The process of making something canonical; bringing something into an approved, standard, or official form or status.
From 'canonicalize' (to make canonical) plus -tion suffix creating a noun. Modern technical term used in religion, literature, computers, and data science.
In computing, canonicalization means converting data into a standard form—it's the same impulse humans have always had: organizing chaos into agreed-upon patterns.
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