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Gi2MO Types Taxonomy Specification
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Gi2MO Types Taxonomy Specification

V0.2 - July 2011

This version: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/0.2/ns (RDF/XML, HTML)
Latest version: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns
Editors: Adam Westerski
Authors: Adam Westerski
Contributors: See acknowledgements

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Abstract

Gi2MO Types is a taxonomy designed to be used for annotation of ideas in Idea Management Systems. The following document contains the description of taxonomy and instructions how to connect it with other metadata of Idea Management Systems and their other resources.


Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
    1. Idea Management Systems
    2. The Semantic Web
    3. What is Gi2MO Types for?
  2. Gi2MO Types taxonomy at a glance
  3. Summary sheet of Gi2MO Types terms
    1. Example
  4. Cross-reference for linking Gi2MO Types terms with web metadata

Appendixes

  1. Changelog
  2. Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

The following specification is a formal description of taxonomy proposal that can be applied to annotate ideas stored in Idea Management Systems. The goal of the following section is to provide the basic knowledge to comprehend the technical part of the specification. As such it shall introduce the topic of Idea Management Systems and areas related to the Gi2MO project - Semantic Web and publication of open data on the web.

An important note is that Gi2MO Types taxonomy presented here is not a complete model to address the problem of describing and linking ideas inside and between distributed Idea Management Systems. It marly defines concepts that are not described yet by the means of other taxonomies or standards and provides the data attributes that create the basis for establishing clustering and classification facilities for Idea Management Systems. For detailed instructions and recommendations how to use the taxonomy to achieve the aforementioned goals please refer to the guidelines of the Gi2MO project.

1.1 Idea Management Systems

Idea Management Systems, in a great simplification, can be considered as an evolution of suggestions boxes used for collecting input from customers. The said systems have went above and beyond mere collection of ideas and aspire to be tools for idea assessment, analysis and sometimes even deployment of innovation. Idea Management Systems take advantage of computer networks and web technologies to reach a large number of customers or enterprise employees at the same time, gather their ideas and invite to collaboration for improving those ideas.

The use of IT infrastructure enables to collect big amounts of ideas in a fairly small amount of time but also brings the problem how to respond to the ideas from the community in a timely manner and how to continuously stimulate this crowd to keep supplying new ideas. Furthermore, in systems running over large periods of time the amount of ideas counted in tens of thousands becomes almost impossible to browse and manage either by moderators or users. All the said problems lower the efficiency of the systems or even put their usage into question. Gi2MO Types taxonomy is one of the building blocks for improving data organisation in Idea Management Systems and thus finding a solution to the aforementioned problems.

In relation to other IT systems used in modern organisations, at the time of writing this specification the Idea Management Systems have not been yet introduced as a standard component as part of the most popular ERP, PLM/PLCM or CRM suites. Idea Management, in relation to those systems, is still being considered as a rising market and a complementary solution that can be supplied depending on organisation's interest in investment in innovation.

In relation to other processes run in the modern enterprises, Idea Management can be defined as part of Innovation Management Process run as part of innovation strategy in many contemporary enterprises. Idea Management is perceived as complementary solution to this process that delivers tools that can enhance the successfulness of the innovation management process and open it to new possibilities.

1.2 The Semantic Web

The Semantic Web is a W3C initiative that aims to introduce rich metadata to the current Web and provide machine readable and processable data as a supplement to human-readable Web.

Semantic Web is a mature domain that has been in research phase for many years and with the increasing amount of commercial interest and emerging products is starting to gain appreciation and popularity as one of the rising trends for the future Internet.

One of the corner stones of the Semantic Web is research on inter-linkable and interoperable data schemas for information published online. Those schemas are often referred to as ontologies or vocabularies. In order to facilitate the concept of ontologies that lead to a truly interoperable Web of Data, W3C has proposed a series of technologies such as RDF and OWL. Gi2MO Types uses those technologies and the research that comes within to publish the characteristics of ideas together with other metadata and enable the easy portability and integration of this information across different Idea Management Systems.

