# Deduplication

> The ability to recognize and collapse values that are equivalent once reduced to canonical form.

Record: `lexicon:deduplication`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Contracts Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/contracts-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-deduplication

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Canonical Format](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/canonical-format.md) and before [Lossless Preservation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lossless-preservation.md).

## Category

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Canonicalization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/canonicalization.md)

## Linked from

- [Schema / Canonical Data / Semantics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-schema-canonical-data-semantics.md)
- [Operations Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon/lexicon-category-operations-concerns.md)