WTSP Catalog System: Indexing Schemes
 (Formerly: WTSP Database System: Indexing Scheme)

Multiple Sets of Indexing Schemes for the WTSP Catalog System
(Formerly: Multiple Sets of Indexing Schemes for the WTSP Database System)

Toru Nakagawa (WTSP Project Leader, OGU)
May 21, 2019;
Latest update:  Aug. 29, 2023

Posted:  May 24, 2019;
Updated: Jul. 6; Sept. 30, 2019; Nov. 20, 2020; Feb. 25; Nov. 25, 2022; Aug. 29, 2023

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Editor's Note (Toru Nakagawa, Nov. 20, 2020)

This page was originally posted in May 24, 2019 as a part of the proposal of the 'WTSP Database System' , but the idea of building the DB software system was not chosen for practical reasons.  Nevertheless the contents of this page itself are used fully in the current WTSP Catalogs.  Every site in the WTSP Catalogs is requested (as explained in the (A4) Guidelines) to write its characteristics in the multiple aspects by using the category codes as specified in this page.
(Thus the file name has been changed from 'eWTSP-CatalogSystem-IndexSchemes.htm' into 'eWTSP-CatalogSystem-IndexSchemes.html'.)

A. Location  (Site Location)
B. Language (Site description language)
C. Roles (Roles of the site or the site owner)
D. Application phases (along the problem solving) ,
E. Application fields
F. Methods
X. Evaluation

 

Editor's Note (Toru Nakagawa, May 23, 2019)

This page posts the definitions of Multiple Sets of Indexing Schemes for the newly proposed WTSP Database System .

Please refer to Section 2. of the Proposal paper .  Here are some excerpts from it:

Indexing Scheme means a system of categories in one aspect of users’ interest. 

In each aspect, we should have a system of categories (or answers to users’ questions) in which we can characterize and classify the individual sites.  Each category should be clear in the meaning, should be distinguishable from other categories, while all the categories as a whole can cover the full range of views in the aspect. 

Defining the aspects and defining the system of categories in each aspect appropriately are very important.  If such definitions are poor or instable, it is difficult for us to characterize individual sites properly; any mistakes (due to misunderstanding) and any changes afterward would cause a lot of confusions in building the WTSP Database and in using the outputs of the WTSP DB System.

With all these understandings, the present proposal has defined the Multiple sets of Indexing Schemes. 

All the details of these Indexing Schemes should be discussed further and revised as soon as possible, because they have to be used in the description of individual sites. 

Please send me questions, comments, and revision proposals.

Note (TN, Jul. 6, 2019): Minor addition in C.

Note (TN, Sept. 30, 2019): Minor additions in C (Roles of sites)

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A. Location

B. Language

C. Roles

D. Application phases

E. Application fields

F. Methods

X. Evaluation

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Indexing Schemes

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Multiple Sets of Indexing Schemes for the WTSP Catalog System

Toru Nakagawa (WTSP Project Leader, OGU)
May 21, 2019

First Draft  by Toru Nakagawa  Apr. 30, 2019    
Revisions: TN, May 18, 2019; May 23, 2019;
Revision: TN, Nov. 20, 2020

 


  Index Scheme  A. Location  (Site Location)

The 'Location' intends to locate the site in terms of countries. 
Use the Country code which are used to specify URL.  Ref. WTSP Guideline (A4) page
Answers should be written as: (in the case of Region) A-Europe, (in the case of Country) A-at-Austria .
Multiple answers may be necessary, because a site may be operated in multiple countries often with subsidiary sites in different languages.

Main category

Sub-categories

 

Note

Region

Country

 Note
A-Europe at-Austria,                   be-Belgium, 
ch-Switzerland,           cz-Czech,  
de-Germany,               dk-Denmark, 
ee-Estonia,                  es-Spain, 
eu-EU,                         fi-Finland, 
fr-France,                     gr-Greece, 
hu-Hungary,                ie-Ireland, 
it-Italy,                         nl-Netherlands, 
no-Norway,                 pl-Poland, 
pt-Portugal,                 ro-Romania,  
se-Sweden,                sk-Slovakia, 
uk-United Kingdom,   yu-Yugoslavia
B-Russia and exUSSR az-Azerbijian,             by-Belarus, 
md-Moldova,             ru-Russia, 
ua-Ukraine 
C-Middle East il-Israel,                    ir-Iran, 
jo-Jordan,                lb-Lebanon, 
ps-Palestine,           sa-Saudi Arabia, 
tr-Turkey
ae-UAE,                  iq-Iraq,
kw-Kuwait,             qa-Qatar