1.3 What is Gi2MO Types for?

The goals of the Gi2MO Types taxonomy to achieve as a knowledge modelling framework are:

  • enable characterisation of ideas beyond the regular tools available in contemporary Idea Management Systems
  • aid idea assessment by providing summarised idea information
  • provide a corner store to build classification and clustering facilities based on the annotated data corpus
  • facilitate idea ranking and similarity detection based on comparison of ideas and their annotations
For more information please refer to Gi2MO Types usage study done as part of the research in the Gi2MO project.

2. Gi2MO Types taxonomy at a glance

The Gi2MO Types diagram presented below shows the hierarchy of terms organised following the main assumption of the taxonomy that:

Every idea that was proposed has been triggered by a particular experience and describes a certain innovation put in context of application in a given object.

Diagram for the Gi2MO Types Taxonomy
Diagram for the Gi2MO Types Taxonomy (high resolution version: PNG)

3. Summary sheet of Gi2MO Types terms

Level Term Name Description Example
1 TRIGGER What has caused creation of the idea / what is the inspiration -
2 Observation Type Type of Trigger. Defines what was the observation of the inventor due to the event that he experienced. -
3 Faulty Experience A problem/ failure of a product that caused a the creative process. -
4 Potential Cause If a cause of the problem was identified. -
3 Lack of Feature The innovation was triggered by the fact that object lacked some kind of feature. -
3 Potential Opportunity The ideas was triggered by a person that was not displeased with the way it worked by has foreseen that an addition to the product could improve it. -
2 Creativity Origin Points to what kind of event triggered the innovation. -
3 Event The innovation was not triggered by direct innovation with some object but by some event. -
4 Idea Contest Idea was specifically triggered by idea contests and incentives that come with -
4 Object Release Premiere of a new object to the market or audience. -
5 New Object Premiere of a fully new object. -
5 Object Update Premiere of a new refreshed version of an already existing object. -
4 Promotional Event Event related to the object of innovation. -
4 Related Event Undefined event related in some way to the object. -
4 Object Purchase Idea was created as a result of purchasing the object by the client. -
4 Object Observation Idea triggered by plain object observation or interacting with object related information without any particular intent. -
4 Object Comparison Idea created during comparison with some other object. -
3 Object Interaction A person interacting with the object and discovering some new need or problem. -
2 Associated Object Object connected to the trigger of innovation. -
3 Object of Innovation Innovation was triggered by interaction with the same object that is the topic of idea. -
3 Other Object Type of Trigger. The inventor has came up with an idea by comparison of the object with some other product/service/process. -
4 Object Relation Defines the relation of the object that triggered the idea and the object that is the topic of the idea. -
5 Competitive If the object that triggered innovation was a competitive solution. -
5 Complementary If the object that triggered innovation was a complementary solution that works together with the object to fulfil some OTHER function/goal. (removing one of the objects makes it impossible to fulfil this function). Idea: I use a scanner a lot so I would like it to be embedded in the laptop.
5 Supplementary If the object that triggered innovation was a solution that works on top of the existing and delivers some new value but does redefine the end functionality. Idea: Working with a mouse made me furious when I could not put the pad next to laptop because of the bad USB ports positioning.
5 Unrelated The innovation was triggered by neither complementary or competitive solution. -
4 Offering Placement Determines if the other object that is the means of comparison is part of own offering or some other party. -
5 Own Object that triggered the innovative ideas come from own offering. -
5 Other Party Object that triggered the innovative ideas come from offering of some other party. -
1 INNOVATION Characteristics of the proposal and its impact -
2 Dependence Innovation is dependent in some way on some other idea. -
3 Proceeds After the described innovation is implemented it is going to be possible to unlock other idea. ideaA: Keyboard for iPhone. ideaB: Backlit keyboard for iPhone.
3 Follows The innovation realization is dependent on implementing some other idea first. ideaA: Keyboard for iPhone. ideaB: Backlit keyboard for iPhone.
3 Encapsulates Innovation that reproduces other idea(s) but also adds new value. -
3 Duplicaes Innovation that exactly reproduces already existing idea. -
3 Excludes Introducing this innovation causes the inability to implement some other innovation. -
3 Is Part Of Innovation that has been also described in another idea that also shows a bigger scope and discusses other items. -
2 Target Audience Defines if the innovation imposes a change in the audience or not (relative to current state of the object of innovation). -
3 New Audience Innovation relates to shifting the object to fit new market/customer. -
3 Existing Audience Updates of an existing object to fit the changing needs of current customers. -
2 Orginality Defines the size/scope of innovation in relation to existing ideas, state or offering. -
3 New Completely new idea/design not based on anything created before. -
