- Improve e-participation processes by enriching the discussion with relevant contextual information from knowledge data bases
- Discover implicit information and connections, navigate across data boundaries
- Boost the interest of users and decision makers by extracting relevant information and relations
- Break down unstructured silos of data in a structured and linked data cloud
- Linked open data - provide semantic endpoints to promote interoperability and transparency according to Open Government directives.
dito 6.0 Product Features
dito - software for e-participation
software as a service
Don't worry about hosting, conversion of your spatial models of noise or land use, software updates or security concerns. We handle that for you.
browser based
dito fully browser based. Currently views are subsequently
converted to responsive HTML5 which guarantees a perfect user
experience on all kinds of devices.
many tenants, multiple projects per tenant
If needed, you can handle different types of participatory projects on one the same infrastructure. No need for the participants to register to yet another platform. Keep it simple and just invite them to the current periods particpatory budgeting.
internationalization
The interface as well as the dialogue functions
themselves are 100 % adaptive to different language. Include non
native speakers and let other participants translate their
proposals and comments. Every single word can be adapted in dito
to meet your vocabulary. Try it out!
scalable
dito hast been tested various time by independent entitities regarding security and performance. Fast responce and secure projects guaranteed.
themeable
Choose one of our standard themes or design your own.
100% compliant with German Privacy Act. No Ads.
dito functionality regarding the processing of personal data are fully compliant with German Privacy Act. Besides: Our business model is based on delivering 1st class consultancy and approved, advanced technology. Therefore, there are no ads.
propose and discuss - the structured way
Your participation space is configured according to your needs. The deliberation develops itself along customizable set of annotations. Define a limited tagcloud with specific technical terms. Have a second tagcloud, extensible by everyone. Qualify relationships between ideas such as "supports", "contradicts" and build a meaningful argumentation map.
You have etablished workfluws in your communications department? Adapt dito to match them, not the other way around. Define interactions such as 4 eyes, reviews, sequences.
A separate module facilitates dedicated standalone questionnaires, often used for evalutation purposes.
prioritize and rank
Citizens can rank or prioritize topics. Choose which metric is the most appropriate one. Automated statistical reports give you an overview in realtime.
provide information, not data
CMS functions let you integrate existing
valuable information. Integrate background information or status
updates from exisiting systems dynamically.
information visualization
Make use of many exisiting information visualisation widgets available in dito and make relationships easier to understand.
extensive support for online moderation
Enhance existing communication workflows and link the online
dialogue with the activities in the communications department.
Structure the dialogue. Receive notification upon changes or
predefined sets of keywords. Identify related topics with our
cluster engine. Link and move those topics together that are
semantically close. Get in touch quickly with authors of
proposals and comments.
geographic information system
dito includes a powerful set of GIS functionality that makes
thurns the dialogue into a location based service. Offer
intercative maps to your citizens. See what is being discussed in
your surrounding.
bookmarks and subscriptions.
Stay informed. Instead of login and search for what's new: Get
notified either on the overall activity, per keyword or just on
the topics youu selected. Get daily or weekly emails summarizing
what is going on.
mailings
Send personalized emails and newsletters to the members of your community.
standalone questionnaires and multiple choice
Let participants learn the facts about your region in a playful
manner. Conduct the evaluation of the dialogue or any other
project with the flexible polling module. Automated reports and
statistics included. Of course.
SSO und facebook-Login
With and extensible Single-Sign-On you can increase the scope of
your dialogue significantly. Use existing user accounts on
twitter, facebook and others to make the first step into your
participation space easier for those who prefer.
search and cluster
dito makes use of the most advanced search and cluster frameworks available. The search engine helps to limit dublet, suggesting existing proposal when entering a new one. Find what is already there and browse the facets of the entire corpus of ideas: keywords, addressed audience, date created or whatever extra property you added to your discurse model.
a domain for a project
Get a dedicated domain for your project.
roles and rights management
Control access to functions and content in your participation
space. Assign different roles on the fly and elevate engaged
participants to moderators.
reports in realtime
dito provides automated reports on prioritizations, content creation and perception and interactions (aggregated statistics only). Monitor the dialogue and yet respect privacy. The integrated export- und report functions ( CSV, XSL oder PDF) give a clear insight.
additional modules
Extend your participation space as needed with a chat or a
powerful wiki component.
