Pods

Within this report, the architecture of a system named PODS (Public On-Line Deliberation System) is presented and detailed. PODS allows both decision makers (also called authority) and citizens to propose a theme for deliberation and results in a winning proposal about an issue, along with the relative deliberation analytics. The system supports the upload of a deliberation theme, proposal setting and an iterative process, which leads to the formulation of the winning proposal. The whole process is transparent to public through rating and publication and take into account political analytics.