# Dynamic knowledge repository

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The **dynamic knowledge repository** (**DKR**) is a concept developed by [Douglas C. Engelbart](/source/Douglas_C._Engelbart) as a primary strategic focus for allowing humans to address complex problems.[when?] He has proposed that a DKR will enable us to develop a [collective](/source/Collective_intelligence) [IQ](/source/IQ) greater than any individual's IQ. References and discussion of Engelbart's DKR concept are available at the Doug Engelbart Institute.[1]

## Definition

A knowledge repository is a computerized system that systematically captures, organizes and categorizes an [organization's knowledge](/source/Organizational_knowledge). The repository can be searched and data can be quickly [retrieved](/source/Data_retrieval).

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](/source/Explicit_knowledge). A Library is a knowledge repository of books – physical explicit knowledge. A community of experts is a knowledge repository of [tacit knowledge](/source/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

1. Christina Engelbart. ["About Dynamic Knowledge Repositories – an introduction"](https://www.dougengelbart.org/about/dkrs.html). Retrieved September 15, 2011.

## Further reading

- Engelbart, Douglas and Ruilifson, Jeff (1999). "Bootstrapping Our Collective Intelligence". *ACM Comput. Surv.*. **31** (4es): 38–es. ACM. [doi:10.1145/345966.346040](https://doi.org/10.1145/345966.346040). [ISSN 0360-0300](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0360-0300). [S2CID 32535290](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32535290)

## External links

- [Doug Engelbart Institute](https://dougengelbart.org/)

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