Question

1. Define the knowledge repository and describe how to create one.

2. Compare and contrast tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge.

Answer 1

A knowledge repository is nothing but the online database that systematically captures, categorizes and organizes the knowledge-based information. The knowledge repositories are generally the private database which manages the proprietary as well as enterprise information.

Identifying the pattern and even generating the pattern is the fundamental task involved in the building the knowledge repository. Here are the basic principles that are involved in the creation of the knowledge repository:

• The pattern should describe the concrete solution. Patterns in the cluster are easier to understand.
• The patterns describing the alternative solution should use proper guidelines for choosing the solution.
• Moreover the structure of the pattern should not be complex. Then the data is being stored in the database in order to create the knowledge repository.

2) The Tacit knowledge is the knowledge embedded in the human mind through various experience of the job. The Tacit knowledge can be subjective, cognitive and experiential learning. The tacit knowledge usually includes the insights and intuitions. Whereas, the explicit knowledge is the knowledge that codified and are being digitized in the books., reports, documents, etc. Documents information can be facilitated the action. Hence the explicit knowledge can be easily articulated, identified and employed. The explicit knowledge is considered objective, technical and rational.