RAG vs OKF: Rethinking the Embeddings Architecture

Google's Open Knowledge Format (June 2026) represents knowledge as a directory of markdown files with YAML frontmatter: a git-reviewable, deterministic alternative to embeddings and vector databases for curated organisational knowledge. RAG still wins for massive unstructured corpora; the pragmatic answer is a hybrid: OKF for the curated 20% that answers 80% of questions, RAG for the long tail.