# Concepts

- [KERN ID](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/kern-id.md): Kernel's entity database is anchored on a unique, persistent ID that covers every entity of every kind.
- [Entity database](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/entity-database.md): Kernel has built the definitive entity database for humans and agents
- [Public Databases](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/entity-database/public-databases.md): Coverage on live public database enrichment
- [Entity resolution](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/entity-resolution.md): Kernel's proprietary entity resolution mechanism intelligently matches records in your system record with Kernel's database similarly to how a human would do it - with full context
- [Corporate hierarchies](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/corporate-hierarchies.md): Legal-first, GTM
- [Hierarchy relation taxonomy](https://docs.kernel.ai/concepts/hierarchy-relation-taxonomy.md): How Kernel labels each account's position in its corporate tree.


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