The requirements gathering that had started in Y1 continued in Y2. Different to Y1, in Y2 the requirements gathering was not focusing on discussions between BC and technology FREME consortium partners, but on putting feedback from FREME validation into the updated version of the FREME framework.
The job profiles described in the annual report of Y1 are still valid, e.g.: editor, researcher, data curator or content enricher.
FREME was presented in various occasions also to get feedback from outside the project consortium.
A key feature of FREME is that it provides semantic and multilingual processing based on standards. This improves interoperability and eases re-use or re-combination of e-Services.
As part of the implementation of the specific FREME objective “Objective 2: Integration and transfer of technologies”, we made the following technologies available to the business case partners:
* FREME Named Entity Recognition (NER) as the basis for e-Entity;
* Tilde Terminology as the basis for e-Terminology;
* Tilde MT as the basis for e-Translation;
* iMinds CKEditor plugin for graphical access to e-Services.
Via Beta piloting and validation planning, we defined the deployment of the FREME framework and e-Services by the BC partners.
The framework has been developed including business modelling and planning. ISMB led the tasks which implements the specific objective “Objective 4: Innovation in business models and growth of businesses”. The final outcomes can be summarised as follows. The BC1 was handled by iMinds as a use case. Three use cases were detected that exhibit a high interest: (1) enrichment for educational content, (2) enrichment of book metadata, and (3) content validation. For BC2 and Vistatec, multilingual and semantic enrichment is most promising with the ability to use private data sets in its business line ‘Deep Content’. For BC3 and Agroknow, a brand-new business line ‘WeSupport’ was developed. For Agroknow, Y2 has witnessed new avenues for ‘WeSupport’ commercialisation as part of a diversification strategy, with great success. Agroknow has generated 8 prospective contracts for 2017. For BC4 and Wripl, ‘Cognitive Content' Solutions have been developed. This covers the entire Web content management lifecycle and includes now also smart content creation. In Y2, Wripl achieved 9 trial partnerships for ‘Cognitive Content Solutions’ with high-potential prospects.
In order to engage with groups outside the project consortium, in Y2, the activities focused on dissemination related to business opportunities. This led to 206 prospects engaged in bilateral vis-à-vis or virtual meetings and/or business pitches. We were also successful in attracting certain professional communities, including the big data area, standardisation, language technology, cultural heritage and selected industry sectors. FREME also disseminated scientific results of year two to the scientific and various industry related communities.
With regards IPR, exploitation and sustainability, the consortium has decided on the following strategy. 1) Make the framework components available under Apache 2.0 license 2) Clarify licensing and further IPR arrangements in D6.4 which contains detailed FREME IPR guidelines elaborated by IPR attorneys contracted by ISMB. 3) Make the FREME live versions available via the ADAPT centre for two more years after the end of the project 4) Enable all BC partners to install the framework as their own instances and enabling them to continue using FREME with their customers. In addition, consortium partners will look for further funding opportunities in the realm of EC projects or procurement.
