Computer Users
 Every computer user benefit from an human accomodated interface that focuses on the users knowledge building process. The always personalized DeepaMehta User Interface is solely based on Mind Maps / Concept Maps (Prof. Joseph D. Novak, Tony Buzan). These visual mapping approaches supports both, mediation of new information and remembering of learned knowledge. The DeepaMehta interface consists of interactive maps which shows the users current tasks and interests. Basis tasks like handling email, web surfing, discussion forums, chat can be performed by every user. The command language is the native language of the respective topic. Basis applications for browsing and sharing structured information are build purely interactive -- without programming. The Users Guide explains how to use DeepaMehta.
Workgroups
 DeepaMehta provides the technical basis of a Knowledge Management infrastructure. Workgroups benefit from an effective information/idea exchange between members. The Corporate Memory integrates database contents, document repositories as well as internet resources and reveals semantic relationships between them. Depending on their roles/permissions the users work with specific subsets of the corporate memory.
Software Developers
Software developers benefit from an application framework that allows 1) dramatically fast prototype realization and 2) a flexible software update process. The DeepaMehta Architecture provides basis facilities for e.g. storage, communication, user frontends and defines guidelines for creating customized DeepaMehta applications. Also non-expert software developers are enabled to realize individual projects effectively because they build on a platform where basis issues are solved by software experts before. A DeepaMehta application developer fully focuses on the project specific issues. DeepaMehta projects include single-place applications, networked applications and dynamic websites. The DeepaMehta Development Guide explains how to develop applications for the DeepaMehta platform.
Web Designer
Despite of DeepaMehta's graphical topic map interface web designers will not loose their work ;-)
The DeepaMehta architecture also supports HTML interfaces for dynamic websites. Both kinds of interfaces are used in parallel while the content and the DeepaMehta applications are shared. The web designer doesn't encounter any program code, instead a DeepaMehta website project separates the tasks clearly. The software developers realize the website logic, the web designer focuses on the website presentation. According to his preference/skills the web designer can choose among 2 HTML generator methods: standard XSL stylesheets or JSP pages with special DeepaMehta tags.
Administrators
 Administrators install DeepaMehta applications, register intranet datasources and internet services, setup user accounts, define workspaces and workflow rules -- all by means of DeepaMehta's map based user interface. Configuration data is stored in the DeepaMehta Corporate Memory at the backend. Besides Java capability the client machines meet no special requirements and are administration-free.
Project Coordinators
 Project coordinators 1) accurately determine the effort of software projects and 2) have effective controling opportunities. A functional prototype is presented to the customer very fast. New features are realized iteratively while a continuing process which is driven by the customers needs. At every time the software is in a consistent state and remains easy to maintain -- also years later with a changed development team.
Society
 The society benefits from a software basis for solving information problems in a sustainable but flexible way. DeepaMehta transforms "gesunden Menschenverstand" into a reusable software solution which build the infrastructure for a variety of technical applications and social processes, e.g. educational support in developing countries. DeepaMehta is not only the basis application for Knowledge Management but itself an example of Knowledge sharing. As open source software the DeepaMehta basis software has no prior commercial interests but offers the software-expertise of its creator to the public to build on it.
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