Knowledge Infrastructure

A Knowledge Infrastructure is an information infrastructure that provides foundational components and system capabilitys for storing, processing, and delivering organizational knowledge and structured information.

• AKA: Knowledge Management Infrastructure, Knowledge System Infrastructure, Knowledge Platform Infrastructure.
• Context:
  • It can typically include Knowledge Repositorys for persistent storage of structured knowledge and unstructured content.
  • It can typically provide Knowledge Processing Engines for extraction, transformation, and enrichment operations.
  • It can typically support Knowledge Delivery Mechanisms through APIs, query interfaces, and subscription services.
  • It can typically implement Knowledge Governance Frameworks for quality control, access management, and lifecycle management.
  • It can often incorporate Search and Discovery Tools for knowledge retrieval and exploration.
  • It can often enable Collaboration Platforms for knowledge sharing and collective curation.
  • It can often facilitate Integration Middleware for connecting disparate systems and data sources.
  • It can range from being a Centralized Knowledge Infrastructure to being a Distributed Knowledge Infrastructure, depending on its architectural topology.
  • It can range from being a Cloud-Based Knowledge Infrastructure to being an On-Premise Knowledge Infrastructure, depending on its deployment model.
  • It can range from being a Proprietary Knowledge Infrastructure to being an Open-Source Knowledge Infrastructure, depending on its licensing model.
  • It can range from being a Basic Knowledge Infrastructure to being an Advanced Knowledge Infrastructure, depending on its capability sophistication.
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• Example(s):
  • Enterprise Knowledge Infrastructures, such as:
    • Microsoft Viva for workplace knowledge.
    • Confluence Platform for team documentation.
  • Research Knowledge Infrastructures, such as:
    • Semantic Scholar for academic knowledge.
    • PubMed Central for biomedical literature.
  • Public Knowledge Infrastructures, such as:
    • Wikidata for structured facts.
    • DBpedia for wikipedia knowledge.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • File Storage Infrastructure, which stores files without knowledge semantics.
  • Database Infrastructure, which manages relational data without knowledge representation.
  • Content Delivery Network, which distributes static content without knowledge processing.
• See: Information Infrastructure, Knowledge Management System, Knowledge Base Management System, Machine-Readable Knowledge Service, Knowledge Service Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Information Architecture, Digital Infrastructure, Semantic Web Infrastructure.

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