Mindjet as DMS with all files as attachments?

Thousands of users use Mindjet as the -frontend- for a DMS.
They have all documents linked with hyperlinks. The benefits are obvious:
You can link to any type of document, URL or even Database entry.
You avoid replicated storage because you can have mindmaps with different perspectives. etc etc

The only reason where they would attach a file- in a DMS structure- if they want to be sure that that single specific version of the document is used, and not the latest.

This way you can rely on the backup procedures you know.

Mindjet support did in several cases (where the desktop crashed e.g.) recover corrupt Mindjet *.mmap files with attchements inside.

Technically, Mindet files are ZIP-files and the attachments are compressed inside this ZIP-file, file by file. The structure and graphical representation of the map are described in a document.xml file inside the ZIP-file. The document.xml also describes the location of the attachments inside the ZIP-file.

I would not recommend storing all the files as attachments, ZIP-files have limited file recovery options.

Hyperlinks will increase the app's performance and stability as compared to heavier attachments. Using the File Explorer map parts, you can quickly map out directories, linking to the files. Use tags and other features to annotate the results.