Re: Another such tool: Re: [ba-ohs-talk] Mind mapping tool
Danny Ayers wrote: (01)
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> Or for that matter with TouchGraph (as Alex modestly neglects to mention)
> :
> http://www.touchgraph.com/
>
> I agree with Alex's point about the limitations of hierachical views, and
> it's a common drawback to virtually all the 'mindmapper' type tools,
> whatever their subject matter. For such tools to become *really* useful, in
> my opinion they will need to have at least two fundamental characteristics :
> a (node & arc) graph based model; a globally interoperable data format.
> There appear to be two major alternatives available for the model/format -
> XML Topic Maps (XTM) and Resource Description Framework (RDF). (I'm
> currently working on a tool of this type primarily using the latter). (02)
Since Danny is tackling the RDF side, I should probably chime in
that I'm working on the XTM side of things, though some already know
this. (03)
It occurs to me that a number of people on this list are completely
capable of installing and running development-status software on
their machines. That's about where Ceryle is right now, and so I
think I'll try to bundle up a package and announce a first release
sometime soon[er]. It has a fairly sophisticated, extended TouchGraph
display, and can import LTM and XTM (as well as a few others). I've
recently added some topic map editing functionality, though I've
yet to finish one part: setting the type of an association. As
one might guess, documentation is sparse at best, though all buttons
have tooltips. (04)
I'll announce it here when available. (05)
Murray (06)
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Murray Altheim <http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/>
Knowledge Media Institute
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