is knowledge that is documented, stored, and codified—such as standard procedures, product formulas, customer contact lists, market research results, and patents.

Explicit knowledge

Explanation:

Explicit knowledge also known as expressive knowledge is the knowledge that is documented, stored, and codified— such as standard procedures, product formulas, customer contact lists, market research results, and patents.

Explicit knowledge is complementary to tacit knowledge (also known as implicit knowledge)

Tacit knowledge is the personal knowledge embedded in human mind and is intangible in nature. Beliefs, mind set, personal wisdom, experience gained etc.

An organization's knowledge assets are summed up into these two categories; Explicit knowledge and Tacit knowledge.

Explicit knowledge is easy to share, codify and documented but tacit knowledge is not.

Tacit knowledge is subjective, Explicit knowledge is objective.