Innovation and Ontologies

Glossary of Informal Taxonomy 351
lead user
legal
level
market
highly innovative end-user/ consumer // suggests new, and/ or
additional features/ products for assessment// gives feedback on input to
assessment
of or relating to law // conforming to or permitted by law or established
rules, incl. patent law // created by the constructions of the law
level of hierarchy // degree of assigned administrative or managerial
responsibility
geographic area of demand for products/ services // specified category of
potential buyers // opportunity for selling // available supply of or
potential demand for specified goods or services // area of economic
activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply
and demand affect prices // part of assessment which deals with market
and/ or financial aspects
marketing & sales department responsible for activities concerning marketing and sales *
marketing plan general plan of marketing and sales strategy for the idea/ concept *
member of jury
model
person who takes part in the meeting of the jury of ideas and has decisionmaking
authority
a description or analogy used to help visualize something that cannot yet
be directly observed // a pattern of something to be made // a usually
*
miniature representation of something // a toy representation of the
innovative concept
model, functional a working toy representation of the innovative concept
new
norms
cf. future // progress/ change in comparison to state of the art with
regard to particular fact, implicitly additive and positive
an authoritative standard // a principle of right action binding upon the
members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and *
acceptable behavior
observation,
market
observation of market and its development
observation observation of focus of interest and its development
observation,
technology
OEM
observation of technology and its development
Original Equipment Manufacturer from the automotive industry// source
of ideas on product features and products// provider of feedback on
input to assessment