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COMPEL Glossary / semantic-memory

Semantic memory

Structured knowledge — typically a knowledge graph or ontology — that the agent can query for general facts rather than session-specific history.

What this means in practice

Distinct from episodic memory by content type; the knowledge-graph form is auditable and supports explainable retrieval.

Synonyms

agent semantic memory , structured-knowledge memory

See also

  • Episodic memory — A form of long-term memory that recalls events from past sessions — "what happened when I ran last Tuesday" — analogous to human episodic memory.
  • Long-term memory — Persistent memory — typically implemented as a vector store — that survives across agent sessions.
  • Knowledge Graph — A knowledge graph is a structured representation of real-world entities (people, places, concepts, products) and their relationships, stored in a graph database that enables sophisticated querying and reasoning.