Groupware concept mapping techniques

  • Authors:

  • Rob Kremer;Brian R. Gaines

  • Affiliations:

  • Knowledge Science Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4;Knowledge Science Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4

  • Venue:
  • SIGDOC '94 Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Systems documentation: technical communications at the great divide
  • Year:
  • 1994

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Abstract

Concept maps have been used in education, policy studies and the philosophy of science to provide a visual representation of knowledge structures and argument forms. They provide a complementary alternative to natural language as a means of communicating knowledge. In many disciplines various forms of concept map are already used as formal knowledge representation systems, for example: semantic networks in artificial intelligence, bond graphs in mechanical and electrical engineering, Petri nets in communications, and category graphs in mathematics. This paper describes the design and application of a groupware concept mapping tool designed to support the knowledge processes of geographically dispersed communities.