# Semantic Authoring

> Turn scattered reading into connected knowledge — and keep the lineage of every idea from source to publication. A modern take on semantic authoring and SALT.

Website: https://salt.semanticauthoring.org/

## Knowledge Synthesis & Intellectual Provenance for Researchers

URL: https://salt.semanticauthoring.org/
Updated: 2026-09-03

Turn scattered reading into connected knowledge — and keep the lineage of every idea from source to publication. A modern take on semantic authoring and SALT.

Semantic Authoring › Knowledge Synthesis Semantic Authoring · The OS for Scholarly Thinking Knowledge Synthesis, With Its Lineage Intact Transform what you read into connected knowledge you can build on — while preserving the provenance of every idea from source to page. Start Your Scholar Workspace → Explore the scholarly journey What is knowledge synthesis? Knowledge synthesis is the act of turning many sources into a coherent understanding — connecting findings, reconciling contradictions, and forming a position. It’s the heart of scholarship, and the hardest part to keep organized as your reading grows. Why intellectual provenance matters Synthesis is only trustworthy if it’s traceable. Intellectual provenance — knowing exactly where each idea came from and how it traveled into your work — is what makes synthesized knowledge defensible in peer review, a viva, or publication. Connected notes, not scattered files When notes are connected rather than filed away and forgotten, patterns emerge: a claim in one paper answers a question raised in another. A connected workspace surfaces those relationships instead of burying them in folders. From synthesis to scholarship Real synthesis should flow directly into writing. When your connected knowledge already carries its sources, drafting becomes arranging thinking you’ve done — and citations are already in place. The SALT heritage, modernized This domain carries the legacy of SALT (Semantically Annotated authoring) and the SAAKM workshops on semantic authoring and knowledge markup. Semantic Authoring continues that idea for today’s scholars — an operating system for turning reading into publishable thinking. Explore scholarship or start free. Bring this into your own work Semantic Authoring is an integrated workspace that turns reading into thinking and thinking into publishable scholarship — with your intellectual lineage preserved throughout. Free while in development. Start your scholar workspace → Frequently asked questions What is knowledge synthesis in research? Knowledge synthesis is combining many sources into a coherent understanding — connecting findings, resolving contradictions, and forming a defensible position. Keeping each idea’s source attached makes the synthesis trustworthy and easy to write from. What is intellectual provenance? Intellectual provenance is the traceable lineage of an idea — knowing exactly where it originated and how it moved into your work. It’s what lets you defend synthesized knowledge in review or a dissertation defense. How do connected notes help synthesis? Connected notes surface relationships between sources — where one paper answers another’s question — instead of leaving insights isolated in