Knowledge/Concept/Knowledge Base vs Knowledge Garden

• Knowledge Gardens vs Knowledge Bases

  • In the context of a product, organization or a company, the equivalent of a Knowledge Garden (KG) is often called a Knowledge Base (KB). Key differences between a Knowledge Garden and a KB are the:
    • purpose - KGs serve individual needs, while KBs are often an important form of official #Documentation needed by many different types of product stakeholders. A Software/Library's documentation is a type of KB.
    • number of contributors - KGs are typically bespoke and managed by no more than a few people, whereas KBs might be updated in a team- or company-wide fashion
    • level of formality - KGs are typically more idiosyncratic and personal, while KBs are more impersonal and codified. For example, standards like #Diataxis codify how to create a KB for a product, but the Target/User or Target/Audience don't make quite as much sense in a context of personal Note-taking.