# Knowledge
Information, understanding, and skill acquired through experience, learning, or inference, retained and organized so it can be applied, communicated, or built upon.
> [!info]- Canonical definition
> This term is maintained in the [[vocab|PKM Vocabulary]] SKOS source, not here.
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## Scope
Use as the broadest top concept anchoring the vocabulary; more specific forms (Metadata, Ontology, Taxonomy, KnowledgeGraph, Term) refine how knowledge is captured or represented. Not applied to individual notes directly.
## Broader
- [[Knowledge System (Term)|Knowledge System]]
## Narrower
- [[Cluster (Term)|Cluster]]
- [[Concept (Term)|Concept]]
- [[Source (Term)|Source]]
- [[Topic (Term)|Topic]]
## Collections
- [[Knowledge Collection (Collection)|Knowledge Collection]]
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#vocab/term · created 2026-08-28 · modified 2026-08-29