3 Incremental Improvement for an existing object. -
4 Additive Improvement made by adding a new element to a previous proposal. ideaA - new keyboard, ideaB - new backlit keyboard
4 Subtractive Improvement made by simplifying other proposal and removing an element from the previous proposal. ideaA - serve breakfast with bread, tea, cornflakes, ideaB - serve breakfast only with cornflakes.
4 Replacement Improvement made just be replacing some element of the previous proposal. ideaA - colorA, ideaB - colorB OR putting glossy screen to laptop offerring (incremental modification because there are already glossy screens just not for this particular line).
3 None This is a special instance for idea mgt systems that indicates that idea hold no real innovation at all. -
3 Relative To Describes innovation characteristics abstraction level (e.g. if something is innovation with respect to local market or global market). idea: Laptop keyboard dock for iPhone. Organization level: Breakthrough (product does not exist yet). Global Market: None (Motorola Atrix already has this)
4 Current State Innovation described in relation to the current state of some entity or environment -
5 Organisation Innovation described with respect to organization processes/product/services -
6 StructureUnit Innovation describe with respect to some particular element of the administrative structure of the organization. -
7 Group Innovation described with respect to group level of the company. -
7 Department Innovation described with respect to department level of the company. -
7 Branch Innovation described with respect to branch level of the company. -
6 Product Line Innovation describe with respect to a product line. E.g. Vostro Laptops or iPods.
6 Product Type Innovation described with respect to a particular product type. E.g. Laptops.
5 Market Innovation described with respect to the entire market. -
6 Local Innovation described with respect to the local market. -
6 Global Innovation described with respect to the global market. -
1 PROPOSAL Describes the way a person has formalized his ideas (what parts are there, what are missing etc.) What is the completeness of the proposal. -
2 Request A person has supplied a request for a certain feature. -
2 Solution The person has supplemented the request with a technical or theoretical solution proposal. -
2 IssueReport Some idea are not innovative at all but nevertheless they are submitted to the idea management systems. This caregory indicates idea is not innovative at all just reports on a bug/issue/error/failure of an object. -
2 Suggestion Contrary to request does not state the necessity or a dire need but rather says what would be good in the opinion of a person for the company or organisation to do something. -
1 OBJECT Characteristics of the item that is the object of the innovation. -
2 History Relationship Relationship of the innovation with the previous iterations of the objects (or previous innovation proposals for this object). The difference with "Offering placement" is that it looks to compare the change with the past states of the object, not the current). -
3 Evolutionary Indicates that the innovation for the given product puts it in a state that it has never been before. -
3 Regressive Indicates that the innovation for the given product was already implemented at some point but has been removed. -
2 Type Type of object (is it product, service etc.). -
3 Service Innovation relates to a service. Opposing products, services are: intangible (cannot be physically possessed), inseparable (production cannot be separated from consumption), perishable (cannot store for future use), variable (the quality and consistency differs depending on the person that uses it). -
3 Process Innovation relates to a process (newelements into an organization’s operations such as input materials, task specifications, work and informationflow mechanisms, and equipment used to produce a product or render a service). -
3 Product Innovation relates to a product. -
4 Product Line An innovation is proposed for entire product line. Inspiron line
4 Product Type Innovation proposed for a specific product type. Laptops
4 Specific Product Innovation proposed for an individual product. Dell M1330
2 Offering Placement Object placement in the current offering / state. -
3 New The innovation proposes a new product. New laptop.
3 Existing The innovation proposes innovating an existing product. New laptop screen.
4 Additive The innovation proposes adding some new element to the object. Add delete key on the laptop keyboard.
4 Subtractive The innovation proposes removing some element from the object. Remove dvd drive from a laptop.
4 Replacement The innovation proposes replacing or modifying an existing element of the object. Replace the current screen with a better quality one.
2 Structure Defines the element in the object structure that the innovation refers to. This should be connected with a domain ontology that identifies specific elements of products etc. -
3 Complete Innovation related to the entire product. Dell M1330
3 Element Innovation relates to a particular element of an object. Dell M1330 Keyboard
3 Characteristic Innovation relates to particular feature of an object. Dell M1130 weight
2 Relationship Defines if an object has relationship with other items of offering (reason: adding an innovation into a certain object might impact its relationships with other products and increase/decrease the value of innovation). -
3 Part Of Object is part of some other object. -
3 Complementary With Object is complementary with some other object. -

