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Thesauri can be used to create an authorized descriptor. Language is normalized in a style similar to database normalization to establish and codify relationships. Once this structure is in place the building blocks are in place to create many (any?) kinds of representations as long as the relationships are respected. Interestingly, human concept categories essentially exist to get around (in both the traverse and ignore senses) rigidity: they are adaptable so as to create dynamic relationships and representations. Back to the Index