The drop down on the page shows existing mindmaps created by the user or shared with the user. Clicking on any of the dropdown links will take the user to the respective mindmap.
There are two ways to create a new mindmap, the easiest is to drag and drop any mind map file (with extension .mm) in the drop zone. Omnity will analyze and parse this mind map file and save its contents; so you can retrieve it next time. The second way is to manually create each node using the UI. All the nodes will be color coded to show particular subgraphs of the mind map
When manipulating a big mindmap, clicking on the eye ball in a node will focus on its derived mindmap subgraph.
A mindmap or a subgraph of it can be added as a child of a node in another mindmap by right clicking on the node, clicking on the + icon and selecting a mindmap to add (or just a subgraph of it).
You can drag and drop a document (i.e. research paper, patent etc) onto one of the nodes. The system will highlight which node the document is being dropped into. Omnity will then parse that document and extract all the vital information.
The system also allows to add and remove high signal words to refine the search query. You can also check which documents have a particular high signal word using the word sonar.
Double clicking on a node will start a Omnity search query based on the high signal worlds of all the documents on this node. If a node does not have not any document associated with it then no search will be performed.
You can edit your mind map by changing the title of a mind map node, the main URL that is attached to it (which can then be reached by clicking on the title in the right panel) and favorite, tag or annotate a mind map node. To favorite, tag or annotate a mind map node, right click on it and select one of the three options. If you select tag or annotate, a left panel will appear with all the previously added tags and annotations, and a bottom panel with a form will also appear to add new ones. When you are done with the selected node, you can click anywhere in the mind map to make those panels disappear. Note that you can add clickable URLs in annotations, and that a favorite, tagged or annotated node has a dark blue stroke in the mind map.
You can click on a small icon (top right) to turn on semantic connections. Omnity calculates the connections between each node based on the documents attached to the node and then shows a line between nodes that are semantically connected. The UI also allows the user to change the degree of connectivity to investigate further details.