diff --git a/kyaml/doc.go b/kyaml/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6dd895bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kyaml/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package kyaml contains libraries for reading and writing Kubernetes Resource configuration
+// as yaml.
+//
+// Resources
+//
+// Individual Resources are manipulated using the yaml package.
+//  import (
+//      "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/yaml"
+//  )
+//
+// Collections of Resources
+//
+// Collections of Resources are manipulated using the kio package.
+//  import (
+//      "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml/kio"
+//  )
+package kyaml
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
index 1f6503a2e..0875058fb 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/byteio_reader.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 	ResourceListApiVersion = "kyaml.kustomize.dev/v1alpha1"
 )
 
-// ByteReadWriter reads from an input and writes to an output
+// ByteReadWriter reads from an input and writes to an output.
 type ByteReadWriter struct {
 	// Reader is where ResourceNodes are decoded from.
 	Reader io.Reader
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/doc.go b/kyaml/kio/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0fe4a4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kyaml/kio/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Package kio contains libraries for reading and writing collections of Resources.
+//
+// Reading Resources
+//
+// Resources are Read using a kio.Reader function.  Examples:
+//  [kio.LocalPackageReader{}, kio.ByteReader{}]
+//
+// Resources read using a LocalPackageReader will have annotations applied so they can be
+// written back to the files they were read from.
+//
+// Modifying Resources
+//
+// Resources are modified using a kio.Filter.  The kio.Filter accepts a collection of
+// Resources as input, and returns a new collection as output.
+// It is recommended to use the yaml package for manipulating individual Resources in
+// the collection.
+//
+// Writing Resources
+//
+// Resources are Read using a kio.Reader function.  Examples:
+//  [kio.LocalPackageWriter{}, kio.ByteWriter{}]
+//
+// ReadWriters
+//
+// It is preferred to use a ReadWriter when reading and writing from / to the same source.
+//
+// Building Pipelines
+//
+// The preferred way to transforms a collection of Resources is to use kio.Pipeline to Read,
+// Modify and Write the collection of Resources.  Pipeline will automatically sequentially
+// invoke the Read, Modify, Write steps, returning and error immediately on any failure.
+package kio
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/kio.go b/kyaml/kio/kio.go
index 12608eae7..7b6c6dc67 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/kio.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/kio.go
@@ -30,22 +30,23 @@ type Writer interface {
 	Write([]*yaml.RNode) error
 }
 
+// WriterFunc implements a Writer as a function.
 type WriterFunc func([]*yaml.RNode) error
 
 func (fn WriterFunc) Write(o []*yaml.RNode) error {
 	return fn(o)
 }
 
-// GrepFilter modifies a collection of Resource Configuration by returning the modified slice.
+// Filter modifies a collection of Resource Configuration by returning the modified slice.
 // When possible, Filters should be serializable to yaml so that they can be described
-// declaratively as data.
+// as either data or code.
 //
 // Analogous to http://www.linfo.org/filters.html
 type Filter interface {
 	Filter([]*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error)
 }
 
-// FilterFunc can be used to implement GrepFilter by defining a function.
+// FilterFunc implements a Filter as a function.
 type FilterFunc func([]*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error)
 
 func (fn FilterFunc) Filter(o []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (fn FilterFunc) Filter(o []*yaml.RNode) ([]*yaml.RNode, error) {
 }
 
 // Pipeline reads Resource Configuration from a set of Inputs, applies some
-// transformations, and writes the results to a set of Outputs.
+// transformation filters, and writes the results to a set of Outputs.
 //
 // Analogous to http://www.linfo.org/pipes.html
 type Pipeline struct {
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ type Pipeline struct {
 	Outputs []Writer `yaml:"outputs,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Execute implements the Pipeline pipeline.
+// Execute executes each step in the sequence, returning immediately after encountering
+// any error as part of the Pipeline.
 func (p Pipeline) Execute() error {
 	var result []*yaml.RNode
 
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
index 594586d8f..f56b48339 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/pkgio_reader.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 // files.
 var requiredResourcePackageAnnotations = []string{kioutil.IndexAnnotation, kioutil.PathAnnotation}
 
