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Knowledge Interchange Format

computer-oriented language for the interchange of knowledge among disparate computer programs
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Summary

Knowledge Interchange Format is an ontology language[1]. It draws 163 Wikipedia views per month (ontology language category, ranking #2 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: declarative programming language[3]
  • Official website: http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/knowledge-sharing/kif/[4]
  • Equivalent class: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#KIF[5]
  • Dialect of computer language: Common Lisp[6]
  • P14541: 1OkncP[7]

Why It Matters

Knowledge Interchange Format is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . logic.stanford.edu. Retrieved . logic.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → —
    Sitelink count → 5
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'ru', 'uk', 'zh']
    Subclass of → declarative programming language
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#KIF"
  2. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Based on: Lisp"
  3. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/knowledge-sharing/kif/
    Instance of → ontology language
    Freebase id → /m/0dsghh
    P14541 → 1OkncP
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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