Compendium (software) Compendium is a computer program and social science tool that facilitates the mapping and management of ideas and arguments.
The software provides a visual environment that allows people to structure and record collaboration as they work through "wicked problems". The software is currently released by the not-for-profit Compendium Institute. The current version operationalises the Issue-Based Information System (IBIS), an argumentation mapping structure first developed by Horst Rittel in the 1970s. Compendium source code was fully released under LGPL licence on 13 January 2009.[1] Compendium visually represents thoughts and illustrates the various interconnections between different ideas and arguments.
List of concept- and mind-mapping software. Concept-mapping and mind-mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas or other pieces of information.
It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note taking.[1] There are a number of software packages and websites that allow the creation of, or otherwise support mind maps. File format[edit] Using a standard file format allows interchange of files between various programs. Compendium Institute. Compendiuminstitute. OpenLearn - The Open University. Compendiuminstitute : Compendium Institute List. Compendium Institute. Compendium Review: Detailed Look At Compendium Mind Mapping Software. Compendium is a slightly different kettle of fish to the other products reviewed here, both practically and philosophically.
Dealing with the philosophical side first, many of the mainstream mind mapping products like NovaMind, MindManager and ConceptDraw's MINDMAP are commercial while others are open source and free, like Freeplane, Freemind and Labyrinth. Compendium is open source like those latter products but it is driven by an academic institute rather than commercial or hobby interest. Macromedia Flash (SWF) Movie Created by Camtasia Studio 2.