Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production.

Graphity is a diagram editor that can be used to quickly and effectively generate drawings and to apply automatic layouts to a range of different diagrams and networks.

Cambridge Advanced Modeller (previously known as P3) is a software tool for modelling and analysing the dependencies and flows in complex systems - such as products, processes and organisations.

A massive, very high-quality PDF file showing a series of "cards" suitable for printing, each summarizing a design representation and the roles they fill.<br />
Potentially useful courseware.

A web service for capturing decision making and debates with diagrams.

In recent work with psychotherapists, we've been using Compendium to convert their usual notes from analytic group sessions, into maps that reflect key aspects of the group dynamics.

This is a place to share the many interesting applications of Compendium, and to exchange icon Stencils, Link Groups, and other materials.

Here are some of the areas where Compendium has been used in OU research work and course developments.