+// PackageBuffer implements Reader and Writer, storing Resources in a local field.
 type PackageBuffer struct {
 	Nodes []*yaml.RNode
 }
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ func (r *PackageBuffer) Write(nodes []*yaml.RNode) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// LocalPackageReadWriter reads and writes Resources from / to a local directory.
+// When writing, LocalPackageReadWriter will delete files if all of the Resources from
+// that file have been removed from the output.
 type LocalPackageReadWriter struct {
 	Kind string `yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/kyaml/kio/tree.go b/kyaml/kio/tree.go
index 1f2f76d12..14e3766b2 100644
--- a/kyaml/kio/tree.go
+++ b/kyaml/kio/tree.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const (
 	TreeStructureGraph TreeStructure = "graph"
 )
 
-// TreeWriter prints the package structured as a tree
+// TreeWriter prints the package structured as a tree.
 // TODO(pwittrock): test this package better.  it is lower-risk since it is only
 // used for printing rather than updating or editing.
 type TreeWriter struct {
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/doc.go b/kyaml/yaml/doc.go
index 1f57e499b..b58811cf8 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/doc.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/doc.go
@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
 // Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-// Package yaml contains low-level libraries for manipulating individual Kubernetes Resource
-// Configuration yaml.
+// Package yaml contains libraries for manipulating individual Kubernetes Resource
+// Configuration as yaml, keeping yaml structure and comments.
 //
-// It exports the public pieces of "gopkg.in/yaml.v3", so can be used as a drop in replacement.
+// Parsing Resources
 //
-// This package should be used over sigs.k8s.io/yaml:
-// - If retaining or modifying yaml comments, structure, formatting
-// - If Resources should be round tripped without dropping fields
+// Typically Resources will be initialized as collections through the kio package libraries.
+// However it is possible to directly initialize Resources using Parse.
+//  resource, err := yaml.Parse("apiVersion: apps/v1\nkind: Deployment")
+//
+// Processing Resources
+//
+// Individual Resources are manipulated using the Pipe and PipeE to apply Filter functions
+// to transform the Resource data.
+//  err := resource.PipeE(yaml.SetAnnotation("key", "value"))
+//
+// If multiple Filter functions are provided to Pipe or PipeE, each function is applied to
+// the result of the last function -- e.g. yaml.Lookup(...), yaml.SetField(...)
+//
+// Field values may also be retrieved using Pipe.
+//  annotationValue, err := resource.Pipe(yaml.GetAnnotation("key"))
+//
+// See http://www.linfo.org/filters.html for a definition of filters.
+//
+// Common Filters
+//
+// There are a number of standard filter functions provided by the yaml package.
+//
+// Working with annotations:
+//  [AnnotationSetter{}, AnnotationGetter{}, AnnotationClearer{}]
+//
+// Working with fields by path:
+//  [PathMatcher{}, PathGetter{}]
+//
+// Working with individual fields on Maps and Objects:
+//  [FieldMatcher{}, FieldSetter{}, FieldGetter{}]
+//
+// Working with individual elements in Sequences:
+//  [ElementAppender{}, ElementSetter{}, ElementMatcher{}]
+//
+// Writing Filters
+//
+// Users may implement their own filter functions.  When doing so, can be necessary to work with
+// the RNode directly rather than through Pipe.  RNode provides a number of functions for doing
+// so. See:
+//  [GetMeta(), Fields(), Elements(), String()]
 package yaml
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/example_test.go b/kyaml/yaml/example_test.go
index 136add0a1..5d4b28de3 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/example_test.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/example_test.go
@@ -839,3 +839,56 @@ spec:
 	//         - bar
 	//  <nil>
 }
+
+func ExampleRNode_Elements() {
+	resource, err := Parse(`
+- name: foo
+  args: ['run.sh']
+- name: bar
+  args: ['run.sh']
+- name: baz
+  args: ['run.sh']
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	elements, err := resource.Elements()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for i, e := range elements {
+		fmt.Println(fmt.Sprintf("Element: %d", i))
+		fmt.Println(e.MustString())
+	}
+	// Output:
+	// Element: 0
+	// name: foo
+	// args: ['run.sh']
+	//
+	// Element: 1
+	// name: bar
+	// args: ['run.sh']
+	//
+	// Element: 2
+	// name: baz
+	// args: ['run.sh']
+
+}
+
+func ExampleRNode_ElementValues() {
+	resource, err := Parse(`
+- name: foo
+  args: ['run.sh']
+- name: bar
+  args: ['run.sh']
+- name: baz
+  args: ['run.sh']
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(resource.ElementValues("name"))
+	// Output:
+	// [foo bar baz] <nil>
+}
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/filters.go b/kyaml/yaml/filters.go
index 2fa76eb34..b47b4993c 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/filters.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/filters.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Filters is the list of serializable Pipeline Filters
 var Filters = map[string]func() Filter{
 	"AnnotationClearer": func() Filter { return &AnnotationClearer{} },
 	"AnnotationGetter":  func() Filter { return &AnnotationGetter{} },
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@ var Filters = map[string]func() Filter{
 	"TeePiper":          func() Filter { return &TeePiper{} },
 }
 
