  Although the amount of knowledge that the humans possess has been gradually
increasing, we still do not know the procedure and conditions that lead to the
creation of new knowledge. An understanding of the modus operandi for the
creation of knowledge may help in accelerating the existing pace of building
knowledge. Our state of ignorance regarding various aspects of the process of
knowledge building is highlighted by the existing literature in the domain. The
reason behind it has been our inability to acquire the underlying data of this
complex process. However, current time shows great promise of improvements in
the knowledge building domain due to the availability of several online
knowledge building portals. In this report, we emphasise that these portals act
as prototypes for universal knowledge building process. The analysis of big
data availed from these portals may equip the knowledge building researchers
with the much needed meta-knowledge.