2.1. Example

A basic example of annotations created for a sample idea with Gi2MO Types taxonomy:

Example of annotations for idea with Gi2MO Types taxonomyy

The listing below shows the metadata of the same idea annotated with the use of Gi2MO Idea Ontology and Gi2MO Types taxonomy:

  <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/idea/012345/rdf">
    <foaf:page ref:resource="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/idea/012345"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCreator rdf:resource="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/user/Pablo/rdf"/>
    <gi2mo:content>I would like to propose adding more physical buttons on the 9 inch tablet that is currently 
    available in your offer. When using the tablet I feel that the single 'home' button is not enough for many 
    activities that the tablet is advertised for making the experience bad.
    
    For example, for reading ebooks, it would be very useful to have "back" and "forward" buttons for scrolling pages 
    of the book. I own a e-paper reader and I think those buttons could be also used for different activities (for 
    example web browsing or games).
    </gi2mo:content>
    <dcterms:title>More buttons on the tablet.</gi2mo:title>
    <dcterms:created>2011-07-23</gi2mo:created>
    <gi2mo:hasStatus rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/ns#Implemented"/>
    <gi2mo:hasComment rdf:resource="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/comment/054321/rdf"/>
    <gi2mo:hasComment rdf:resource="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/comment/054322/rdf"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCategory ref:resource="http://ideas.gi2mo.org/category/General/rdf"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#FaultyExperience"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectInteraction"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CompetitiveObject"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OtherPartyOffering"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ExistingAudience"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#AdditiveInnovation"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ProductLine"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Request"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Evolutionary"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#SpecificProduct"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#AdditiveChange"/>
    <gi2mo:hasCharacteristics rdf:resource="http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ElementChange"/>
  </rdf:Description>
      

4. Cross-reference for linking Gi2MO Types terms with web metadata

An alphabetical index of Gi2MO Types terms are given below. All the terms are hyperlinked to their detailed description for quick reference.

Classes: AdditiveChange, AdditiveInnovation, AssociatedObject, Branch, CharacteristicChange, CompetitiveObject, ComplementaryObject, ComplementaryWith, CompleteChange, ComposedOf, CreativityOrigin, CurrentState, Department, Dependence, Duplicates, ElementChange, Encapsulates, Event, Evolutionary, Excludes, ExistingAudience, ExistingObject, FaultyExperience, Follows, GlobalMarket, Group, HistoryRelationship, IdeaContest, Incremental, Innovation, InnovationProposal, IsPartOf, IssueReport, LackOfFeature, LocalMarket, Market, New, NewAudience, NewObject, NewObjectRelease, None, Object, ObjectComparison, ObjectInteraction, ObjectObservation, ObjectOfInnovation, ObjectPurchase, ObjectRelation, ObjectRelease, ObjectUpdateRelease, ObservationType, OfferingPlacement, Organization, OrganizationsProductLine, OrganizationsProductType, Originality, OtherEvent, OtherObject, OtherPartyOffering, OwnOffering, OwnOfferingPlacement, PartOf, PotentialCause, PotentialOportunity, Proceeds, Process, Product, ProductLine, ProductType, PromotionalEvent, ProposalType, Regressive, Relationships, RelativeTo, ReplacementOfElement, ReplacementOfInnovationElement, Request, Service, Solution, SpecificProduct, Structure, StructureUnit, SubtractiveChange, SubtractiveInnovation, Suggestion, SuplementaryObject, TargetAudience, Trigger, Type, UnrelatedObject,

Below see a comprehensive list of all Gi2MO Types terms and their descriptions.

