Defined scope
Questions begin with an authorised collection, working set or selection.
Research boundaryKnowledge
Research across records,
relations and sources
Knowledge provides governed research access to the collection. It follows relationships beyond the individual record while keeping sources, scope and catalogue status available for inspection.
From catalogue records to research contexts
Explore locates and organises material. Knowledge investigates the relations and evidence that connect it.
Structured relations
Works, images, agents, places, events and sources remain identifiable across the result.
Connected recordsRetrievable sources
Claims and relations point back to the catalogue records and sources available within the same scope.
Citable contextResearch outputs
Results can become comparisons, working sets, timelines, graphs or documented research notes.
Multiple viewsResearch access follows institutional boundaries
Knowledge uses the same identities, permissions and catalogue distinctions that govern the rest of Pictoria.
Authorised retrieval
Records, snippets, counts and derivatives are limited before they enter a research result.
Visible basis
Accepted metadata, attributed source content and computational results remain distinguishable.
Catalogue review
A research result can inform a proposal, while changes to accepted records return to Catalogue for review.