Semantic memory represents knowledge such as definitions, organizational facts, entity relationships, and business rules without tying each item to one remembered event. It gives agents a shared vocabulary and factual foundation for reasoning.
Because these facts may influence many tasks, the memory needs authoritative sources, provenance, access controls, and a way to resolve updates or contradictions. General knowledge should not silently replace task-specific evidence when the two differ.
ELI5
Semantic memory is a store of facts and meanings. It answers questions about what something is or how concepts relate, rather than recounting one particular event.
For example, it might record which team owns a service, what an internal metric means, and how two project components depend on each other. Many agents can retrieve those facts when authorized.
