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Vic's compendium of software that supports knowledge management and information organisation in graphical form. Includes mind mappers, concept mappers, outliners, hierarchical organisers, KM support and knowledge browsers, 2D and 3D.More...










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From:  Carsten Grohmann;   Product:  QwikiWiki    Added:  2007-08-12
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What they say:  " Personal Python Qwiki Wiki with MindMap Features (PPQwiki Map) is a very small (36kB) easy to setup and use Wiki intended to be used on your local system. It uses FreeMind to create Wikibased MindMaps."
Observations:  Wiki with mind maps (no screenshots on the site)
Where:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppqwiki/
OS: Any supporting Python
Price:  Free
Categories: wiki-related
 
From:  CaseSoft.   Product:  NoteMap    Added:  2006-06-18
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What they say:  " Our NoteMap outliner makes it super easy to create, edit and use outlines - far easier than creating outlines with word-processing software."
Observations:  Outliner software. I can't find any screenshots.
Where:  http://www.casesoft.com/notemap/index.shtm
OS: Windows
Price:  US$149($199 with support)
Categories: outlines
 
From:  Change Vision, Inc   Product:  JUDE/Professional    Added:  2007-02-04
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Screenshot mind mapping software JUDE/Professional     Screenshot mind mapping software JUDE/Professional     Screenshot mind mapping software JUDE/Professional    
What they say:  " Mind Map is supported since JUDE/Professional 2.2
Here are some examples of how you can use Mind Maps created with JUDE.
- Take quick notes of customer requirements with Mind Map, and create a UseCase Diagram from the Mind Map
- Brainstorm using Mind Map and create a conceptual Class Diagram
- Summarize many UML Diagrams for a system into a big picture using Mind Map
- Describe an objectivity/artifact map on a Mind Map according to the development process
- Create Hyperlinks to UML Diagrams on a Mind Map and record the history of and the reasons for modifications.
-Convert Mind Map Topics into Entities of Entity-Relationship Diagram and vice versa.
-Various and useful Templates are attached . . .
* Mind Map is a registered trademark of the Buzan Organisation Ltd."
Observations:  Very expensive as a mind mapping tool, but of course as a UML modelling tool, it does a lot more. See also JUDE/Think! which is for mind mapping only.
Where:  http://jude.change-vision.com/jude-web/product/mindmap.html
OS: Windows
Price:  $280 single user; $60 p.a.
Categories: diagramming, mind maps, modelling
 
Articles
Concept maps and web research

For me, web research and concept maps are a good pairing. As I research - I build a map. As I map - I realise new areas that need research.
This papers variously by Arguedas, CaƱas, Carnot, Carvalho, Dunn, Eskridge, Gram, Leake, Maguitman, Muldoon and Reichherzer have helped me to understand why, and see other possibilities.

Assessment by concept map

This piece discusses the nature of knowledge, the difficulty in measuring achievement in the three types of domain knowledge, and how concept maps offer one way of judging students' knowledge structure.

Framework for mind mapping

Here is a link to a set of free templates for many types of mind maps. This is good solid stuff, and if you have MindManager, there's no reason not to get it.
But if you don't have MindManager, well, there's still no reason to hold back - go and pick up the MindManager Viewer from MindJet's site. That is also free.


Knowledge mapping for communities

Here's an interesting slideshow in which authors Simon Buckingham Shum and Alexandra Okada make a case for a move away from text towards knowledge or mind mapping presentation in a knowledge community. Their objective is to change cognition, no less.

Visual mapping and recession-proofing your job

It looks like businesses are in for a tough time in 2008 and beyond. If your employer downsizes, how can you take steps to make sure you're one of the survivors?


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be, please let me know: Vic at the above domain. If you have questions about mind mapping, concept
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