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Concept Maps

Haven't seen anyone talk about this so I thought I would share. Concept maps are similar to mind maps, but I think they are better because you have much more freedom in terms of structure and the explicit need to define the relationship between items is explicitly built in. Anyone have any experience with them?

Theory behind concept maps - http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm

Cmap Tools free download - http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/

43folders wiki - http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Cmap

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Seriously, though, I agree with...

Seriously, though, I agree with Solidsnot. This way of defining objects and relationships makes much more sense to me than a traditional mindmap. Every time I draw a diagram I always write words along my arrows that describes the relationship between the objects that they connect.

 
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