It's already implemented in version 5.03. Just use cmap:// instead of http:// within an URL to a concept map stored on a CmapServer.fridemar wrote:What about a browser addon, that detects links on a HTML page, that point to *.cmaps.
If you click on such a special link, then you get the target as read/writable cmap within the Cmap client.
For example: [url]cmap://cmaps.cmappers.net/rid=1G5KYQS1R-236KJHZ-TP/Sandbox.cmap[/url] should lunch CmapTools (client) and load the "Sandbox" cmap.
The "cmap://" protocol is used in http://www.cmappers.net.
If you create a folder with "Everyone view contents of this folder" permission, then you can search for its content using http://www.cmappers.net. Cmappers.net searches for concept maps stored on CmapServers with "Everyone view contents of this folder" permission.fridemar wrote:As a corollary the Cmappers community could SearchAndWeaveTheWeb / SearchAndMapTheWeb ( with Google, if it indexes *.cmaps, or some other specialized WebSearchEngine ).
Also, Google and Yahoo!, among others, index our concept maps. If you type cmap plus your search string, you would probably get some concept maps containing the string. (ej: cmap mars meteorites, cmap biology)
To search for concept maps, I would recommend you to use Cmappers.net instead of the regular web search engines.