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VUE is a free, [[open source]] [[concept map]]ping application written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. The application is developed by the [http://uit.tufts.edu/at/ Academic Technology group]at [[Tufts|Tufts University]]. VUE is licensed under the [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php Educational Community License]. VUE 2.2, the latest release, was funded under a grant from the [[Mellon Foundation|Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]].

==The VUE Project==

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== Releases ==

[[Tufts University]]'s VUE development team has coordinated releases of the VUE project. The project's most recent release, VUE 2, has added many new features which distinguish it from traditional [[concept mapping]] tools. <ref>http://vue.tufts.edu/forums/topic.cfm?cf_id=8&t_id=197 According to an announcement</ref> made by the VUE team on their forums, new features include: tools for dynamic presentation of maps, map merge and analysis tools,

enhanced keyword tagging and search capabilities, support for [[Semantic Web|semantic mapping using ontologies]], expanded search of online resources ([[Flickr]], [[Yahoo]], [[Twitter]], [[PubMed]], etc.).