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@Martin-PB Martin-PB commented Oct 18, 2026 •

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Intention

Document, in one place, what every mind map format and tool examined so far carries: file container, map content, representation forms (mind map, org chart, tree, fishbone, timeline, matrix/SWOT, brace, Gantt, concept map, outline, presentation, templates) and office integrations (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, other interchange). The page is a reference of established facts only: it deliberately neither ranks formats nor suggests any implementation priority — every "not integrated" cell is a status, not a verdict.

Réalisation

  • New file docs/format-panorama.md (~19 KB, no code change). One single table, one column per tool (Cartocortex first, then the formats the repo reads or has open readers for, then the not-integrated ones), with zones as row groups: Format and status, Map content, Representation forms, Office and interchange.
  • A four-level legend: ✓ confirmed (real file written by the tool, official documentation, or open-source reference implementation), ✓† documented application feature but file-format storage not publicly verifiable, ✗ absent, ? not publicly verifiable — no guess is made.
  • Per-column caveats (what exactly could and could not be verified, per format), a "how each column was established" section, and the complete source list: the primary sources behind PRs Open and write FreeMind/Freeplane .mm maps #1/Open and write MindManager .mmap maps #3/Open and write WiseMapping .wxml maps #4/Open and write Mindomo .mom maps #5/Open and write iThoughts .itmz maps #6/Open and write SimpleMind .smmx maps #8 (Freeplane XSLT, WiseMapping serializers, real Mindomo Desktop 11 files, toketaWare + MultiMarkdown, the SimpleMind fixture + xmind2smmx + simplemind-mcp-server) plus official documentation pages (XMind, MindManager, Mindomo, SimpleMind, MindMeister, Coggle, Bubbl.us, Ayoa) and file-format registries.
  • Cartocortex's column reflects what the repo has today and the only items the repo publicly states as "not yet" (XMind 8 import improvements, structure direction variants, the mobile port study); the "In Cartocortex" row names the open reader PRs and is dated 2026-10-18.

Ce que l'agent a fait

Gathered the format-level facts from the research write-ups of the six open format PRs, verified the tool-level facts against official documentation and public sources (web search), built the single-table panorama, and pushed the branch. The file was written locally, pushed through the tool channel, then re-read from GitHub and compared byte-for-byte. A second commit keeps the specification row to a plain documented / not documented statement.

Vérifications humaines

  • Documentation only: no code, no tests, no CI impact. One new file, so no conflict with any open PR; can be merged independently and in any order.
  • Read-through check: every ✓ in the table should be traceable to a source listed at the bottom of the page; every ? should be a place where a source could not be found.
  • The statuses (open PR numbers, application maintenance status) are dated 2026-10-18 and will drift over time; the page says so up front.

Agent: Vibe (Mistral, glm-5-latest-short) — relu par Martin-PB.

docs/format-panorama.md records, in one table with one column per tool and
zones for format, map content, representation forms and office
interchange, what each mind map format and tool carries, with the sources
behind every column. Facts are marked confirmed, absent or not publicly
verifiable. Documentation only: the page neither ranks formats nor
suggests implementation priorities.

Agent: Vibe (Mistral, glm-5-latest-short)
Relu-par-humain: Martin-PB
The specification row now says only whether a format's specification is
documented, without describing how knowledge of it was obtained.

Agent: Vibe (Mistral, glm-5-latest-short)
Relu-par-humain: Martin-PB
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