Class: gi2mo_types:AdditiveChange

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#AdditiveChange

AdditiveChange - The innovation proposes adding some new element to the object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ExistingObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:AdditiveInnovation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#AdditiveInnovation

AdditiveInnovation - Improvement made by adding a new element to a previous proposal.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Incremental

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Class: gi2mo_types:AssociatedObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#AssociatedObject

AssociatedObject - Object connected to the trigger of innovation

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Trigger

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Class: gi2mo_types:Branch

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Branch

Branch - Innovation relative to branch level of the organization (e.g. to use when the organization has already introduced the innovation in a certain branch but in antoher branch its completly unknown).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:StructureUnit

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Class: gi2mo_types:CharacteristicChange

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CharacteristicChange

CharacteristicChange - Innovation relates to particular feature of an object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Structure

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Class: gi2mo_types:CompetitiveObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CompetitiveObject

CompetitiveObject - If the object that triggered innovation was a competitive solution

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelation

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Class: gi2mo_types:ComplementaryObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ComplementaryObject

ComplementaryObject - If the object that triggered innovation was a complementary solution that works together with the object to fulfil some OTHER function/goal. Removing one of the objects will make it impossible to fulfil this new function.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelation

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Class: gi2mo_types:ComplementaryWith

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ComplementaryWith

ComplementaryWith - Object is complementary with some other object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Relationships

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Class: gi2mo_types:CompleteChange

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CompleteChange

CompleteChange - Innovation related to the entire product.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Structure

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Class: gi2mo_types:ComposedOf

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ComposedOf

ComposedOf - Is built of some other objects.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Relationships

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Class: gi2mo_types:CreativityOrigin

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CreativityOrigin

CreativityOrigin - Points to what kind of event triggered the innovation.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Trigger

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Class: gi2mo_types:CurrentState

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#CurrentState

CurrentState - Innovation described in relation to the current state of some entity or environment.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:RelativeTo

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Class: gi2mo_types:Department

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Department

Department - Innovation described with respect to department level of the company.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:StructureUnit

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Class: gi2mo_types:Dependence

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Dependence

Dependence - Innovation is dependent in some way on some other idea.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Innovation

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Class: gi2mo_types:Duplicates

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Duplicates

Duplicates - Innovation that exactly reproduces already existing idea.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:ElementChange

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ElementChange

ElementChange - Innovation relates to an element of a product (a subelement or a characteristic of an element).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Structure

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Class: gi2mo_types:Encapsulates

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Encapsulates

Ecapsulates - Innovation that reproduces other idea(s) but also adds new value.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:Event

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Event

Event - The innovation was not triggered by direct innovation with some object but by some event.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:CreativityOrigin

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Class: gi2mo_types:Evolutionary

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Evolutionary

Evolutionary - Indicates that the innovation for the given product puts it in a state that it has never been before.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:HistoryRelationship

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Class: gi2mo_types:Excludes

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Excludes

Excludes - Introducing this innovation causes the inability to implement some other innovation.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:ExistingAudience

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ExistingAudience

ExistingAudience - Adaptive Innovation. Updates of an existing object to fit the changing needs of current customers.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:TargetAudience

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Class: gi2mo_types:ExistingObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ExistingObject

ExistingObject - The innovation proposes innovating an existing product.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OwnOfferingPlacement

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Class: gi2mo_types:FaultyExperience

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#FaultyExperience

FaultyExperience - A problem/ failure of a product that caused a the creative process.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObservationType

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Class: gi2mo_types:Follows

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Follows

Follows - The innovation realization is dependent on implementing some other idea first.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:GlobalMarket

