Open-Domain Knowledge Base

An Open-Domain Knowledge Base is a knowledge base that does not relate to some specific knowledge domain.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a General Open-Domain KB to being an Expert-Level Open-Domain KB.
  • It can range from being a Human-Readable Open-Domain KB to being a Machine-Readable Open-Domain KB.
  • It can be an Open-Domain Knowledge Graph.
• Example(s):
  • an Open-Domain KG, such as: DBpedia KB, Google KG, Yahoo KG, ...
  • Cyc KB.
  • ConceptNet KB.
  • Freebase KB.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Domain-Specific Knowledge Base, such as LinkedIn KB.
• See: Top-Level KB, Open-Domain.

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