This page defines the core building blocks of the Open Knowledge Format.
A Knowledge Bundle is a self-contained, organized collection of related knowledge documents. It is the unit of distribution, reuse, and deployment.
A Concept is a single unit of knowledge inside a bundle. A concept may describe a policy, process, service, asset, metric, form, organization, requirement, or idea.
A Concept ID is the unique path or identifier used to locate a concept within a Knowledge Bundle.
Example:
government:ai_readiness
Frontmatter is structured metadata placed at the top of a knowledge document. It may identify the title, owner, status, audience, source citations, review date, or related concepts.
The Body is the human-readable content of the concept after its metadata.
A Link connects one concept to another. Links show relationships beyond simple parent and child navigation.
A Citation connects a claim, rule, definition, or recommendation to an authoritative source.
Shared terminology gives people, teams, and AI systems a consistent way to create, maintain, search, and reuse knowledge.