You can use the canvas approach to survey commons initiatives, create overviews and draw comparisons to gain more knowledge of how the commons can work. The Table below shows a first draft of the kind of data and information that can be collected for each of the blocks. Do suggest more using the comments section below.
| Canvas Block | Data | Category | Notes | |
| 1 | LAND and Main Structures | Size of land (Ha) value of main assets (€) | Virtual/real | |
| 2 | Services | % of annual need | Type of service | |
| 3 | Infrastructure | Value | ||
| 4 | Chains | |||
| 5 | Inputs | |||
| 6 | People | Numbers served
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| 7 | Roles | Volunteer hours | ||
| 8 | Revenue | Total turnover | ||
| 9 | Management | |||
| 10 | Investors | Total borrowed (€) | ||
| 11 | Community | Type of Interaction with wider community | ||