The full classification of tools developed to facilitate the process of biomimetics
| Variable | Category option | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AskNature19,20 | Biomimicry Taxonomy51 | Biops28 | Ontology Explorer68,69 | Automatically populating the Biomimicry Taxonomy for scalable systematic biologically inspired design59 | Functional modelling44 | |
| v1: class | Application | Transfer | Transfer, application | Application | Application | Abstraction |
| v2: type | DSC | Taxonomy | Thesaurus | Ontology | Algorithm | Method |
| v3: step of the process | Step 4 | Step 3 | Step 3 and step 4 | Step 4 | Step 4 | Step 6 |
| v4: approach | Both | Problem-driven | Problem-driven | Problem-driven | Both | Both |
| v5: accessibility | Open-source | Open-source | Limited | Open-source | Limited | Open-source |
| v6: availability | Online | Online | Online | |||
| v7: field of knowledge | Both | Technology | Both | Technology | Both | Biology |
| v8: dimension | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Stand-alone | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step |
| v9: sustainability | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| v10: proof of concept | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Variable | Category option | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AskNature | Biomimicry Taxonomy | Biops | Ontology Explorer | Automatically populating the Biomimicry Taxonomy for scalable systematic biologically inspired design | Functional modelling | |
| v1: class | Application | Transfer | Transfer, application | Application | Application | Abstraction |
| v2: type | DSC | Taxonomy | Thesaurus | Ontology | Algorithm | Method |
| v3: step of the process | Step 4 | Step 3 | Step 3 and step 4 | Step 4 | Step 4 | Step 6 |
| v4: approach | Both | Problem-driven | Problem-driven | Problem-driven | Both | Both |
| v5: accessibility | Open-source | Open-source | Limited | Open-source | Limited | Open-source |
| v6: availability | Online | Online | Online | |||
| v7: field of knowledge | Both | Technology | Both | Technology | Both | Biology |
| v8: dimension | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Stand-alone | Needs previous step and facilitates following step | Needs previous step and facilitates following step |
| v9: sustainability | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| v10: proof of concept | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
The table shows the respective classification for one tool of each type