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InfoRapid KnowledgeBase Builder 1.0
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Posted by Lucas
Feb 11, 2013 at 10:11 PM
In the category of concept/mind-mapping-type software that has some features of outlining interest, the following has just been released:
InfoRapid KnowledgeBase Builder 1.0
It’s from the same company that created InfoRapid KnowledgeMap (http://www.inforapid.de/)
Runs on Windows and is free for non-commercial use.
Looks like it could be fun to check out…
Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 11, 2013 at 10:38 PM
Thanks for this, looks interesting. I had a very quick look. I was looking for something similar a year ago for modelling a network in 3D.
But this doesn’t seem to be quite what I had in mind. I’d prefer if the network was totally fixed, rather than rearranging itself every time you click on a node. I find that confusing, as I lose a sense of the shape of the network.
This is why I’ve never warmed to TheBrain and why I find the Navigator so helpful in ConnectedText. Fluidity is great but I also want the option of pinning things down, so networks can retain a shape that can be recognised and remembered.
For example I’d want to be able to model geographical relationships (locations between places), overlaid by relationships between people in those relationships, overlaid by events that happened in those places and with those people.
Then I’d like to annotate that network by labelling items, nodes, relationships. And I’d like to navigate that space like you navigate Google Maps.
Has anyone seen such a thing? Here is the original thread:
http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3805
Posted by shatteredmindofbob
Feb 13, 2013 at 07:25 AM
I see they’ve also replicated The Brain’s sticker shock.
Posted by Ingo
Feb 14, 2013 at 03:53 AM
Hi Dr Andus, when developing the InfoRapid KnowledgeBase Builder, I had Google Maps in mind. I wanted to develop a program which can handle unlimited Mind Maps where you can attach data like documents and images to the nodes and relations like Panoramio images are attached in Google Maps. I feel the same like you, making the layout totaly dynamic is confusing and this will change with version 1.1. It won’t be exactly like Google Maps, but it will come closer. Regards Ingo
Posted by Ingo
Feb 14, 2013 at 04:01 AM
I don’t understand what you mean with “sticker shock”. The program is free for private use and the only restriction is the single user database, that the database can be accessed only by one user at a time. I think this is no real restriction for private usage. And I don’t know any company, where 99 Euro for the Professional version is much money, here in Germany they pay more if they fill up their fuel tank.