A fully web-enabled method for diagrammatically representing the meaningful structure of a complex argument or debate, or other similar information, as a schematic map made up of nodes each of which represent a discrete element in said meaningful structure comprising the steps of: (a) Beginning a new map by specifying the broad subject matter and other data about said map and selecting from one of a plurality of sets of encoded information and rules, termed Map Grammars, that constrain how nodes of different types may be combined to form maps and the actions available to persons building, editing or otherwise interacting with such maps. (b) Associating selected information items relevant to said argument or debate, or other information, with map nodes. (c) Adding nodes to said schematic map in such a way as to form an overall structure in which nodes are organized so as to conform to said Map Grammar at all times.
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