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#GlobalMarket

Global - Innovation described with respect to the global market.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Market

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Class: gi2mo_types:Group

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Group

Group - Innovation described with respect to group level of the company.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:StructureUnit

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Class: gi2mo_types:HistoryRelationship

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#HistoryRelationship

HistoryRelationship - Relationship of the innovation with the previous iterations of the objects (or previous innovation proposals for this object). The difference with "Offering placement" is that it looks to compare the change with the past states of the object, not the current).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Object

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Class: gi2mo_types:IdeaContest

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#IdeaContest

IdeaContest - Idea was specifically triggered by idea contests and incentives that come with.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:Incremental

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Incremental

Incremental - Improvement for an existing object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Originality

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Class: gi2mo_types:Innovation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Innovation

Innovation - Characteristics of the proposal and its impact.

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Class: gi2mo_types:InnovationProposal

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#InnovationProposal

InnovationProposal - Innovation described in relation to other proposals in the idea management system.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:RelativeTo

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Class: gi2mo_types:IsPartOf

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#IsPartOf

IsPartOf - Innovation that has been also described in another idea that also shows a bigger scope and discusses other items.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:IssueReport

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#IssueReport

IssueReport - Some idea are not innovative at all but nevertheless they are submitted to the idea management systems. This caregory indicates idea is not innovative at all just reports on a bug/issue/error/failure of an object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ProposalType

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Class: gi2mo_types:LackOfFeature

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#LackOfFeature

LackOfFeature - The innovation was triggered by the fact that object lacked some kind of feature.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObservationType

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Class: gi2mo_types:LocalMarket

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#LocalMarket

Local - Innovation described with respect to the local market.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Market

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Class: gi2mo_types:Market

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Market

Market - Innovation described with respect to the entire market

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:CurrentState

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Class: gi2mo_types:New

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#New

New - Completely new idea/design not based on anything created before.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Originality

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Class: gi2mo_types:NewAudience

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#NewAudience

NewAudience - Shifted Innovation. It relates to shifting the object to fit new market/customer.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:TargetAudience

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Class: gi2mo_types:NewObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#NewObject

NewObject - The innovation proposes a new product.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OwnOfferingPlacement

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Class: gi2mo_types:NewObjectRelease

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#NewObjectRelease

NewObjectRelease - Premiere of a fully new object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelease

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Class: gi2mo_types:None

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#None

None - This is a special instance for idea mgt systems that indicates that idea hold no real innovation at all

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Originality

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Class: gi2mo_types:Object

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Object

Object - Characteristics of the item that is the object of the innovation

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectComparison

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectComparison

ObjectComparison - Idea was triggered by comparison of the object of innovation with the some other product/object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectInteraction

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectInteraction

ObjectInteraction - A person interacting with the object and discovering some new need or problem.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:CreativityOrigin

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectObservation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectObservation

ObjectObservation - The idea was initiated by observing an object (e.g. due to the desired to purchase it or general interest in the object).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectOfInnovation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectOfInnovation

ObjectOfInnovation - Innovation was triggered by interaction with the same object that is the topic of idea.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:AssociatedObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectPurchase

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectPurchase

ObjectPurchase - Purchase of the object by the client.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectRelation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectRelation

ObjectRelation - Defines the relation of the object that triggered the idea and the object that is the topic of the idea.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OtherObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectRelease

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectRelease

ObjectRelease - Premiere of an object to the market or audience.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObjectUpdateRelease

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObjectUpdateRelease

ObjectUpdateRelease - Premiere of a new refreshed version of an already existing object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelease

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Class: gi2mo_types:ObservationType

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ObservationType

ObservationType - Type of Trigger. Defines what was the observation of the inventor due to the event that he experienced.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Trigger

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Class: gi2mo_types:OfferingPlacement

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OfferingPlacement

OfferingPlacement - Determines if the other object that is the means of comparison is part of own offering or some other party.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OtherObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:Organization

