Compendium (software)

Compendium
Developer(s)Compendium Institute
Final release
2.1.3[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 21 January 2014; 10 years ago (21 January 2014)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
LicenseGNU LGPL
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Compendium is a computer program and social science tool that facilitates the mapping and management of ideas and arguments. The software provides a visual environment that allows people to structure and record collaboration as they discuss and work through wicked problems.

The software was released by the not-for-profit Compendium Institute.[2][3] The current version operationalises the issue-based information system (IBIS), an argumentation mapping structure first developed by Horst Rittel in the 1970s.[2] Compendium adds hypertext functionality and database interoperability to the issue-based notation derived from IBIS.[2]

Compendium source code was fully released under the GNU Lesser General Public License on 13 January 2009.[4] Compendium can still be downloaded, but is no longer actively maintained.[3]

  1. ^ "Release 2.1.3". 21 January 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference KMI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Compendium Institute (archived)". projects.buckinghamshum.net. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. ^ Buckingham Shum, Simon J (13 February 2009). "Compendium released open source". Compendium Institute. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2015.