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Software for mindmapping and information organization

Software for mindmapping and
information organisation
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:  JGraph Limited   Product:  mxGraph    Added:  2007-10-26
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Screenshot mind mapping software mxGraph    
What they say:  " mxGraph is a Javascript library that uses built-in browser capabilities to provide an interactive drawing and diagramming solution. mxGraph outperforms all existing solutions in startup time, interactivity and functionality.

'The ability to edit complex diagrams within a web browser is the final solution we need to move our entire application to a thin client architecture. mxGraph is a critical component for rich web applications, there's nothing like it on the market.' Steve Wood - Informavores

Unique Advantages
Differentiate your product in the marketplace by enabling your customers to draw and share complex diagrams through a web browser, across every platform:
Centralised updating managed at the server
No client plug-ins or installation required
Deployment using Java, .NET, PHP, static HTML and more
Easy configuration of the application using XML
User interface is HTML and the data is exchanged in XML
Java, .NET or PHP backend for concurrent diagram editing"
Observations: 
Where:  http://www.mxgraph.com/details.html
OS: browser based
Price:  USD5,000 up
Categories: development platform
 
From:  JGraph Limited   Product:  JGraph    Added:  2007-10-26
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Screenshot mind mapping software JGraph     Screenshot mind mapping software JGraph     Screenshot mind mapping software JGraph    
What they say:  " JGraph is professional open source software.
JGraph: The free Swing-style component with source code, 140k in size, feature-rich, fully documented and commercially supported.
JGraph Layout Pro: Powerful and fast graph layouts provide automatic positioning functionality to improve user's visual experience.
JGraphpad Pro: Complete rich-client platform for rapid application development. For graph applications where time-to-market is critical.
- Process diagrams, workflow and BPM visualization, flowcharts, even traffic or water flow.
- Database and WWW visualization, networks and telecoms displays, mapping applications and GIS.
- UML diagrams, electronic circuits, VLSI, CAD, financial and social networks and data mining.
- Biochemistry, ecological cycles, entity and cause-effect relationships and organisational charts."
Observations:  This is a development environment for graphical presentation of information. There are many examples of applications that third-party developers have made with jgraph here: http://jgraph.com/screenshots.html and it would be best to visit that to see the flexibility offered.
There is a free, open source version, here. For the purchased version, pricing is very complicated. Please go here: http://jgraph.com/purchase.html
Where:  http://jgraph.com/
OS: Linux, Mac, Windows
Price:  Variously: Free (LGPL, GPL) - US$595 - 1,995
Categories: development platform
 
From:  John Boyd-Rainey   Product:  i2Brain    Added:  2007-05-25
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Screenshot mind mapping software i2Brain     Screenshot mind mapping software i2Brain     Screenshot mind mapping software i2Brain    
What they say:  " You can use it for MindMapping(r) but your information-trees aren't limited to being flat (2 dimensional).
i2Brain allows you to see your information from different view-points.
It's as flexible as a database, but it uses graphics to visualize your information and its connections.
You get away from lists or trees of information. i2Brain shows you what is in your head - a network of information."
Observations:  There are some useful alternative ways of showing diagrams - not limited to mind maps. I can't see anything to justify the claim that 'your information-trees aren't limited to being flat (2 dimensional)', though. Demo version is crippled.
Where:  http://www.i2brain.com/
OS: Linux, Mac, Windows
Price:  GBP35
Categories: diagramming, mind maps
 
Articles
An overview of concept mapping

This is a 1997 article by Eric Plotnick, from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology Syracuse NY

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, Cañas, 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.

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