# Flat Document-Only Knowledge

> Representing knowledge as unlinked flat documents, losing the relationships a graph would capture.

Record: `lexicon:flat-document-only-knowledge`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Correctness Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/correctness-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-flat-document-only-knowledge

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Exact Keyword Search Only](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/exact-keyword-search-only.md) and before [Opaque Black-Box Decisions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/opaque-black-box-decisions.md).

## Category

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/model-architecture.md)

## Negated by

- [Knowledge Graphs](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/knowledge-graphs.md)

## Linked from

- [Model Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-model-architecture.md)