diff --git a/example.neu b/example.neu
index 3158237..bcca830 100644
--- a/example.neu
+++ b/example.neu
@@ -1,66 +1,80 @@
 // & declares a key pointing to object instantiated by that declaration (in this case, we're using integers in hex)
 // keys are NOT indices - ultimately they should be ingested as keys to a dictionary containing each object in the Neutrino file
 // * gets a reference to a key's object (Neutrino will try to preserve this reference in the target software whenever possible)
-// # gets a copy of a key's object (Neutrino will simply replace this reference with a copy of its value - this is simply to consolidate repetitive data in-exchange)
+// # gets a copy from a cached object's key (Neutrino will simply replace this reference with a copy of its value - this is simply to consolidate repetitive data in-exchange)
 
-// scene graph
-scene {
-    &0: object {
-        name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A",
-        mesh: mesh =  *2,
-        transform: trans = {
+// overall structure:
+/*
+meta = {},
+graph = {
+    scene = {},
+    assets = {}
+},
+cache = {}
+*/
+
+meta = {
+    //
+},
+graph = {
+    // note - "scene" and "assets" are essentially namespaces
+    // the scene itself
+    scene = {
+        &0: object = {
+            name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A",
+            mesh: mesh =  *2,
+            transform: trans = {
+                position: vec3 = #8,
+                rotation: vec3 = #8,
+                scale: vec3 = #9,
+            }
+        },
+        &1: object = {
+            name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A2",
+            mesh: mesh =  *2,
+            transform: trans = *3
+        }
+    },
+    // assets used by the scene
+    assets {
+        &2: mesh {
+            source: path = "/Assets/Props/LargeWindowA.obj",
+            materials: [mat] = [*4]
+        },
+        &3: trans {
             position: vec3 = #8,
             rotation: vec3 = #8,
-            scale: vec3 = #9,
+            scale: vec3 = #9
+        },
+        &4: mat {
+            name: string = "Simple Glass",
+            parent: shader = *7,
+            // "shader.props" is a subtype of the "shader" type, which is just a namespace that keeps it from being mixed up with other "props" subtypes (like "mesh.props", etc.)
+            parameters: shader.props = {
+                albedo: tex = *6,
+                roughness: float = 0.15,
+                normal: vec4 = #a
+            }
+        },
+        &5: mat {
+            name: string = "Blockout Grey",
+            parent: shader = *7,
+            parameters: shader.props = {
+                albedo: vec4 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0),
+                roughness: float = 0.85,
+                normal: vec4 = #a
+            }
+        },
+        &6: tex {
+            source: path = "/Assets/Textures/T_WindowGrime.png"
+        },
+        &7: shader {
+            source: path = "/Assets/Shaders/PBRBasic.wgsl"
         }
     },
-    &1: object {
-        name: string = "SM_LargeWindow_A2",
-        mesh: mesh =  *2,
-        transform: trans = *3
-    }
 },
-
-// assets
-assets {
-    &2: mesh {
-        source: path = "/Assets/Props/LargeWindowA.obj",
-        materials: [mat] = [*4]
-    },
-    &3: trans {
-        position: vec3 = #8,
-        rotation: vec3 = #8,
-        scale: vec3 = #9
-    },
-    &4: mat {
-        name: string = "Simple Glass",
-        parent: shader = *7,
-        // "shader.props" is a subtype of the "shader" type, which is just a namespace that keeps it from being mixed up with other "props" subtypes (like "mesh.props", etc.)
-        parameters: shader.props = {
-            albedo: tex = *6,
-            roughness: float = 0.15,
-            normal: vec4 = #a
-        }
-    },
-    &5: mat {
-        name: string = "Blockout Grey",
-        parent: shader = *7,
-        parameters: shader.props = {
-            albedo: vec4 = (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0),
-            roughness: float = 0.85,
-            normal: vec4 = #a
-        }
-    },
-    &6: tex {
-        source: path = "/Assets/Textures/T_WindowGrime.png"
-    },
-    &7: shader {
-        source: path = "/Assets/Shaders/PBRBasic.wgsl"
-    }
-}
-
-// objects shared by multiple other objects - optimization, essentially
-shared {
+// anonymous objects shared by multiple other objects
+cache {
     // this vector is common as a position or rotation value
     &8: vec3 = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
     // this vector is common as a scale value