Ocean Knowledge Hub
The Ocean Knowledge Hub (OKH) is SeaWilding's institutional memory: the documentation infrastructure, policies and knowledge through which the association produces, verifies, archives and maintains all its documentation, assisted by a documentation system built with a wiki structure and links.
A queryable institutional memory
The Ocean Knowledge Hub is the integrated set of documentation infrastructure, policies and institutional memory with which SeaWilding produces, verifies, archives and maintains its documentation. The acronym designates the central knowledge repository (vault) —the centralised memory, built with a wiki structure and links— but in its broad sense it encompasses the entire working system that sustains it.
Each document links to the others and forms a navigable knowledge graph: an idea, a source or a project can be consulted from any point. Knowledge is not scattered between sessions or people, but accumulates, is versioned and remains traceable to its origin, connecting science, law, economics and culture to reveal synergies between projects.
Four operational functions
Centralise
Brings together institutional knowledge in a single, interconnected memory that can be consulted from any working session.
Govern
Orders documentary production with defined workflows and human validation points: no document is accepted as final without review.
Trace
Ensures that every piece of data is traceable to its source, through a cross-cutting principle of reliability.
Preserve
Maintains the coherence, naming and versioning of the documentation over time.
The distribution of knowledge
The repository's 511 external records are distributed across four stages —Records → Pillars → Topics → Methods—, where each record is counted once per stage according to its main tag.
- Governance215
- Rewilding119
- Transition69
- Blue economy69
- Humanism23
- Activism16
- Biodiversity184
- MPAs123
- Artisanal fishing52
- Climate change41
- Ecosystem serv.24
- Other topics52
- No topic35
- Restoration79
- Monitoring75
- Policy analysis67
- Co-management48
- Review35
- Other methods117
- No method90
Why it matters
Credibility
By requiring verifiable evidence and traceable citations, the system upholds scientific rigour and institutional credibility before funders, partners and the scientific community.
Continuity
The centralised memory and the interconnected knowledge graph preserve institutional knowledge regardless of the session or person, avoiding dispersion.
Consilient efficiency
By consulting existing knowledge before producing, and connecting science, law, economics and culture, it speeds up document generation and reveals synergies between projects.