The Mandala Project is a connected "ecology" of web tools that are used for storing, organizing, and publishing collections of scholarly media. The ecology consists of digital tools, or "media specific sites", for creating content, as well as portals for viewing content and services for connecting content together. Collections can include videos, audio files, photos, texts, visualizations such as charts or network graphs, and much more.
Mandala allows scholars to create this sophisticated content without needing special grants or much programming assistance. Scholars of all skill-levels can easily create rich collections, for using Mandala is simple. First, add content using a media specific site, such as Mediabase, SHIVA, or Shared Shelf, all of which can be accessed with Netbadge. Next, catalog and connect content together with Knowledge Map terms, which can be thought of as a "semantic glue." Finally, explore your collections in portals that show all of your content, as well as the content of others, and focus your exploration by searching for the Knowledge Map terms that interest you.
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