4 countries added (TN, Aug. 29, 2023)
D-Asia cn-China,                 hk-Hong Kong, 
id-Indonasia,            in-India, 
jp-Japan,                  kr-Korea, 
my-Malaysia,           ph-Philippines, 
pk-Pakistan,            sg-Singapore, 
th-Thailand,              tw-Taiwan, 
vn-Vietnam
E-Oceania  au-Australia,           nz-New Zealand 
F-North America ca-Canada,             us-United States of America 
G-Central and South America ar-Argentina,          br-Brazil, 
co-Columbia,        cl-Chile,
mx-Mexico,            ni-Nicaragua   
Corrected for Columbia and Chile (TN, Jun. 8, 2022)
H-Africa eg-Egypt,                ma-Morocco,
za-South Africa,     dz-Algeria

Algeria added (TN, Aug. 29, 2023)

I-Others int-International,     global-Global,
notclear-Not clear
There are various cases where the site(s) are operated in multiple countires without specifying the main center. 

 


  Index Scheme  B. Language (Site description language)

Language(s) used in the site itself are to be shown here. 
Multiple answers should be expected in this scheme, because some sites are operated in multiple languages. 
Answer the languages in the order of usage inside the site.

Main category

Sub-categories

 Note

Major language

Other languages

 Note

en-English

 

 

ru-Russian

   

de-German

   

fr-French

   

es-Spanish

 

 

jp-Japanese

 

 

kr-Korean

   

cn-Chinese

   
ar-Arabic   Added (TN, Aug. 29, 2023)

xx-Others

it-Italian,   -Dutch,  pl-Polish,  

Many other (minor) languages are grouped in this xx-Others and are to be specified individually using (mostly) the 2-digit country code

 


  Index Scheme  C. Roles (Roles of the site or the site owner)   (May 24; Jun. 6; Sept. 30, 2019)

Roles of the sites (or roles of the site owners) are to be shown here. 
Multiple answers need to be expected both in the main categories and in the sub-categories. 
Desirable to answer in terms of sub-categories: e.g. (a1) Dedicated for information sending, (d4) Consultants, etc.
If any sub-category does not cover the role well, use the category as the answer: e.g., (h) User organizations
In case of multiple answers, write them in the order of importance for the site.

Main category

Sub-categories

 Note

(a) Information sending sites

(a1) Dedicated for information sending,
(a2) Public Web sites
for information sending,
(a3) Hub sites,  

Dedicated in TRIZ-related methodologies
Modified (a2) for clarification (Apr. 14, 2022)

(b) Promoter organizations

(b1) Dedicated associations,
(b2) Dedicated (academic) societies,
(b3) International conferences,
(b4) Domestic conferences, 
(b5) Dedicated regional/domestic associations

Dedicated in TRIZ-related methodologies



Added (b5) (Dec. 19, 2022)

(c) Public organizations

(c1) International organizations,
(c2) National organizations,
(c3) Municipal organizations,
(c4) Professional organizations (Patent offices, etc.), ...

(c5) Funding organizations




Either dedicated/promoting TRIZ, or user site in TRIZ

Added (c5) (Sept. 30, 2019)

(d) Academia

(d1) Universities, 
(d2) Research institutes,
(d3) Laboratories,
(d4) Academic societies (in general fields), ... 
(d5) Research projects
(d6)Dedicated education courses
(d7) Open education (MOOC etc.)
(d8) Public education
(d9) Extension Schools


Dedicated in TRIZ-related methodologies



Added (d5) (Sept. 30, 2019)
Added (d6) (Feb. 25, 2022)
Added (d7) (Feb. 25, 2022)

Added (d8) (Mar. 21, 2022)
Added (d9) (Apr. 22, 2022)

(e) Developer organizations

(e1) Method developers,
(e2) Software
/tool developers,
(e3) Dealers, 
(e4) Consultants,
(e5) Training organizations,
(e6) Seminar organizations,  ...

