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authorolpc user <olpc@xo-5d-f7-86.localdomain>2019-11-25 08:42:45 -0800
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@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ Concepts may not be deallocated unless nothing links to them.
A special kind of concept is the value, which holds arbitrary data alongside itself.
# LEVEL 1
-Level 1 provides for every concept having a name. There is additionally syntax sugar
-for instantiating and using named or hyphen-separated references.
-Level-1 names are for development ease, and are considered unique. Hence this also
-begins definition of simple shared meaning associated with a name.
+Level 1 provides for every concept having a name using the "name" link.
+There is additionally syntax sugar for instantiating and using named or hyphen-separated
+references. Level-1 names are for development ease, and are considered unique.
+When multiple references are made with the same name, they always refer to the same concept.
+Level-1 introduce the concept of groups, using the "is" link, and uses it to categorize
+concepts that have an autogenerated name in the "anonymous" group.
+
+# LEVEL 2
+Level 2 will introdue syntax sugar for quickly instantiating conceptual relationships
+using operators. This is handled by creating syntax expression concepts.
+