<s>
Compendium	B-Language
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
and	O
social	O
science	O
tool	O
that	O
facilitates	O
the	O
mapping	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
ideas	O
and	O
arguments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
not-for-profit	O
Compendium	B-Language
Institute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
adds	O
hypertext	O
functionality	O
and	O
database	O
interoperability	O
to	O
the	O
issue-based	O
notation	O
derived	O
from	O
IBIS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
source	O
code	O
was	O
fully	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
on	O
13	O
January	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
can	O
still	O
be	O
downloaded	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
actively	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
visually	O
represents	O
thoughts	O
and	O
illustrates	O
the	O
various	O
interconnections	O
between	O
different	O
issues	O
,	O
questions	O
,	O
ideas	O
,	O
answers	O
,	O
and	O
arguments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
applications	O
as	O
varied	O
as	O
:	O
issue	O
mapping	O
in	O
meetings	O
,	O
design	O
rationales	O
and	O
requirements	O
analysis	O
,	O
meeting	O
management	O
(	O
agendas	O
and	O
minutes	O
)	O
,	O
action	O
item	O
and	O
issue	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
,	O
requirements	O
management	O
,	O
classification	O
,	O
management	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
reference	O
databases	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
personal	O
knowledge	O
bases	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
group	O
facilitation	O
method	O
called	O
dialogue	O
mapping	O
is	O
especially	O
suited	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Compendium	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
templates	O
for	O
critical	O
thinking	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
argument	O
maps	O
using	O
the	O
argumentation	O
schemes	O
developed	O
by	O
argumentation	O
theory	O
scholars	O
such	O
as	O
Douglas	O
N	O
.	O
Walton	O
,	O
Chris	O
Reed	O
,	O
and	O
Fabrizio	O
Macagno	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
these	O
argumentation	O
schemes	O
,	O
users	O
of	O
Compendium	B-Language
can	O
examine	O
claims	O
in	O
more	O
detail	O
to	O
uncover	O
their	O
implicit	O
logical	O
substructure	O
and	O
improve	O
the	O
rigor	O
and	O
depth	O
of	O
discussions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
ten	O
types	O
of	O
node	B-Data_Structure
:	O
question	O
,	O
answer	O
,	O
list	O
view	O
,	O
map	O
view	O
,	O
pro	O
,	O
con	O
,	O
note	O
,	O
decision	O
,	O
reference	O
,	O
argument	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
can	O
be	O
placed	O
directly	O
into	O
a	O
view	O
,	O
assigned	O
to	O
a	O
node	B-Data_Structure
,	O
or	O
assigned	O
to	O
the	O
background	O
picture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
of	O
Compendium	B-Language
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
use	O
Compendium	B-Language
with	O
either	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Derby	I-Language
(	O
internal	O
)	O
or	O
MySQL	B-Application
(	O
external	O
)	O
relational	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
networked	O
and	O
supports	O
concurrency	O
and	O
different	O
views	O
when	O
using	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compendium	B-Language
is	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
fifteen	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
in	O
collaborative	O
modeling	O
,	O
initiated	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
by	O
Al	O
Selvin	O
and	O
Maarten	O
Sierhuis	O
at	O
NYNEX	O
Science	O
&	O
Technology	O
;	O
the	O
theory	O
behind	O
the	O
software	O
hails	O
from	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
when	O
IBIS	O
was	O
first	O
conceptualised	O
by	O
Horst	O
Rittel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
associations	O
have	O
thence	O
contributed	O
ideas	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Compendium	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
institutions	O
include	O
Blue	O
Oxen	O
Associates	O
,	O
Center	O
for	O
Creative	O
Leadership	O
,	O
Open	O
University	O
's	O
Knowledge	O
Media	O
Institute	O
,	O
Verizon	B-Application
,	O
CogNexus	O
Institute	O
,	O
and	O
Agent	O
iSolutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
Compendium	B-Language
community	O
established	O
CompendiumNG	O
to	O
further	O
advance	O
and	O
develop	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
