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{{Infobox Software 
| name = Personal Knowbase
| developer = Bitsmith Software
| latest_release_version = 4.1.1
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2016|10}}
| genre = [[Personal information management]]
| operating_system = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10]]
| website = {{URL|www.bitsmithsoft.com}}
}}
'''Personal Knowbase''' is a freeform notes database application for [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]]. Personal Knowbase was first released in 1998 on the CompuServe Information Service and is an example of a [[Personal knowledge base|personal knowledge base]].

Text articles are displayed in a flat, rather than tree-based, listing. Stored articles are retrieved using a scheme based on user-defined keywords. This type of keyword-based system was based on the keyword systems used by common research databases of the 1990s, such as [[ProQuest Dialog|Knowledge Index]] and CompuServe's file library, and is similar to the keywords Index for a MS Help file. In recent Internet usage, such keywords are now often referred to as metadata "tags". Articles are filtered using various criteria, including keywords, dates, and attachments.

A free read-only version of the program, called Personal Knowbase Reader, is available to allow for distribution of content in the Personal Knowbase format.

==Features==
*Boolean queries on keywords
*Hypertext links to external files and between articles
*Attachments to external files and URLs
*Password protection
*Reminders
*Export to external formats
*Import external formats

==Portability==
Personal Knowbase is a [[Software:Portable application|portable application]] and can be installed directly onto a [[Engineering:USB flash drive|USB flash drive]].

==See also==
*[[Software:List of personal information managers|List of personal information managers]]
*[[Software:List of portable software|List of portable software]]

==References==
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*[http://www.tucows.com/article/1481 Tucows.com Spotlight on Personal Knowbase]
*[http://www.writersdigest.com/article/The_2005_WD_Guide_to_Writing_Software/ The 2005 WD Guide to Writing Software]
*[http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47309.html Review on TechNewsWorld]
*Stephen Davies, [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1897840 Still Building the Memex], ''Communications of the ACM'', Volume 54 Issue 2, February 2011
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==External links==
*[http://www.bitsmithsoft.com/pkportable.htm Portable Installation]
{{Notetaking software}}
[[Category:Note-taking software]]
[[Category:Personal information managers]]

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