1. A computer-implemented system for managing a category, comprising: a database maintaining waymark records that are each associated with a category, each waymark record comprising metadata associated with at least one variable and one or more attributes specifying a type of the metadata for each variable; an authorization module to provide access to the database, comprising: an identification module to identify a user having access to the database based on a list of authorized users; and a request receipt module to receive a request from the user to present one such category and the associated waymark records; a processor to process at least one waymark record from the requested category, comprising: an input receipt module to receive input metadata from the user consistent with the variables and the attributes for that waymark record; and an input metadata replacement module to replace at least a portion of the metadata with the input metadata.