6. Personal and Shared Experiential Concepts

In the previous chapter the identification and characteristics of the significant models were unfolded and exemplified. This chapter will go a step further in terms of qualifying the significant models definition-wise. A large part of this study has actually evolved around the puzzling question: What are these significant models? Initially, both boundary objects and metaphors seemed to be plausible definitions. However, as it already has been revealed, none of these definitions fully covered the characteristics of the significant models, and it was therefore found necessary to present and identify the significant models as something new and not previously defined. This chapter will start with a review of the comparison between the significant models and boundary objects and metaphors, respectively. This will be done to show why these definitions were disqualified as explanations for the significant models. A naming of the significant models will follow this review. And to underline this, the characteristic elements of the significant models, which have been found in the previous two chapters, will be summarized.