Towards a taxonomy for health living lab data collection devices

Living Labs in the Health and Wellbeing domain have the ability to integrate ICT tools and other technical devices into the research and innovation withing this domain. However, there is there is no systematic understanding what kind of ICT tools and other technical devices are used by living labs and how they can be categorized. This study presents the creation of a taxonomy for systematically grouping data and devices used in living lab concept, as well as the technical representation framework. The analysis concluded with 8 categories and 63 subcategories of data that are gathered from Living Labs using various technologies. The taxonomy and the included data model enables Living Lab researchers and customers quickly find what tools they need for their research while supporting open data movement among the living labs.