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1 Getting Started
2 ShapeIdeas 2008
3 History
4 Features
5 Database Support
6 External Links

Getting Started

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ShapeIdeas 2008

In here, you will find information and frequently asked questions about ShapeIdeas 2008, a space for you to ask your own questions, and more!

ShapeIdeas is a knowledge and concept mapping tool for the education sector, students, teachers, lecturers as well as businesses of all sizes. ShapeIdeas includes support for BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation), UML (Unified Modeling Language) and Mind Mapping as well as inking for use on Tablet PCs and interactive whiteboards.

History

The original version of ShapeIdeas was released as ShapeIdeas Sneaky Peek 2006 in late December 2005.

As of December 31, 2007 the ShapeIdeas 2008 Release Candidate was released to for ShapeIdeas Forum members for pre-release trial.

The current version of ShapeIdeas 2008 was released released on January 14, 2008.

Features

ShapeIdeas features support for two major modeling 'languages' - Business Process Modeling Notation, and Unified Modeling Language, to simplify the creation of process models. It also supports Inking, in the sense that you can 'draw' or write directly into the 'whiteboard', and contains a web browser, for the gathering of external information.

Database Support

The original release of ShapeIdeas Sneaky Peek 2006 only had support for the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database.

However, ShapeIdeas 2008 supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Access 2003 and 2007 databases, MySQL 4.1 and 5.0, Oracle 10g and PostGres 8+ platforms. Support for the ShapeIdeas proprietary format, ShapeIdeas Information eXchange (.SIX files), which is based upon SQLite, will also be supported.

Currently, there is a charge to transfer a ShapeIdeas Repository database into a different format (eg from Microsoft Access to MySQL). So it is advised to trial ShapeIdeas 2008 first using the .SIX Client and then trial your platform of choice. This may be a feature planned for future release.