JabRef should support mindmapping as it was offered by Docear.

Since the native FileFormat of JabRef is BibTeX, also the nodes in the mindmap should be stored as BibTeX:

@mindmapnode{node0,
  text = {...},
  cildren = {node1,node5,node2}
}

@mindmapnode{node1,
  test = {**markdown**},
  icons = {exlamation,note},
  bibentry = {ukl09},
  collapsed = {true}
}

• bibentry allows liking of one entry - multiple ones have to go to separate nodes
• children: Order is stored in the array
  • no parent pointer not to duplicate information
  • BAD: parent to keep data structure lean + order has to be given as numbers
• MindMaps flow from left to right
• Multiple root nodes could be possible -- all nodes without parent are root nodes -- mindmap selection possible
• File attachment only via BibTeX
• Future work: arrow connecting arbitrary entries

Background on MindMapping

Try out XMind and MindManager.

Implementation hints

• Use JavaFX WebView - and implement the mind map using a JavaScript library.
• Most promising JavaScript libraries:
  • https://github.com/hizzgdev/jsmind
  • https://github.com/tokuhirom/mindcheese

Background

• We cannot use FreeMind/Freeplane, because we are MIT and not GPL (any more) --> We need to implement it on ourselfes.
• prefux is out of date.
• Chromium should not be necessary
  • See article https://teamdev.com/jxbrowser/blog/jxbrowser-or-javafx-webview/
  • Chromium inside JavaFx and use some JavaScript framework.

Follow-up

"Paper Writing Feature"

• Export of the MindMap to Markdown
• Export of the MindMap to .tex
  • MindMap export als .tex generiert \section für alle Konten der ersten Tiefe; Rest wird als \begin{itemize}/\end{itemize} exportiert. Referenzierte papers als \cite. Das .bib file selbst wird verlinkt.

Options:

• jsMind
  • Demo: https://hizzgdev.github.io/jsmind/
• Raphaël ( http://raphaeljs.com/ )in combination with the Dracula Graph Library( http://dracula.ameisenbar.de/ )
• MindMup MapJs
• http://thejit.org/
• p5js
• Eclipse Sprotty
• js mindmap
  • Demo at http://www.liamsullivan.co.uk/fyp/mindmap/
  • Bad, because not maintained since a decade
• See also https://stackoverflow.com/q/10232850/873282