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Organization

Organization - Innovation described with respect to organization processes/product/services

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:CurrentState

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Class: gi2mo_types:OrganizationsProductLine

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OrganizationsProductLine

ProductLine - Innovation originality is described with relation to a particular product line (e.g. to be used when innovation is based on what has been already achieved in some other product line).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Organization

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Class: gi2mo_types:OrganizationsProductType

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OrganizationsProductType

ProductType - Innovation originality described in relation to product type (e.g. to be used when certain products in the organisation already have the innovation but a similar innovation is proposed for a totally new product type).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Organization

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Class: gi2mo_types:Originality

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Originality

Originality - Defines the size/scope of innovation in relation to existing ideas, state or offering.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Innovation

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Class: gi2mo_types:OtherEvent

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OtherEvent

OtherEvent - Undefined event related in some way to the object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:OtherObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OtherObject

OtherObject - The inventor has came up with an idea by comparison of the object with some other product/service/process.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:AssociatedObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:OtherPartyOffering

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OtherPartyOffering

OtherPartyOffering - Object that triggered the innovative ideas come from offering of some other party.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OfferingPlacement

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Class: gi2mo_types:OwnOffering

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OwnOffering

OwnOffering - Object that triggered the innovative ideas come from own offering.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:OfferingPlacement

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Class: gi2mo_types:OwnOfferingPlacement

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#OwnOfferingPlacement

OwnOfferingPlacement - Object placement in the current offering / state.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Object

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Class: gi2mo_types:PartOf

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#PartOf

PartOf - Object is part of some other object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Relationships

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Class: gi2mo_types:PotentialCause

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#PotentialCause

PotentialCause - If a cause of the problem was identified.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:FaultyExperience

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Class: gi2mo_types:PotentialOportunity

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#PotentialOportunity

PotentialOportunity - The observation was not due to an negative experience but assumption that the object could be better if extended in some way.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObservationType

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Class: gi2mo_types:Proceeds

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Proceeds

Proceeds - After the described innovation is implemented it is going to be possible to unlock other idea.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Dependence

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Class: gi2mo_types:Process

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Process

Process - Innovation relates to a process. Eg. new elements into an organization’s operations such as input materials, task specifications, work and information flow mechanisms, and equipment used to produce a product or render a service.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Type

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Class: gi2mo_types:Product

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Product

Product - Innovation relates to a product.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Type

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Class: gi2mo_types:ProductLine

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ProductLine

ProductLine - Indicates more specifically that the object of innovation is the entire product line.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Product

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Class: gi2mo_types:ProductType

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ProductType

ProductType - Innovation is targeted for a specific product type.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Product

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Class: gi2mo_types:PromotionalEvent

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#PromotionalEvent

PromotionalEvent - Event related to the object of innovation.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Event

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Class: gi2mo_types:ProposalType

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ProposalType

ProposalType - Describes the way a person has formalized his ideas (what parts are there, what are missing etc.) What the the completeness of the proposal.

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Class: gi2mo_types:Regressive

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Regressive

Regressive - Indicates that the innovation for the given product was already implemented at some point but has been removed.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:HistoryRelationship

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Class: gi2mo_types:Relationships

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Relationships

Relationships - Defines if an object has relationship with other items of offering (reason: adding an innovation into a certain object might impact its relationships with other products and increase/decrease the value of innovation).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Object

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Class: gi2mo_types:RelativeTo

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#RelativeTo

RelativeTo - Describes innovation characteristics abstraction level (e.g. if something is innovation with respect to local market or global market)

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Originality

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Class: gi2mo_types:ReplacementOfElement

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ReplacementOfElement

ReplacementOfElement - The innovation proposes replacing or modifying an existing element of the object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ExistingObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:ReplacementOfInnovationElement

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#ReplacementOfInnovationElement

ReplacementOfInnovationElement - Improvement made just be replacing some element of the previous proposal.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Incremental

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Class: gi2mo_types:Request

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Request

Request - A person has supplied a request for a certain feature.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ProposalType

