A company called Cirilab Inc., which specializes in developing software that can analyze unstructured text documents and can extract its major themes, has added the capability to export this data to a MindManager map. This page shows what a document synopsis looks like after it has been analyzed by the firm's "thematic extractor." Users can then export the visual outline (on the left side of the screen) to a MindManager map (pictured here) for further analysis. Cirilab is now seeking feedback on this new capability, which you can provide in the Mindjet discussion forums.
I presume that this would provide the same benefits as visual mapping does compared to a hierarchical outline -- increased clarity, and an improved ability to see connections between related topics.
Mindsystems in partnership with Cirilab have taken the concept of thematic extraction to MindManager to a new level. Now, in addition to simple theme extraction, Mindsystems ThemeReader extracts not only themes but full text extracts to support each theme. Additionally the new business version of the software allows whole batches of documents to be processed automatically.
Posted by: John England | June 23, 2007 at 10:43 PM