http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/index.html http://www.mind-mapping.com/notetaking.htm
What you call templates are only examples of how one could use mind mapping.
Your mind probing questions are the branches of a mind map.
Alex
[This message has been edited by Alex K. Viefhaus (edited July 27, 2005).]