-// YFilter wraps the GrepFilter interface so it can be unmarshalled into a struct.
+// YFilter wraps the GrepFilter interface so the filter can be represented as
+// data and can be unmarshalled into a struct from a yaml config file.
+// This allows Pipelines to be expressed as data rather than code.
 type YFilter struct {
 	Filter
 }
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/fns.go b/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
index 392f9f487..c454e7917 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/fns.go
@@ -303,10 +303,13 @@ func (f FieldMatcher) Filter(rn *RNode) (*RNode, error) {
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+// Lookup returns a PathGetter to lookup a field by its path.
 func Lookup(path ...string) PathGetter {
 	return PathGetter{Path: path}
 }
 
+// Lookup returns a PathGetter to lookup a field by its path and create it if it doesn't already
+// exist.
 func LookupCreate(kind yaml.Kind, path ...string) PathGetter {
 	return PathGetter{Path: path, Create: kind}
 }
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/order.go b/kyaml/yaml/order.go
index 157defc82..e0726f504 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/order.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/order.go
@@ -77,19 +77,19 @@ func (s set) Has(key string) bool {
 	return found
 }
 
-// whitelistedListSortKinds contains the set of kinds that are whitelisted
+// WhitelistedListSortKinds contains the set of kinds that are whitelisted
 // for sorting list field elements
 var WhitelistedListSortKinds = newSet(
 	"CronJob", "DaemonSet", "Deployment", "Job", "ReplicaSet", "StatefulSet",
 	"ValidatingWebhookConfiguration")
 
-// whitelistedListSortApis contains the set of apis that are whitelisted for
+// WhitelistedListSortApis contains the set of apis that are whitelisted for
 // sorting list field elements
 var WhitelistedListSortApis = newSet(
 	"apps/v1", "apps/v1beta1", "apps/v1beta2", "batch/v1", "batch/v1beta1",
 	"extensions/v1beta1", "v1", "admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1")
 
-// whitelistedListSortFields contains json paths to list fields that should
+// WhitelistedListSortFields contains json paths to list fields that should
 // be sorted, and the field they should be sorted by
 var WhitelistedListSortFields = map[string]string{
 	".spec.template.spec.containers": "name",
diff --git a/kyaml/yaml/types.go b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
index 06f956fc4..d3ff92238 100644
--- a/kyaml/yaml/types.go
+++ b/kyaml/yaml/types.go
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ const (
 	NullNodeTag = "!!null"
 )
 
+// NullNode returns a RNode point represents a null; value
 func NullNode() *RNode {
 	return NewRNode(&Node{Tag: NullNodeTag})
 }
 
