PlatformUptake.eu - D2.1 - European Open Service Platforms in the AHA Domain - Ecosystem Map

Within this document, the activities related to Task T2.1 "Map the ecosystem by collecting existing open-source platforms in the Active and Healthy Aging Domain, their end-users and related stakeholders" are described and discussed. Initially, the PlatformUptake.eu glossary (which can be consulted in Chapter 3) is presented. The glossary was conceived to meet the need of introducing and describing unambiguously the terminology used in PlatformUptake.eu, with particular attention to the definitions of project, platform and the various types of end-users and stakeholders involved. The analysis focuses on platforms within the AAL/AHA (Active Assisted Living / Active and Healthy Ageing) application domains; nevertheless, more generic platforms that have AHA among their possible application domains have also been included. The first phase concerned the identification of the platforms which have been the most representative in AAL/AHA research in the last 10 years. From this first group of 48 projects, 18 were selected to be part of the ecosystem map. The selection criteria concerned various factors such as, among others, the impact on research in the AAL / AHA sectors and the European coverage that have led to prefer platforms that have laid the foundations for the subsequent ones. The ecosystem map is conceived as a set of views belonging to four different domains: geographic, relationship, application and temporal. For each of these domains, a distinct analysis accompanied by a specific graphic representation has been performed and presented. The identification of the domains of interest has therefore made it possible to understand the key characteristics necessary for the correct placement of each platform within the ecosystem, by singling out its main characteristics and relations with the other platforms. Finally, a platform record containing this information has been created and made available for each platform.