"Traditional knowledge" itself has a number of different subsets, some of them designated by expressions such as "indigenous knowledge," "folklore," "traditional medicinal knowledge" and others.
Les "savoirs traditionnels" recouvrent un certain nombre de sous-ensembles divers, certains d’e ntre eux étant désignés par des expressions telles que "savoirs autochtones", "folklore" ou encore "connaissances médicinales traditionnelles".