(e7) Networking/matching organizations
(e8) Solution providers,
(e9) Financial organizations

(e10) Software/Tool services (free or charged)
(e11) Think Tanks

Dedicated in TRIZ-related methodologies





Added (e7)  (Jul. 6, 2019)
Added (e8) (e9) (Sept. 30, 2019)

Added (e10) (Mar. 20, 2022)
Added (e11) (Mar. 26, 2022

(f) Publishing organizations

(f1) Journals, 
(f2) Publishers,
(f3) Repository,
(f4) Book sellers, ...

(f5) Information retrieval,
(f6) Software/tool/application sellers
(f7) Patent/IP databases,
(f8) Handbooks

(f9) Open access publishing
(f10) Self-publishing
(f11) Book/video recommendation






Added (f5)(f6)(f7)(f8) (Sept. 30,2019)


Added (f9) (Apr. 20, 2022)
Added (f10) (Nov. 18, 2022)
Added (f11) (Nov. 25, 2022)

(g) Information sharing

(g1) Mass media,
(g2) Technology news,
(g3) Knowledge sharing,
(g4) Social network
ing,
(g5)
Encyclopedia, Term dictionaries,
(g6) Museums, exhibitions,
(g7) Libraries
(g8) (electric) Magazines
(g9) Multimedia presenters (voice, movies, etc.)




(g4) revised from Social networks (Mar. 27, 2022)
(g5) revised (Apr. 27, 2022)
Added (g6) (Jul. 6, 2019)
Addedd (g7) (Feb. 25, 2022)
Addedd (g8) (Mar. 22, 2022)
Added (g9) (Apr. 2, 2022)

(h) User organizations

(h1) Industrial organizations,
(h2) Companies,
(h3) Educational organizations,
(h4) User organizations,
(h5)
User groups,  
(h6) Start-up companies, ...




Inserted (h4) (Sept. 30, 2019)

Added (h6) (May 17, 2022)

(i) Personal

(i1) Individual researchers,
(i2) User persons,
(i3) Personal Web sites,
(i4) Personal Blog sites, ...

 

 


  Index Scheme  D. Application phases (along the problem solving)

Along the the process of problem solving (in a general sense), the phase(s) of interests are to be shown here.  Answers may be generic (in terms of main categories) or specific (in terms of sub-categories).   If necessary, you may add a new sub-category, or add a note at a sub-category.
Multiple answers need to be expected both in the main categories and in the sub-categories.   

Main category

Sub-categories

  Note

(a) General preparation phase

(a1) Capability building,
(a2) Team and Organization building,
(a3) Business and market planning

 

(b) Problem finding and analysis phase

(b1) Situation finding and analysis,
(b2) Needs finding and technology finding
(b3) Problem finding and analysis,
(b4) Direction and goal finding,

 

(c) Solution generation phase

(c1) Idea generation,
(c2) Solution building,
(c3) Solution evaluation and selection

 

(d) Solution implementation phase

(d1) Improving and implementing solutions,
(d2) Implementation evaluation and feedback,

(d3) Production, manufacturing, real application of solutions, etc.



(d3) added (Nov. 20, 2020)

(e) Intellectual properties

 

 

 

(f) Business and market operation

 

 

 

(g) Others

 

 

 

 


  Index Scheme  E. Application fields

Fields of application are categorized here. 
Answers may be generic (in terms of main categories) or specific (in terms of sub-categories).
Multiple answers need to be expected both in the main categories and in the sub-categories.  
In case of multiple answers, write most important ones (for the site) first.  

Main category

Sub-categories

 Note

(a) General/universal

 

 

 

(b) Science

 

 

 

(c) Engineering

(c1) Engineering in general,
(c2) Mechanical engineering,
(c3) Electrical/Electronic engineering,
(c4) Communication and digital engineering,
(c5) System and software engineering,
(c6) Chemical and material engineering
(c7) Architecture and civil engineering
(c8) Transportation engineering (car, railroad, ship, airplane, etc.)
(c9) Other specific fields of engineering

 

(d) Biological and medical fields

(d1) Biology and its application fields
(d2) Pharmaceutical, medical and health-related  fields
(d3) Agriculture, forestry, and fishery fields

 

(e) Business fields

 

 

 

(f) Social problems

 

 

 

(g) Humanity fields

 

 

 

 


  Indexing Scheme  F. Methods

Various methods to be applied in each stage of problem solving. 
Methods are listed here in generic terms instead of names of individual methods.
Answers may be generic or specific.
Multiple answers need to be expected both in the main categories and in the sub-categories. 
Names of specific menthods may be added just after sub-categories. (Nov. 20, 2020)   
Main categories (m) Classical TRIZ methods and (n) Modernized TRIZ methods are added in cases some of you prefer to mention those terms. (May 23, 2019, TN)

