Mandala Knowledge Map Philosophy
Subject and places are built collaboratively, through crowd-sourcing. Ideally, new subjects or places should integrate into the existing
Before
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Your Meeting
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- Take a look at the existing subject and place trees in Mandala.
Expand the various categories. Do you see a place where your terms might fit? Are there existing terms you could use?
- Bring an example of a tree.
Ideally, this data will be in the spreadsheet format described below. However, feel free to use anything that conveys how you want your terms placed, like drawings or diagrams.
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Building Subject Trees
Here are some tips for building subject trees:
Tips
Subjects
Make sure your terms can stand alone.
Right
Wrong- Photography
- Color photography
- Grayscale photography
- Photography
- Color
- Yes
- No
- Consider both specific tags terms (Andean sheep farmers) and general tags general terms (wool). Remember, your tags terms can really enhance the Mandala project as a whole, and other people may eventually want to use your broader terms.
Places
-Consider whether your places are administrative (ie, the official state of Virginia) or cultural (ie, the Rotunda).
Formating Trees in a Spreadsheet
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