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Class: gi2mo_types:Service

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Service

Service - Innovation relates to a service. Opposing products, services are: intangible (cannot be physically possessed), inseparable (production cannot be separated from consumption), perishable (cannot store for future use), variable (the quality and consistency differs depending on the person that uses it).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Type

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Class: gi2mo_types:Solution

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Solution

Solution - The person has supplemented the request with a technical or theoretical solution proposal.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ProposalType

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Class: gi2mo_types:SpecificProduct

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#SpecificProduct

SpecificProduct - Innovation targeted for a particular product in the offering.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Product

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Class: gi2mo_types:Structure

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Structure

Structure - Defines the element in the object structure that the innovation refers to. This should be connected with a domain ontology that identifies specific elements of products etc.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Object

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Class: gi2mo_types:StructureUnit

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#StructureUnit

StructureUnit - Innovation relative to a certain organization structure element (e.g. when innovation has been already introduced on some level of the organization administrative unit but not in another where it could be a brand new idea).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Organization

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Class: gi2mo_types:SubtractiveChange

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#SubtractiveChange

SubtractiveChange - The innovation proposes removing some element from the object.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ExistingObject

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Class: gi2mo_types:SubtractiveInnovation

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#SubtractiveInnovation

SubtractiveInnovation - Improvement made by simplifying other proposal and removing an element from the previous proposal.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Incremental

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Class: gi2mo_types:Suggestion

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Suggestion

Suggestion - Contrary to request does not state the necessity or need observed by the innovator but rather says what would be good in the opinion of a person for the particular company or organization.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ProposalType

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Class: gi2mo_types:SuplementaryObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#SuplementaryObject

SuplementaryObject - Innovation triggered by an object that can be used on top of the existing item and delivers some new value by improving the characteristics of the item however does not redefine the end functionality (removing this object will still make it possible to perform the activity).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelation

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Class: gi2mo_types:TargetAudience

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#TargetAudience

TargetAudience - Defines if the innovation imposes a change in the audience or not (relative to current state of the object of innovation).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Innovation

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Class: gi2mo_types:Trigger

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Trigger

Trigger - What has caused creation of the idea / what is the inspiration

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Class: gi2mo_types:Type

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#Type

Type - Type of object (is it product, service etc.).

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:Object

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Class: gi2mo_types:UnrelatedObject

URI: http://purl.org/gi2mo/types/ns#UnrelatedObject

UnrelatedObject - The innovation was triggered by neither complementary or competitive solution.

sub-class-of:
gi2mo_types:ObjectRelation

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A Changelog

2011-06-10

  • Added a number of terms based on ontology evaluation with live datasets
    • Replaced "ModificationOfInnovtion" and "Modification" with "ReplacementOfInnovationElement" and "ReplacementOfElement"
    • "Originality/Breakthrough" changed to "Originality/New"
    • Under "Originality/RelatedTo" adde references to "OrganisationsProductLine", "OrganisationsProductType", also put organisation administrative units under "StructureUnut" and added "Branch"
    • Added "Trigger/CreativityOrigin/ObjectPurchase"
    • Added "Trigger/CreativityOrigin/ObjectObservation"
    • Added "Trigger/TriggerType/PotentialOpportunity"
    • Added "Trigger/AssociatedObject/OtherObject/ObjectType/Supplementary"
    • Added "Trigger/CreativityOrigin/ObjectComparison"
    • Uner "Object/Type/Product" added "ProductLine", "ProductType" and "SpecificProduct"
    • Added "ProposalType/IssueReport"
    • Added "ProposalType/Suggestion"
    • Under "Innovation/Dependence" added "Excludes" and "isPartOf"

2011-05-30

  • First version of the document

B Acknowledgements

This documentation has been generated automatically from the most recent ontology specification in OWL using a python script called SpecGen. The style formatting has been inspired on FOAF specification.

Special thanks for support with ontology creation and research to: Prof. Carlos A. Iglesias and members of the GSI Group of DIT department of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Dr. Theodore Dalamagas, Nikos Bikakis and Giorgos Giannopoulos from IMIS institute.