines how static Hawaii habitat baselines should be prepared for future ingestion workflows.

Candidate Sources

Source candidate	Source format	Historic/current status	Intended adapter use	Future ingestion method	Freshness caveat	Licensing/attribution to verify
NOAA NCCOS Oahu shallow-water benthic habitat maps	GIS layers, metadata, map products	Historic/static baseline	Oahu nearshore structure and benthic-class baseline	Offline preprocessing to canonical static profiles	Not live observations; retain source date	Confirm redistribution terms and attribution text
Hawaii Statewide GIS benthic-habitat layer	State GIS dataset/layer	Historic/static baseline	Statewide baseline coverage and fallback profiles	Periodic offline export and profile regeneration	Source date must be preserved and surfaced	Verify state dataset licensing and map credits
Pacific Islands Benthic Habitat Mapping Center Oahu resources	Bathymetry, optical validation, shapefiles, metadata	Historic/static baseline	Channel/edge/depth context enrichment	Offline conversion pipeline with schema checks	Validation period may differ by sub-layer	Verify PIBHMC use rights and attribution requirements

Adapter Usage Boundary

• Use as baseline habitat context only.
• Do not present these layers as current conditions.
• Keep influence bounded and stack-dependent.

Future Ingestion Steps (Later)

1. Acquire source metadata and license terms.
2. Normalize geometry and classification names into AI1SAD profile schema.
3. Preserve source date, source name, and attribution fields.
4. Export static profile bundle for offline runtime use.
5. Add versioned snapshot metadata and changelog notes.

Redistribution and Attribution Checklist

• Confirm license allows redistribution in docs/assets/runtime bundles.
• Confirm attribution wording and citation links.
• Confirm update cadence and source retirement policy.