GI2MO is a project applying Semantic Web technologies to idea-management systems, 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 connects idea-management data with assets from other systems and the wider web; the Gi2MO ontology provides a schema for describing that information. IdeaStream supports administrator-defined taxonomies, multilingual interfaces through Drupal’s internationalization API, and browsing and filtering reviews 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 presents distributed RDF idea data as a bubble diagram, while RDFme provides REST-based RDF/XML import and export. The project describes its applications as prototypes and showcase applications. Idea Browser’s current form has only been tested with RDF data encoded using the Gi2MO ontology. A Relationship Visualizer displays idea relationships from RDF/XML exports and can filter links and show relationship statistics.
Who it is for
GI2MO may suit organizations exploring idea management with Semantic Web data integration, analysis, and visualization. It is also relevant to developers interested in its prototype applications and RDF tools.
What is good
- Free, open-source IdeaStream system.
- Private drafts can be edited and published later.
- Supports multilingual interfaces and administrator-defined taxonomies.
- RDFme offers REST-based RDF/XML import and export.
What to know first
- Applications are described as prototypes and showcases.
- Idea Browser is limited to data encoded with the Gi2MO ontology.
- OPAL's sentiment algorithm is described as a proof of concept.
Verdict
GI2MO combines idea-management functions with Semantic Web integration and analysis prototypes. Its scope is shaped by prototype status and Idea Browser’s stated data-format constraint.
Compared on idea management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Submission sources
- community
- Evaluation workflow
- Yes
- Idea scoring
- Yes
- Idea voting
- Yes
- Custom idea fields
- Yes
- Duplicate detection
- Yes
