27. A method comprising: recognizing an aspect of an item in response to an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item; processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; recognizing a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item in response to an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and electronically associating the recognized user expression and the recognizable aspect of the item.
27. A method comprising: recognizing an aspect of an item in response to an annotation environment signal that includes a context information indicative of a recognizable aspect of an item, the recognizable aspect of the item being indicative of an incidental element capable of distinguishing the item, the incidental element comprising at least a physical attribute of the item; processing the annotation environment signal, the processing comprising at least a pre-recognition stage, a slicing stage, and a marking stage; recognizing a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item in response to an expression signal that includes an annotation information indicative of a user expression associated with the recognizable aspect of the item; and electronically associating the recognized user expression and the recognizable aspect of the item. 52. The method of claim 27 , wherein the pre-recognition stage is a first degree of recognition.