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The distillation of SPARC's connectivity knowledge into this knowledge base involves a rigorous curation process to capture connectivity information provided by experts, published literature, textbooks, and SPARC scientific data. SCKAN is used to automatically generate anatomical and functional connectivity maps on the SPARC portal. In this article, we present the design and functionality of SCKAN, including the detailed knowledge engineering process developed to populate the resource with high quality and accurate data. We discuss the process from both the perspective of SCKAN's ontological representation as well as its practical applications in developing information systems. 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