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This paper presents the general philosophy, features and few aspects related to the implementation and underlying technologies of MaGIA, an Internet-based multi-user system designed for a collective and collaborative construction of knowledge models represented as concept maps. The use of the system can cover a wide range of purposes, from a theoretical discussion and construction of formal models to a support for collective brain-storming . What makes MaGIA an interesting tool is the emphasis put on a collective construction of such maps. In fact, one of the distinctive features and objectives of the system is to offer an enabling tool for a multi-user, bottom-up construction, where users can intervene, freely contribute and extend concept maps and where collective and collaborative multi-user map construction can take place in asynchronous as well as in synchronous way.
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Blecic, I., Cecchini, A., Trunfio, G.A. (2007). A Collaborative and Collective Concept Mapping Tool. In: Luo, Y. (eds) Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering. CDVE 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4674. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74780-2_33
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