GI2MO vs InnoCentive

GI2MO is a project applying Semantic Web technologies to idea management, with a free, open-source system called Gi2MO IdeaStream. Users can keep unfinished ideas private, edit them later, and publish them when ready. Semantic metadata links idea-management information with assets from other systems and the wider web; the Gi2MO ontology supplies a schema for describing collected resources. IdeaStream supports administrator-defined taxonomies, multilingual interfaces through Drupal’s internationalization API, and review browsing and filtering subject to user permissions. Other project applications demonstrate analysis and visualization. IdeaStream Analytics groups similar ideas using term patterns and contextual information, including k-means clustering. Idea Browser displays distributed RDF idea data in a bubble diagram, while RDFme provides REST-based RDF/XML import and export. The project characterizes its applications as prototypes and showcases. Idea Browser’s current form has been tested only with RDF data encoded using the Gi2MO ontology. Related prototypes include a relationship visualizer for RDF/XML exports, OPAL comment polarity analysis described as a simple proof of concept not aiming for high accuracy, and a Windows 8 touch app and iPhone statistics app. The project invites customization and collaboration inquiries.

Innocentive connects organizations with registered Solvers who submit proposed solutions to innovation challenges. Solvers can take part in Prize Challenges, Scouting Challenges, or talent opportunities such as Expert and WIN Scout roles; subject matter experts pay no charge to join or respond. The Innocentive Marketplace brings together innovation data, third-party sources, start-ups and experts, while conversational AI Jen can identify technologies from one industry that may fit problems in another. Marketplace opportunities are aimed at enterprise technology scouting, accelerator and incubator cohorts, corporate venturing, supply chains and academic research partnerships. Places are limited by technology segment and country, and a company must request a place for its technology to be assessed. The free Innocentive Crowd is open to companies and individuals and gives access to live enterprise and charity Challenges. Marketplace is listed at $150 a year, billed annually, for one of five companies per country in each mapped segment, with a verified company capability and annual curation and administration. Challenge agreements set participation terms and any intellectual property transfer. Innocentive is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.