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knowledge graph

Summary

knowledge graph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,650 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • knowledge graph is a type of labeled directed graph[2].
  • knowledge graph is a type of knowledge base[3].
  • knowledge graph is a type of application-specific graph[4].
  • knowledge graph's Commons category is recorded as Knowledge graphs[5].
  • 1972 marks the founding of knowledge graph[6].
  • knowledge graph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Knowledge graphs[7].
  • knowledge graph's described at URL is recorded as https://enterprise-knowledge.com/whats-the-difference-between-an-ontology-and-a-knowledge-graph/[8].
  • knowledge graph's described at URL is recorded as https://www.ibm.com/de-de/topics/knowledge-graph[9].
  • knowledge graph's described at URL is recorded as https://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/de/nachricht/wissensgraphen-ihre-bedeutung-der-digitalen-welt-von-heute[10].
  • knowledge graph's different from is recorded as Knowledge graph[11].
  • knowledge graph's different from is recorded as Google Knowledge Graph[12].
  • knowledge graph's uses is recorded as ontology[13].
  • knowledge graph's studied by is recorded as ontology engineering[14].
  • knowledge graph's studied by is recorded as computer science[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include labeled directed graph[2], knowledge base[3], and application-specific graph[4].

Origins

1972 marks the founding of knowledge graph[6].

Why It Matters

knowledge graph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,650 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Benjamin M. Good BioPortal Charles Tapley Hoyt computer science Data Commons Dylan Van Assche Elwin Huaman Emiliano Reynares Felix Sasaki Framework Freebase Genet Asefa Gesese Harald Sack Jan Martin Keil Jesús Barrasa Knowledge Graph Optimization Knowledge Graph Toolkit Longquan Jiang metaphacts Michael Färber Nizo Priskorn ontop Ontotext Peter Haase PLOS Thesaurus Sebastian Burgstaller-Muehlbacher Sebastian Neumaier Sven Hertling Tek Raj Chhetri The EU knowledge graph

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_knowledge-graph_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{knowledge graph}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/knowledge-graph}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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    Studied by → ontology engineering, computer science
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    Uses → ontology
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