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title: Framing — "the open source movement for knowledge graphs"
type: framing
visibility: public
first-used: 2024-10-XX
audience: all
sources:
  - raw/slack-explainingideaflow-2022-2026.md#2024-10
related:
  - wiki/framings/god-data-structure.md
  - wiki/framings/team-humanity.md
  - wiki/layers/collective-cognition.md
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# "the open source movement for knowledge graphs"

## The line

Jacob, October 2024 (`#explainingIdeaflow`):

> "**Starting the open source movement for knowledge graphs**, e.g. Open Supply Chains."

## Why it works

1. **Takes a stance.** The long-arc collective-cognition substrate has to be open, federated, commons-first — or it's just Facebook for graphs.
2. **Names the movement, not just the product.** Invites collaboration rather than competition.
3. **Gives a concrete example.** Open Supply Chains — a domain with real adoption pain, real need for shared structure, real stakeholders.

## Why it matters strategically

The [[../what-it-is-not|distinction from Semantic Web]] is important: the 2000s Semantic Web failed on adoption (markup burden). The 2020s version has the LLM tailwind — but will fail again if it builds walled gardens instead of open substrates.

Eden Chan's Munger-frame (2025) extends this: an open graph is also the **trust substrate** that Munger called the highest form of civilization. Openness isn't just an ethical preference; it's what makes the trust economics work.

## Where it sits

- **Layer:** substrate stance (applies to all layers).
- **Audience:** all, with ideological framing.
- **Register:** movement-language. Invokes open source traditions.

## What it pairs with

- [[god-data-structure]] — the maximal structural claim; this framing is the political stance on it.
- [[team-humanity]] — the humanity-scale application; this is the license it runs under.
- [[neocortex-for-the-global-brain]] — the anatomy; this is the governance.

## Concrete scaffolding

- **Open Supply Chains** — the named example in Jacob's tag, and a working case study for what open-KG governance might look like.
- **Public curated lists** (2025) — small steps toward a public commons of structured knowledge.
- **Alliance graphs across friends' networks** (2025) — user-level federation as a building block.

## Related

- [[../layers/collective-cognition]]
- [[../use-cases]] → "Collective layer"
- [[../canonical-terms]]