Dear Visitor,
Thank you for your interest in the IST ERA Taxonomy.

The CISTRANA project has selected a taxonomy of the ICT domain to use for presenting information about European and national ICT research programmes and to allow consistency and comparability in surveys and analyses conducted by the project. The taxonomy was originally developed for the use of the Innovation Relay Centres (established by the European Commission) and was found by the CISTRANA project to be suited to its own needs. CISTRANA is keen to promote the taxonomy more widely, as a sound basis for continuing coordination activity and for other purposes in the ICT field.

To better understand your needs, CISTRANA is in the process of assessing the use of ICT related taxonomies in European and national research activities. You may view the IST ERA taxonomy proposed by CISTRANA here. Please take a few minutes to provide us some feedback on your needs and views. (All responses will be treated anonymously). The taxonomy is a structured classification of the domain of information and communication technologies (ICT). It is organized as a hierarchy of terms that allows the precise classification of projects, research themes, publications, etc. by labeling with one or more terms from the taxonomy.

If you are interested in engaging in further discussions about the IST ERA taxonomy and its use in portals to EU RTD information, we would welcome you to attend the CISTRANA workshop "Portals for information dissemination and taxonomies for classification" to be held on 20-21 February 2006, in Abingdon (near Oxford), UK. You can register easily online. Participation at the workshop is free.

For further information about the event, please contact Simon Lambert.

Type of organization you work for (government, research, industry, etc.):

Your position (policy maker, programme manager, researcher, other):

Country:


Would a European ICT Taxonomy be useful for you for:
 a. description/identification of future research priority areas
 b. description/comparison/browsing/search of European research programmes
 c. description/comparison/browsing/search of national research programmes
 d. description/comparison/browsing/search of calls to obtain funding for ICT research
 e. classifying/searching for ICT related EU R&D projects
 f. classifying/searching for ICT related national R&D projects
 g. classifying/searching for ICT related scientific publications
 h. finding ICT research partners
 i. finding ICT research results
 j. finding ICT related events
Other:


Which ICT taxonomies have you used?
 1. IPPA technology categories (view)
 2. FP6 IST Strategic Objectives (view)
 3. Hierarchy of FP6 keywords (view)
 4. IRC codifications of technological areas (view)
 5. Universal Decimal Classification (further information)
 6. Library of Congress Classification (view)
 7. Inspec Classification/Thesaurus (further information)
 8. ACM Computing Classification System (view)
 9. Ortelius (view)
Other:


Do you have a preference for any of the above taxonomies and why?

IST ERA taxonomy proposed by CISTRANA
Have you seen the IST ERA taxonomy proposed by CISTRANA?
 yes  no
Do you find it appropriate for browsing the IST research portal on national programmes?
 yes  no
Do you find it feasible to classify national programmes with the IST ERA taxonomy?
 yes  no
Do you find it compatible to current taxonomies used in your environment?
 yes  no
Is its depth of the hierarchy suitable for your needs? (Please describe, where you find it appropriate and for what purposes you may need a deeper hierarchy)

Is the level of detail within ICT areas appropriate? (Please indicate, if there are any areas, where the level of detail seems inappropriate or unbalanced)

Would you find it necessary and/or useful if the taxonomy was available in multiple languages?
 yes  no
Which languages?

How often should such a taxonomy be updated?

Do you have other recommendations for improving the IST ERA taxonomy?


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What requirements would such a taxonomy need to meet for widespread European adoption?


What challenges would the maintenance of such a taxonomy pose?


If you would like to engage in further discussions about a European ICT taxonomy, we encourage you to attend the CISTRANA workshop "Portals for information dissemination and taxonomies for classification" to be held on 20-21 February 2006, in Abingdon (near Oxford), UK. You can register easily online at http://www.cistrana.org/149.htm. Participation at the workshop is free.

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Thank you very much for your contribution!