Editing Dynamic knowledge repository

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The '''dynamic knowledge repository''' ('''DKR''') is a concept developed by [[Douglas C. Engelbart]] as a primary strategic focus for allowing humans to address complex problems.{{when|date=September 2011}} He has proposed that a DKR will enable us to develop a [[collective intelligence|collective]] [[IQ]] greater than any individual's IQ. References and discussion of Engelbart's DKR concept are available at the Doug Engelbart Institute.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/dkrs.html|title=About Dynamic Knowledge Repositories – an introduction | accessdate=September 15, 2011 | author=Christina Engelbart}}</ref>

==Definition==
A knowledge repository is a computerized system that systematically captures, organizes and categorizes an [[organizational knowledge|organization's knowledge]]. The repository can be searched and data can be quickly [[data retrieval|retrieved]].

The effective knowledge repositories include factual, conceptual, procedural and meta-cognitive techniques. The key features of knowledge repositories include communication forums.

A knowledge repository can take many forms to "contain" the knowledge it holds. A customer database is a knowledge repository of customer information and insights – or electronic [[explicit knowledge]]. A Library is a knowledge repository of books – physical explicit knowledge. A community of experts is a knowledge repository of [[tacit knowledge]] or experience. The nature of the repository only changes to contain/manage the type of knowledge it holds. A repository (as opposed to an archive) is designed to get knowledge out. It should therefore have some rules of structure, classification, taxonomy, record management, etc., to facilitate user engagement.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal| author = Engelbart, Douglas and Ruilifson, Jeff
 |title = Bootstrapping Our Collective Intelligence
 |journal = ACM Comput. Surv.
 |volume = 31
 |issue = 4es
 |pages = 38–es
 |year = 1999
 |issn = 0360-0300
 |doi = 10.1145/345966.346040
 |publisher = ACM
|s2cid = 32535290
 |doi-access = free
 }}
== External links==
* [http://dougengelbart.org/ Doug Engelbart Institute]

[[Category:Knowledge representation]]
[[Category:Data management]]


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