Several checks were performed to assess the results, including manual checks of the development activities identified. If a specific keyword did not seem to capture activities with an STI element, e.g. if the keyword “research” referred to “market research”, the keyword was removed or modified. The prevalence of the most frequent words identified in the “core” STI activities identified through the sector codes was compared against the prevalence for the same words across the description of all other activities in the CRS. The results indicated that the keywords used for the analysis were strongly linked to activities supporting research or ICT development.