We present the concept, implementation and use of the Kadaster Innovation Funnel, which has been realized using a combination of Semantic MediaWiki, linked data, and Linked Data Theatre visualization. https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Fall_2016/Kadaster_Innovation_Funnel

1. The Kadaster Innovation Funnel
Dr. Remco de Boer
CTO @ XL&Knowledge
rdeboer@xl-knowledge.com
Senior consultant @ ArchiXL
rdeboer@archixl.nl
SMWCon Fall 2016
Thursday, September 29th 2016
Frankfurt
Ton van der Zwet
Management Secretary
@Kadaster
ton.vanderzwet@kadaster.nl

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Organization profiles
• The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land
Registry and Mapping Agency
(Kadaster)
• Collects and registers administrative
and spatial data on property and the
rights involved
• Protects legal certainty
• Maintains national registrations of
real estate, topography, ships,
aircraft.
• Information services, e.g., property
ownership, energy labels of houses,
underground cables and pipelines
• Main customer groups include civil
law notaries, local authorities,
businesses, financial institutions,
private individuals
• Knowledge management &
semantics consultancy and
services
• Subsidiary of ArchiXL information
& enterprise architecture
consultancy
• WikiXL Semantic MediaWiki
platform
• Public, semi-public sector, financial
institutions

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Innovation within Kadaster
• Departments of Product and Process Innovation (PPI)
– Reside under different directorates
• Run and manage scores of innovation projects, from inception to launch,
e.g.:
– Linked open data: meaningful connection of public data
– 3D kadaster: registration in a 3D world
• Ensure successful innovations are adopted by the organization
• Have developed the 'Innovation funnel' as an innovation management
instrument
– Provides insight in the innovations that are currently running
– Shows the stage that each of these innovations is in
– Provides a dashboard, from where one can further drill down into project details

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The Kadaster Innovation Process

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The Innovation Funnel Concept

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An early version of the Innovation Funnel

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Project details

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Implementation of the Semantic Innovation Funnel
• PowerPoint file
• Internal links for drill down and
cross-references
• Primary goals satisficed:
– Visualization, overview
– Information dissemination
• Improvement opportunities:
– Maintainability
• Updates are cumbersome
• Centralized maintenance
(ownership w/ file maintainer)
– Information = static
• Linear / hyperlinked
• Management information buried
• Semantic MediaWiki
– Wiki for data management
– Maintenance a shared
responsibility (ownership w/
innovation owner)
– Replication of PowerPoint pages
through queries and templates
– Management information through
queries
• Linked Data Theatre
– Open source tool for presentation
of linked data
– Gets RDF-data from SMW
– Constructs funnel visualization
Innovation Funnel 1.0 Semantic Innovation Funnel

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The Semantic Innovation Funnel (visualization)

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Architecture of the Semantic Innovation Funnel
• Management info
• Innovation details
• Data management
• Overview
• Current state
• Changes over time
• Visualization
• Linked data
• Employee profiles

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Innovation process – the SuperSUP
• "Super Stand Up"
– Super = entails all innovation depts.
• Six-weekly meeting
• Funnel management
– Presentation of new innovation proposals
– Assessment of innovation progress (management of expectation)
– Archival of completed innovations
• Prioritization, impact assessment
• Knowledge sharing

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Selecting topics for a SuperSUP

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Graphical presentation of the selection of topics

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Some paperwork after a SuperSUP…
• Conclusions of the SuperSUP meeting are reflected in the wiki
pages about the innovations.
• Afterwards, the new funnel visualization is made available in
the wiki and through other communication channels.

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Future developments
• Generate management reports (as Word/PDF documents) directly from the
wiki
• Further integration with semantics from other Kadaster departments (e.g.
enterprise architecture)
• Send notifications to innovation owners, e.g. when nearing end date of
planned phase
• Animation of innovation history (requires data roundtrip from visualization
to SMW)

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