Abstract: Creating and managing an online platform is described, including receiving I3 information from a user; receiving a request to create an online collaborative community (OCC); associating the I3 information with the online collaborative community; determining that an allowance is received from the user, the allowance indicates that at least one other user is allowed to join the OCC; determining that affirmation to join the OCC is received from each of the at least one other user; determining that each of the at least one other user provides an acceptance to an agreement, which gives the user control of the OCC and ownership of I3 information and grants the at least one other user access to the OCC and I3 information; and allowing the at least one other user to access the OCC and collaborate on the I3 information.

Abstract: Computing capital ratings for an online collaborative environment is described, including receiving request for a capital rating, the request comprises a user identifier; determining I3 submission data associated with the user identifier; determining online collaborative community data based on the I3 submission data; determining industry information based on the I3 submission data; and computing the capital rating based at least on the I3 submission data, the online collaborative community data, and the industry information.

Abstract: Computing compatibility ratings for an online collaborative environment is described, including receiving request for a compatibility rating, the request comprises a user identifier of a first user and an I3 identifier of an I3 submitted by a second user, the I3 is associated with submission information; determining if there are other I3s submitted by the first user, each of the other I3s is associated with respective submission information; for each of the other I3s, analyzing the respective submission information and the submission information associated with the I3 submitted by the second user, and computing a score; and computing the compatibility rating based at least on the score associated with each of the other I3s.