diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
index 8aae19d..2b347ea 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/element.clj
@@ -312,33 +312,26 @@
     "planning" "diary-sexp" "fixed-width" "export-block"
     "horizontal-rule" "comment" "table-row" "headline"})
 
-(def element-types
-  (set/union greater-element-types element-types))
+(def recursive-object-types
+  #{"citation" "footnote-reference" "superscript" "table-cell" "link"
+    "italic" "citation-common-prefix" "subscript" "citation-prefix"
+    "citation-common-suffix" "strike-through" "citation-reference"
+    "bold" "underline"})
 
 (def object-types
-  #{"citation" "line-break" "citation-suffix" "footnote-reference"
-    "statistics-cookie" "timestamp" "superscript" "text" "table-cell"
-    "link" "verbatim" "italic" "citation-common-prefix" "subscript"
-    "citation-key" "export-snippet" "citation-prefix"
-    "citation-common-suffix" "latex-fragment" "strike-through" "entity"
-    "citation-reference" "bold" "underline" "code"})
+  #{"line-break" "citation-suffix" "statistics-cookie" "timestamp"
+    "text" "verbatim" "citation-key" "export-snippet" "latex-fragment"
+    "entity" "code"})
 
-(s/def ::greater-element-type
-  greater-element-types)
-
-(s/def ::element-type
-  element-types)
-
-(s/def ::object-type
-  object-types)
+(s/def ::greater-element-type greater-element-types)
+(s/def ::element-type element-types)
+(s/def ::object-type object-types)
+(s/def ::recursive-object-type recursive-object-types)
 
 (s/def ::contents-begin nat-int?)
 (s/def ::contents-end nat-int?)
 
-(defmulti element-spec :type)
-(defmulti object-spec :type)
-(defmulti greater-element-spec :type)
-(defmulti recursive-object-spec :type)
+(defmulti node-spec :type)
 
 (def ^:private nfe
   "NFE — “no further expectations.” Used in sub-specs of `::element`
@@ -347,31 +340,32 @@
   (s/with-gen (constantly true)
     (constantly (gen/return {}))))
 
-(defmacro ^:private with-parent-spec [multifn spec]
-  `(s/merge ~spec (s/multi-spec ~multifn :type)))
+(s/def ::object-base
+  (dict {:type ::object-type}))
 
-(s/def ::object (s/multi-spec object-spec :type))
+(s/def ::element-base
+  (dict ^:opt {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
+               :contents-end ::contents-end}
+        {:children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
+         :type ::element-type}))
 
-(s/def ::element
-  (with-parent-spec element-spec
-    (dict ^:opt {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
-                 :contents-end ::contents-end}
-          {:children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
-           :type ::element-type})))
+(s/def ::greater-element-base
+  (dict {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
+         :contents-end ::contents-end
+         :children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
+         :type ::greater-element-type}))
 
-(s/def ::greater-element
-  (with-parent-spec greater-element-spec
-    (dict {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
-           :contents-end ::contents-end
-           :children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
-           :type ::greater-element-type})))
+(s/def ::recursive-object-base
+  (dict ^:opt {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
+               :contents-end ::contents-end}
+        {:children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
+         :type ::recursive-object-type}))
+
+(s/def ::object
+  (s/merge ::object-base (s/multi-spec node-spec :type)))
 
 (s/def ::recursive-object
-  (with-parent-spec recursive-object-spec
-    (dict {:contents-begin ::contents-begin
-           :contents-end ::contents-end
-           :children (s/coll-of ::object :kind vector?)
-           :type ::object-type})))
+  (s/merge ::recursive-object-base (s/multi-spec node-spec :type)))
 
 (s/def ::todo-keyword string?)
 (s/def ::priority string?)
@@ -382,20 +376,18 @@
 
 ;;; Specs (specific objects)
 
-(defmethod object-spec "text" [_]
-  (dict {:value string?}))
+(def ^:private string-value (dict {:value string?}))
 
-(defmethod recursive-object-spec "bold" [_] nfe)
-(defmethod recursive-object-spec "italic" [_] nfe)
-(defmethod recursive-object-spec "code" [_] nfe)
-
-(defmethod recursive-object-spec "verbatim" [_]
-  (dict {:value string?}))
+(defmethod node-spec "text" [_] (s/merge string-value))
+(defmethod node-spec "verbatim" [_] string-value)
+(defmethod node-spec "code" [_] string-value)
+(defmethod node-spec "bold" [_] nfe)
+(defmethod node-spec "italic" [_] nfe)
 
 
 ;;; Specs (specific elements)
 
-(defmethod element-spec "headline" [_]
+(defmethod node-spec "headline" [_]
   (dict {:todo-keyword (s/nilable ::todo-keyword)
          :priority (s/nilable ::priority)
          :level ::level
@@ -406,6 +398,6 @@
 
 ;;; Specs (specific greater elements)
 
-(defmethod greater-element-spec "org-data" [_] nfe)
+(defmethod node-spec "org-data" [_] nfe)
 
-(defmethod greater-element-spec "section" [_] nfe)
+(defmethod node-spec "section" [_] nfe)