Feature request "concept map"

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It would be great to have the possibility of concept mapping included. As 
it is nearly the same setup as a mind map it could be easily realised.

It is just about to make it possible to remove the main / parent item and 
have all items on the same level. For more information see 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map

Regards

Original issue reported on code.google.com by d1510...@bsnow.net on 14 May 2009 at 12:21

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This would be a good feature, one concern I have is that the 'relationships' 
system 
would have to be made more efficient - currently adding many relationships to a 
large 1 
sheet mindmap can double or triple the size of the .xmind and cause memory 
management 
issues.

Original comment by james.f....@gmail.com on 28 May 2009 at 12:40

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Concept map support has been added to XMIND as a built-in feature since the very
first release. Using floating topics and relationships is enough to draw a 
concept
map. As to the central topic, you can drag the sheet around until the central 
topic
is out of the map view ;).... What we're currently considering is to improve the
efficiency of the keyboard access.

P.S. to james: Please try the latest version of XMIND and see whether the memory
issue still exists. Thanks!

Original comment by frankshaka on 1 Jun 2009 at 3:36

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frankshaka: Issue 77 seems like a solution which would work well for very 
complex
maps; it seems almost ideal to me, except for cases where one needs to make a 
great
number of relationship link to multiple--but a limited number of--primary 
topics. 
Here an easy-to-implement alternative I would like to see, especially because 
it is
one of the most bio-mechanically efficient ways to make many links:

ctrl-1 adds "Priority" markers.  Could these be used as "theme" or "concept" 
markers?
 Consider this situation:  The user has 64 floating topics, which can be classified
into 6 interrelated themes, for a total of 70 floating objects.  To link a 
dozen of
the floating topics to what the user has decided is a 1st priority theme, why 
not
make ctrl-l-1 link all selected objects to the theme which is marked with the
Priority 1 marker?  Currently I would nest these dozen topics under a theme as
subtopics, but this becomes problematic when the dozen topics should have two 
(or
more) parent themes.  If Priority markers cannot double as attributes for this, 
can
we get a new kind of marker?  By looking at the shortcuts ctrl-l-1, ctrl-l-2, 
etc. do
you wonder if that they are related to the markers you defined with alt-1, 
alt-2, etc.?

Original comment by nstee...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 4:00

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P.S. I wonder if most people would prefer to define the type of relationship 
directly
after C-l, of after the endpoint is selected?  I look forward to further 
developments
of XMind's keyboard access, and believe that XMind can become *the* best
keyboard-driven supported mind/concept-mapping software.  It's already among the
best, in my opinion.  Great work.

Original comment by nstee...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 4:08