Jul 19, 2008

Knol = a unit of knowledge according to Google

It's one of the things Google is experimenting with, when they are not making maps of the moon or so. They started a by-invitation only project called Knol, which is short for knowledge. The idea is to bring authors and their expertise status back into the web. I'm not sure what it looks like, it seems like a wiki for experts only that other people can comment on but not change. I'm sure we'll hear more about it in due time, but if nothing else, we have a new cool word for 'a unit of knowledge', a knol. It sounds so much better than learning object, doesn't it?

More information and a screenshot on the official Google blog.

2 comments:

gmoa3333 said...

This is a wikihowto killer. It cannot compete with Wikipedia because its structure is fundamentally different.

http://fr.howto.wikia.com/wiki/Discuter:Accueil#Knol_and_wikihowto.27s_objects

gmoa3333 said...

http://howto.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Main_discussion#Knol_and_wikihowto.27s_objects