Open Knowledge

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. Knowledge made openly accessible for use, sharing, and adaptation under terms that allow broad public benefit. In digital culture, open knowledge is a core principle behind open data, open education, and public-interest documentation efforts.

    In plain English: Knowledge that is openly accessible and reusable.

    Example: "The nonprofit treated civic datasets as open knowledge, arguing that public information should be easier for citizens and researchers to reuse meaningfully."

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