The adjective canonical is applied in many contexts to mean 'according to the canon' – the standard, rule or primary source that is accepted as authoritative...

In computer science, canonicalization (sometimes standardization or normalization) is a process for converting data that has more than one possible representation...

early centuries of the church. Many non-canonical gospels were also written, all later than the four canonical gospels, and like them advocating the particular...

Canonical Ltd. is a privately held computer software company based in London, England. It was founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth...

canonical coordinates are sets of coordinates on phase space which can be used to describe a physical system at any given point in time. Canonical coordinates...

In mathematics, a canonical map, also called a natural map, is a map or morphism between objects that arises naturally from the definition or the construction...

A canonical model is a design pattern used to communicate between different data formats. Essentially: create a data model which is a superset of all...

In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark the divisions of the day in terms of fixed times of prayer at regular intervals. A book of hours...

and robots. The operating system is developed by the British company Canonical and a community of other developers, under a meritocratic governance model...

In mathematics and computer science, a canonical, normal, or standard form of a mathematical object is a standard way of presenting that object as a mathematical...