#134 knowledge base use case

Author: joepio

src/usecases/knowledge-base.md

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+# Atomic Server as a Knowledge Base
+
+A Knowledge Base is a tool that helps you to store and manage data.
+They are designed to be very flexible, and can be used for many purposes.
+In a way they are the antidote to using many different online tools for very different purposes.
+
+Knowledge bases can be used to:
+
+- Document features of a product or service
+- Meeting minutes
+- Plan projects
+- Manage team members and their profiles
+- Describe strategy
+- Document features
+- Document bugs
+
+Some organisations store this information in a shared folder in Google Drive,
+some have a bunch of spreadsheets,
+and some may have
+
+## Why Atomic Data is great for storing knowledge
+
+Atomic Data is structured in a way that makes re-use very easy.
+Every property of data has its own URL, which helps users to know what a piece of data sementically represents.
+For developers, Atomic Data is great as it has a very simple yet powerful RESTful API.
+And because it's entirely open and free, there's no vendor lock-in.
+
+## Why Atomic Server is a great knowledge base
+
+Atomic Data is a _specification_ that is suitable for knowledge bases, and Atomic Server is a _piece of software_.
+Atomic Server is an open source knowledge base that is very powerful, feature-rich, and easy to use.