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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:  Ingo Straub Softwareentwicklung   Product:  InfoRapid KnowledgeMap    Added:  2006-03-14
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What they say:  " InfoRapid KnowledgeMap is a mind mapping program and knowledge management system.

InfoRapid KnowledgeMap can be used to draw knowledge maps, organizational charts, decision trees and work breakdown structures, taking down your ideas when brainstorming, or generating structure diagrams from XML files. Knowledge maps can be published on the Web or your intranet, can be added to WinWord, Excel and PowerPoint documents, and can be printed in almost any size you choose.

The program contains a complete Knowledge Management System suitable for use at home, at work or on the company intranet. Its intelligent KnowledgeMap server analyzes text document content and integrates it with a knowledge map.

The Private Edition is not functionally limited in any way and does not expire after any certain number of days. However, unlike the Professional Edition, the program displays a small reminder in the diagram that it has been created with InfoRapid KnowledgeMap. This bit of advertising is intended to acquaint a wider audience with the capabilities of the program, and is your contribution for using the program at no cost."
Observations:  Produces interesting diagrams, and claims the ability to extract information from documents. Appears to be limited to a rigid hierarchy and the ability to have multiple parents on a node is something I always need and look for in a mapping product. It is surprisingly non-intuitive and therefore difficult to use.
Where:  http://www.inforapid.de/html/english.htm
OS: Windows
Price:  US$49 (private use), or US$99
Categories: concept maps, information management, mind maps, outlines
 
From:  Ingo Straub Softwareentwicklung   Product:  InfoRapid Cardfile System    Added:  2007-06-10
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What they say:  " The InfoRapid Cardfile System is an electronic database system with which you can manage text and image documents. You can arrange the documents chapter wise and open them directly over a hierarchical table of contents like in a book. The integrated full text search engine helps you to retrieve all documents fast and simple."
Observations:  A kind of outliner. Copyright notices on web pages and style shown in screenshots indicate that this product may not have undergone recent development.
Where:  http://www.inforapid.de/html/cardfile.htm
OS: Windows
Price:  EUR39; (USD39 from U.S. addresses)
Categories: outlines
 
From:  Innoductive Software Co. Ltd.   Product:  MindVisualizer    Added:  2007-05-08
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What they say:  " MindVisualizer is a productive mind mapping software that allows you to capture, visualize, manage and share idea/information easily.
Concept Mapping with relationship descriptions, Multiple Central Topics in a Map and Flexible Node Positioning are supported."
Observations:  New product from China so it works in Chinese (simplified and traditional) but in English as well. Claims free topic-positioning as a 'unique feature of MindVisualizer'. It has the ability to draw freehand topic images.
Where:  http://www.innovationgear.com/
OS: Windows
Price:  USD79
Categories: mind maps
 
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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