CHALLENGE/TOOL – IPO tables – Document, Organize, Discover & Invent Closed Cycles

##IPO Tables

Hi, this is a project with the goal to develop a simple tool to document, discover and arrange closed material cycles in a decentralized way.

Project core ideas and concepts are described here: IPO Tables Website.

At the website you can also find the prototype.

##Help

Below in the comments you are invited to publicly share feedback or suggestions.

Please test the prototype at your event and collect the feedback for us.

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http://idematapp.com/#home
​came across this one from tu delft

@Lars2i this is the table I want to mimic, finally found the background information
http://www.theblueeconomy.org/uploads/7/1/4/9/71490689/case_31_the_next_life_cycle_assessment.pdf

Ok, looks like much inline with what I have in mind.

Btw. an IPO tables hackathon was already planned last year. But I got caught up with global reporting and stuff.

But with a fresh “LASTENHEFT” (= Specifications) we could start it this year.

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@Lars2i and me did user testing at the OSCE-Days in Berlin and collected this feedback

  • Process description with clickable links
  • how to handle tools, extra or as In & Output
    • maybe a special kind of thing
    • how to handle change of tools, e.g. dirty spoon
  • aggreate or search of process
  • graph visualisation
    • show if circle is closed
  • energie cost, CO2, manual labor, time as process costs
  • unclear interface what is process, module, what description?
  • I&O Fields with suggestions (done)
  • public APi to connect other systems
    • supply & demand
    • actors
    • open hardware sites
  • quantities for things
  • description for things
  • better example modules
  • change order of I&O on things page (done)
  • tags / categories for modules to make search better
  • wikidata as a source for things
    • has an ontology structure
    • has already things like ground coffee & used coffee grounds
  • check out systemic design and documentation systems

Two of the points we could already implement.

The new prototype is reachable under https://ipo-tables.herokuapp.com
the code https://github.com/mhuelfen/ipotables/

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