Subjects and Places let you categorize content in Mandala using special labels called Knowledge Maps. Knowledge Maps, or KMaps, can be crudely described as "labels in a hierarchy." If you're familiar with the concept of ontologies, controlled vocabularies, or semantic fields, then KMaps won't be new to you. However, Knowledge Maps also include You can make and use these sophisticated labels without any programming knowledge.
Knowledge Map collaborators can either be general users or editors. These different types of collaborators work on different websites, though the information is shared between sites. Anyone with a UVa NetBadge account can be a general user, but the Knowledge Maps team needs to give you special privileges if you want to be an editor.
General Users
- can explore existing KMaps
- can connect Mandala assets to existing KMaps
- work in mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/subjects or mandala.shanti.virginia.edu/places
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Editors
can add new KMaps to the tree
- can edit KMap metadata
- work in places.kmaps.virginia.edu or subjects.kmaps.virginia.edu
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Video Overview
If you want to learn about Knowledge Maps in-depth, we've put together a mini three-part course. You can watch it below or in this Mandala Audio-Video collection.