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Until further notice, the next part of this discussion applies only to one-level formal languages.  When this project reaches the stage of dealing with higher-level formal languages, a few of the following definitions and default assumptions will need to be adjusted slightly.

Until further notice, the next part of this discussion applies only to one-level formal languages.  When this project reaches the stage of dealing with higher-level formal languages, a few of the following definitions and default assumptions will need to be adjusted slightly.

It is convenient to have a general term for referring to alphabets and lexicons, indifferently, without concern for their level of construction.  Therefore, any finite set <math>\underline{\underline{X}}</math> may be described as a '''syntactic resource''' for the syntactic domain <math>\underline{X},</math> provided its elements serve as syntactic primitives for constructing the signs and expressions in <math>\underline{X}.</math>  If the primitive signs in a syntactic resource are taken to denote primitive objects or primitive operations, then collections of such objects or operations may be described as ''objective'' or ''operational'' resources, respectively.

It is convenient to have a general term for referring to alphabets and lexicons, indifferently, without concern for their level of construction.  Therefore, any finite set <math>\underline{\underline{X}}</math> is described as a '''syntactic resource''' for the syntactic domain <math>\underline{X},</math> provided its elements can be used as syntactic primitives to construct the signs and expressions in <math>\underline{X}.</math>  If the primitive signs in a syntactic resource are interpreted to denote primitive objects or primitive operations, then a collection of such objects or operations is described as an ''objective'' or an ''operational'' resource, as the case may be.

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