Explicit knowledge
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Explicit knowledge is that which can be contained and conveyed in documents, drawings, calculations, designs, databases, procedures and manuals. This type of knowledge is also referred to as information. Explicit knowledge can be recalled and articulated by the bearer, and subsequently recorded (for example, RWM documentation and databases).
Source: Knowledge management for radioactive waste management organisations
References
[1] POLANYI, M., Tacit dimension, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith Publisher Inc. (1983).
