XMIND

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XMind

XMIND 2008 in Windows Vista
Developed by XMind Ltd.
Latest release XMind 3.0.2
Operating system Cross-platform
Platform Java
Type Productivity Tools, Project management and Knowledge management
License Dual license under LGPL v3 and Eclipse Public License v1.0 both Open Source.
Website www.xmind.net
XMIND 2008 running on Mac OS X
XMIND 2008 running on Linux

XMind, is an open source brainstorming and mind mapping software tool developed by XMind Ltd. It helps people to capture ideas, organize to various charts, and share them for collaboration. Supporting mind maps, fishbone diagrams, tree diagrams, org-charts, logic charts, and even spreadsheets. Often used for knowledge management, meeting minutes, task management, and GTD. XMind is compatible with FreeMind. The latest version is XMind 3.

XMind is dual licensed under 2 open source licenses: the Eclipse Public License v1.0 (EPL) and the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPL).

XMIND Pro can export the mind maps into Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, PDF and Mindjet MindManager documents.

A mind map/fishbone chart is created by simply hitting Tab and Enter to create new topics and subtopics. Boundaries, relationships, markers, labels, notes, audio notes, attachments, hyperlinks and graphics can be added into a mind map/fishbone chart.

XMIND 2008 won the "Best Commercial RCP Application" award at EclipseCon 2008.

Prospective users must register with OpenID at xmind.net before downloading the software.

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[edit] Versions

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 and LGPL 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

[edit] An Eclipse Application

XMind 3.0 is based on Eclipse 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.

[edit] File Format

XMind 3.0 describes its file format as XMIND Workbook (.xmind)(Or .xmap for XMIND 2008). A workbook may contain more than one sheet, as in Microsoft Excel. 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. XMind Workbook (a .xmind file) 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 like attachments. The file format is open and based on some principles of OpenDocument.

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