Techniques for storing testable, schema-structured associations and systems and methods implementing same

A system for managing at least one compendium, the at least one compendium comprising a plurality of association objects that collectively provide an information-domain schema for associating cue values with corresponding user-provided responses, the system comprising:

• a memory having the plurality of association objects stored therein, each association object having at least a schema type value, a cue value, and a responses collection to store one or more association objects corresponding to the cue value;
• a controller configured to:
• identify at least one first association object of the plurality of association objects with an undefined response based on the responses collection of the first association object;
• cause a first user-editable placeholder to be visualized on a display to a user based on identifying the first association object with the undefined response;
• receive user input based on the first user-editable placeholder;
• instantiate at least a second association object within the memory based on the user input;
• and
• cause a representation of the second association object to be visualized on the display to the user and a second user-editable placeholder to be visualized on the display adjacent the representation of the second association object based on the schema type value of the at least one first association object.