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...imagine three other classes--Animals, Fruits and Vegetables. Each node will have an association with one object of ONE type. The object types are different enough to make STI impractical. I am thinking of the following: adding a table called associations and holding three columns--node_id, associated_type, associated_id. Thus: class Node < AR::B has_one :association end class Association < AR::B belongs_to :node end A method of the Association class will pull up the necessary Animal, Fruit or Vegetable, depending on the associated_type and associated_id. A method of the Node cla...