In the 1970s procedural and declarative knowledge was distinguished in literature on artificial intelligence.

For instance, declarative knowledge includes knowledge of principles, facts, ideas, etc.

The declarative knowledge of the enterprise is referred to as an enterprise schema.

It contains both declarative and procedural knowledge.

This showed that the stress of the situation impaired participants' ability to form concrete declarative knowledge.

These experiences would normally be transferred into declarative knowledge, allowing them to be recalled in the future.

One limitation of procedural knowledge is its job-dependence; thus it tends to be less general than declarative knowledge.

Many of the findings are reflective of procedural knowledge rather than declarative knowledge.

Person knowledge (declarative knowledge) which is understanding one's own capabilities.

An example is police officers acquire declarative knowledge about laws and court procedures.