Mandala Knowledge Map Philosophy

Subject and places are built collaboratively, through crowd-sourcing. Ideally, new subjects or places should integrate into the existing 

Before your meeting

 

 

Tips 

 

Subjects

 

 

Places

-Consider whether your places are administrative (ie, the official state of Virginia) or cultural (ie, the Rotunda). 

 

Formating Trees in a Spreadsheet

 

Trees in Mandala are built with tree data structures. Each knowledge map term is a node on the tree. You can place a knowledge map term using its parent — that is, the higher-level term the knowledge map falls under. If a node doesn’t have a parent — that is, it’s the highest possible level on the tree, we call it the root node. In the example above, for example: 

 

 

To format your tree in a spreadsheet, every row represents a node. 

 

 

 

What happens once my tree goes live? Can anyone add a term to my tree? 

 

 

How long will it take for the team to add my subjects and places to Mandala? 

 

The timeline will vary. Places may take longer to add than subjects, especially if you need accurate administrative data. In these cases, adding places may take as long as a month. In your meeting, the Knowledge Maps team can give you more accurate time estimates based on your specific needs. Needless to say, you should start the process well in advance.