Abstract: The idSpace project focuses on researching and developing a platform for distributed collaborative product innovation and aims at solving a number of shortcomings present in the currently available alternatives. Topic maps is an important factor in solving a number of issues, such as sharing concepts, reusing ideas and knowledge and creating an integrated ontology that ties all the aspects of a creative process together. It provides the project with means to help the user establish a fruitfull collaboration with other teammembers working in different locations.
This short paper is part oft the session Applications at the TMRA 2009 conference.