Main category

Sub-categories

  Note

(a) Team formation, 

(a1) Communication methods,
(a2) Team formation methods,
(a3) Facilitation methods,
(a4) Training methods,
(a5) Coaching methods, 

 

(b) Needs and problem finding

(b1) Gathering and analyzing Voice of customers,
(b2) Quality Function Deployment (QFD),
(b3) Analysis of products and processes,
(b4) Voice of technology (Evolution of technologies)

 

(c) Statistical, logical, and systematic thinking

(c1) Statistical analysis of current situations,
(c2) Cause-effect analysis of problem situations, 
(c3) Logical and critical thinking,
(c4) Systematic thinking 





(d) Creative thinking

(d1) Creativity training,
(d2) Lateral thinking,
(d3) Multi-aspect thinking,
(d4) Breaking psychological inertia,
(d5) Animation thinking, 

 

(e) Systems analysis

(e1) Functions and attributes,
(e2) Functional analysis,
(e3) Analysis of root causes,
(e4) System representation,
(e5) Physical mechanism of the system,
(e6) Hierarchical structure of systems,
(e7) Evolution of the system 

 

(f) Use of knowledge

(f1) Survey of technologies,
(f2) Use of scientific and technical knowledge,
(f3) Use of scientific references,
(f4) Use of patent information,
(f5) Use of knowledge of technology evolution,  

 

(g) Idea generation tools

(g1) Use of typical patterns of idea generation,
(g2) Use of contradiction analysis for guiding toward possibly effective idea generation principles, 

(g3) Other idea generation methods,



(g3) added, (May 23, 2019)

(h) Solution building methods

(h1) Design methods,
(h2) CAD and CAE tools, 

 

(i) Solution evaluation methods

(i1) Evaluation criteria,
(i2) Comparison of solutions,
(i3) Simulations,
(i4) Testing,
(i5) Quality engineering (Taguchi method)

 

(j) Solution implementation methods

(j1) Pilot project,
(j2) Process design,
(j3) Mass production,

 

(k) Intellectual properties

(k1) Patent analysis ,
(k2) Patent application,
(k3) Patent circumvention,
(k4) Patent protection

 

(l) Business and market operation

 

 

 

(m) Classical TRIZ methods

  (m) added (May 23, 2019)

(n) Modernized TRIZ methods

  (n) added (May 23, 2019)

 


  Indexing Scheme  X. Evaluation

Note (TN, Nov. 20, 2020):  Please refer '(A4) Guidelines (4) Evaluate each site (tentatively)'   about Principal criteria for evaluation and various points of consideration necessary for evaluation. As a result of such considerations, each site has to be shown (even tentatively) in the 5 grades as follows. 

Evaluation of individual sites are shown here in the 5 grades. 
The answer should be either one of the 5 grades shown in the 'Main-category column'. 
(For practical reasons) Intermediate or uncertain evaluation may be shown temporarily as shown in the sub-categories.  (TN, May 23, 2019)

Main category

Sub-categories

  Note

(5) ◎  Most important in the World WTSP Catalog

(5) ◎
(5-4) ◎ ○ (Either ◎ or ○)
(5?) ◎?  (◎ but not certain)


For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(4) ○  Important in the World WTSP Catalog

(4) ○
(4-3) ○ □ (Either ○ or □)
(4?) ○?  (○ but not certain)


For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(3) □  Worthy in the World WTSP Catalog

(3) □
(3-2) □ △ (Either □ or △)
(3?) □?  (□ but not certain)
 


For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(2) △  Worthy in the Country WTSP Catalog

(2) △
(2-1) △ - (Either △ or -)
(2?) △?  (△ but not certain)
 


For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(1) - Non-relevant, Neglected in the WTSP Catalog

(1) -

(1?) -?  (- but not certain)
 


For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(?) Uncertain in evaluation

 

 

For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(L) Follow the evaluation listed elsewhere

 

 

For temporary evaluation (TN, May 23, 2019)

(  ) Not yet evaluated

 

 

Blank means 'Not yet evaluated'

 

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A. Location

B. Language

C. Roles

D. Application phases

E. Application fields

F. Methods

X. Evaluation

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Indexing Schemes

Site Registration Form

 

 

 

 

 

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