knowledge domain


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Noun1.knowledge domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
realm, region - a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"
scientific knowledge - knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles; "mathematics is the basis for much scientific knowledge"
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Two properties of TM are particularly important for knowledge coordination: the extent to which team members can accurately recognize experts in relevant knowledge domains (TM accuracy), and the extent to which team members agree on who is expert in which knowledge domain (TM consensus; Austin 2003).
Unfortunately, technical flaws in our examination system has also reinforced incapabilities of our education system, like domination of examinations with questions of knowledge domain (memorisation); a little on the skills domain (arithmetic and numeracy); and, none on the attitude domain (change in belief and behaviour).
The knowledge domain still contained the subcategory of "remember".
Although relevant, the knowledge representation provided by Iteams Ontology investigates the organizational context (Extended Enterprise) and provides the key features of organization that interact with and affect the innovation process, but doesn't provide the key concepts underlying innovation as an activity and a knowledge domain. OntoGate, although it is considered as domain ontology, doesn't highlight any specific concept related to the innovation knowledge domain.
According to the product design process, the design knowledge domain is divided into the creative knowledge domain and the engineering knowledge domain (Figure 2).
Through the collection and organization of data, the questionnaire reliability measure was set from Cronbach's alpha ([alpha]), which revealed indicators that ensured the reliability of such a measure for the collected sample, namely: for Theoretical Knowledge Domain (TKD), the alpha was 0.88 and the variation remained between 0.83 and 0.89 when an item was excluded; for Practical Knowledge Domain (DCP), the alpha was 0.70, which showed a variation, when the item was deleted, from 0.67 to 0.74.
TABLE 1 Defining technical knowledge using 0*NET knowledge domains Knowledge domain Biology Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

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