XMIND
Encyclopedia
XMind is a brainstorming
and mind mapping software tool developed by XMind Ltd. The program is intended to assist users in capturing ideas, organizing various charts, and share them with collaboration. It supports mind maps, Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams or cause-and-effect diagrams), tree diagram
s, organization charts, and spreadsheets. It can be used for knowledge management, meeting minutes, task management, and GTD
. XMind can read FreeMind
files.
XMIND Pro can export the mind maps into Microsoft
Word
, PowerPoint
, PDF
and Mindjet MindManager
documents.
licenses: the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (EPL)
and the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL)
.
As of version 3.2.0, a proprietary version
called "XMind Pro" is also available, offering certain features which currently remain unavailable in the open source version. XMind Pro requires the user to maintain a license key.
Rich Client Platform
3.4 for its shell and Eclipse
Graphical Editing Framework
for its core editors. It depends on Java Runtime Environment 5.0 and later.
An XMIND workbook may contain more than one sheet, as in Spreadsheet
software. Each sheet may contain multiple topics, including one central topic, multiple main topics and multiple floating topics. Each sheet contains one mind map or Fishbone Chart or Spreadsheet Chart.
The .xmind file format implementing XMind Workbooks consists of a ZIP compressed archive containing an XML document for contents, an XML document for styles, a .png image file for thumbnails, and some directories for attachments. The file format is open and based on some principles of OpenDocument
.
Brainstorming
Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members...
and mind mapping software tool developed by XMind Ltd. The program is intended to assist users in capturing ideas, organizing various charts, and share them with collaboration. It supports mind maps, Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams or cause-and-effect diagrams), tree diagram
Tree diagram
The term tree diagram refers to a specific type of diagram that has a unique network topology. It can be seen as a specific type of network diagram, which in turn can be seen as a special kind of cluster diagram.-Applications:...
s, organization charts, and spreadsheets. It can be used for knowledge management, meeting minutes, task management, and GTD
Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done is an organizational method created by productivity consultant David Allen, described in a book of the same name....
. XMind can read FreeMind
FreeMind
FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java. FreeMind is licensed under the GNU General Public License. It provides extensive export capabilities. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X via the Java Runtime Environment....
files.
XMIND Pro can export the mind maps into Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
, PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a non-free commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system...
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
and Mindjet MindManager
MindManager
MindManager, called MindMan until version 3.5, is a commercial mind mapping software application developed by Mindjet Corporation. Mind maps created in MindManager are based on the mind mapping method by Tony Buzan. The latest version, MindManager 9, is available for Microsoft Windows...
documents.
Versions
XMind is dual licensed under 2 open sourceOpen-source software
Open-source software is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software.Open...
licenses: the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (EPL)
Eclipse Public License
The Eclipse Public License is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License and removes certain terms relating to litigations related to patents....
and the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL)
GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License...
.
As of version 3.2.0, a proprietary version
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
called "XMind Pro" is also available, offering certain features which currently remain unavailable in the open source version. XMind Pro requires the user to maintain a license key.
| Product/Version | Release Date | License | Platform | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XMIND 2007 | 2007-01-01 | Commercial License | Mac OS X and Windows | Chinese(Simplified) |
| XMIND 2007 Update 1 | 2007-04-16 | Commercial License | Mac OS X and Windows | English, Chinese(Simplified) |
| XMIND 2008 | 2007-10-01 | Commercial License | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux | English, Chinese(Simplified) |
| XMIND 2008 v2.0.4 | 2007-11-04 | Commercial License | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux | English, Chinese(Simplified) |
| XMIND 2008 v2.1 | 2007-12-01 | Commercial License | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional) |
| XMIND 2008 v2.2 | 2008-01-20 | Commercial License | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional) |
| XMIND 2008 v2.3 | 2008-03-31 | Commercial License | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional) |
| XMind v3.0 | 2008-11-14 | EPL Eclipse Public License The Eclipse Public License is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License and removes certain terms relating to litigations related to patents.... and LGPL GNU Lesser General Public License The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation . It was designed as a compromise between the strong-copyleft GNU General Public License or GPL and permissive licenses such as the BSD licenses and the MIT License... |
Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English |
| XMind v3.0.1 | 2008-12-15 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese |
| XMind v3.0.2 | 2009-03-21 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese |
| XMind v3.0.3 | 2009-04-29 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese |
| XMind v3.1.0 | 2009-11-23 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese |
| XMind v3.1.1 | 2009-12-04 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese |
| XMind v3.2.0 | 2010-09-15 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese, French, Spanish |
| XMind v3.2.1 | 2010-11-22 | EPL and LGPL | Mac OS X, Windows and Linux 32bit/64bit | English, German, Chinese(Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), Japanese, French, Spanish |
Eclipse application
XMind 3 is based on EclipseEclipse (software)
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system...
Rich Client Platform
Rich Client Platform
A rich client platform is software consisting of the following components:* A core , lifecycle manager* A standard bundling framework* A portable widget toolkit* File buffers, text handling, text editors...
3.4 for its shell and Eclipse
Eclipse (software)
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system...
Graphical Editing Framework
Graphical Editing Framework
Graphical Editing Framework ' is a framework that was developed for the Eclipse platform. It is used to create graphical editors for various diagrams like electrical networks or tree diagrams. Such diagrams offer easy editing capabilities for data in specific domains and are well suited as a...
for its core editors. It depends on Java Runtime Environment 5.0 and later.
File format
XMind 3 saves content in an XMIND Workbook file format. The .xmind format suffix is used, whereas XMIND 2008 used the .xmap suffix.An XMIND workbook may contain more than one sheet, as in Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas...
software. Each sheet may contain multiple topics, including one central topic, multiple main topics and multiple floating topics. Each sheet contains one mind map or Fishbone Chart or Spreadsheet Chart.
The .xmind file format implementing XMind Workbooks consists of a ZIP compressed archive containing an XML document for contents, an XML document for styles, a .png image file for thumbnails, and some directories for attachments. The file format is open and based on some principles of OpenDocument
OpenDocument
The Open Document Format for Office Applications is an XML-based file format for representing electronic documents such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents....
.
Awards
- XMIND 2008 won the "Best Commercial RCP Application" award at EclipseCon 2008.
- XMIND 3 won the "The Best Project for Academia" award at SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards.
- XMIND was picked by PCWorld for inclusion in Productivity Software: Best of 2010 (retrieved October 2010).
See also
- Mind mapMind mapA mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Especially in British English, the terms spidergram and spidergraph are more common, but they can cause confusion with the term spider diagram used in mathematics...
- BrainstormingBrainstormingBrainstorming is a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members...
- List of mind mapping software
- List of concept mapping software
- Tony BuzanTony BuzanAnthony "Tony" Peter Buzan is an author and educational consultant. He is a proponent of the techniques of Mind Mapping and mental literacy. He claims to have worked with "corporate entities and businesses all over the world; academics; Olympic athletes; children of all ages; governments; and...
- Fishbone DiagramIshikawa diagramIshikawa diagrams are causal diagrams that show the causes of a certain event -- created by Kaoru Ishikawa . Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect...
- List of Eclipse-based software