+// IsMissingOrNull returns true if the RNode is nil or contains and explicitly null value.
 func IsMissingOrNull(node *RNode) bool {
 	if node == nil || node.YNode() == nil || node.YNode().Tag == NullNodeTag {
 		return true
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ func IsMissingOrNull(node *RNode) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsEmpty returns true if the RNode is MissingOrNull, or is either a MappingNode with
+// no fields, or a SequenceNode with no elements.
 func IsEmpty(node *RNode) bool {
 	if node == nil || node.YNode() == nil || node.YNode().Tag == NullNodeTag {
 		return true
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ func MustParse(value string) *RNode {
 	return v
 }
 
-// NewScalarRNode returns a new Scalar *RNode containing the provided value.
+// NewScalarRNode returns a new Scalar *RNode containing the provided scalar value.
 func NewScalarRNode(value string) *RNode {
 	return &RNode{
 		value: &yaml.Node{
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ func NewScalarRNode(value string) *RNode {
 		}}
 }
 
-// NewListRNode returns a new List *RNode containing the provided value.
+// NewListRNode returns a new List *RNode containing the provided scalar values.
 func NewListRNode(values ...string) *RNode {
 	seq := &RNode{value: &yaml.Node{Kind: yaml.SequenceNode}}
 	for _, v := range values {
@@ -139,7 +143,7 @@ func NewListRNode(values ...string) *RNode {
 	return seq
 }
 
-// NewRNode returns a new *RNode containing the provided value.
+// NewRNode returns a new RNode pointer containing the provided Node.
 func NewRNode(value *yaml.Node) *RNode {
 	if value != nil {
 		value.Style = 0
@@ -147,7 +151,9 @@ func NewRNode(value *yaml.Node) *RNode {
 	return &RNode{value: value}
 }
 
-// GrepFilter may modify or walk the RNode.
+// Filter defines a function to manipulate an individual RNode such as by changing
+// its values, or returning a field.
+//
 // When possible, Filters should be serializable to yaml so that they can be described
 // declaratively as data.
 //
@@ -212,30 +218,31 @@ func (m MapNodeSlice) Values() []*RNode {
 	return values
 }
 
-// ResourceMeta contains the metadata for a Resource.
+// ResourceMeta contains the metadata for a both Resource Type and Resource.
 type ResourceMeta struct {
+	// ApiVersion is the apiVersion field of a Resource
 	ApiVersion string `yaml:"apiVersion,omitempty"`
-	Kind       string `yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
+	// Kind is the kind field of a Resource
+	Kind string `yaml:"kind,omitempty"`
+	// ObjectMeta is the metadata field of a Resource
 	ObjectMeta `yaml:"metadata,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func NewResourceMeta(name string, typeMeta ResourceMeta) ResourceMeta {
-	return ResourceMeta{
-		Kind:       typeMeta.Kind,
-		ApiVersion: typeMeta.ApiVersion,
-		ObjectMeta: ObjectMeta{Name: name},
-	}
-}
-
+// ObjectMeta contains metadata about a Resource
 type ObjectMeta struct {
-	Name        string            `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
-	Namespace   string            `yaml:"namespace,omitempty"`
-	Labels      map[string]string `yaml:"labels,omitempty"`
+	// Name is the metadata.name field of a Resource
+	Name string `yaml:"name,omitempty"`
+	// Namespace is the metadata.namespace field of a Resource
+	Namespace string `yaml:"namespace,omitempty"`
+	// Labels is the metadata.labels field of a Resource
+	Labels map[string]string `yaml:"labels,omitempty"`
+	// Annotations is the metadata.annotations field of a Resource.
 	Annotations map[string]string `yaml:"annotations,omitempty"`
 }
 
 var MissingMetaError = errors.New("missing Resource metadata")
 
+// GetMeta returns the ResourceMeta for a RNode
 func (rn *RNode) GetMeta() (ResourceMeta, error) {
 	m := ResourceMeta{}
 	b := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -309,7 +316,7 @@ func (rn *RNode) YNode() *yaml.Node {
 	return rn.value
 }
 
-// SetYNode sets the yaml.Node value.
+// SetYNode sets the yaml.Node value on an RNode.
 func (rn *RNode) SetYNode(node *yaml.Node) {
 	if rn.value == nil || node == nil {
 		rn.value = node
@@ -318,12 +325,13 @@ func (rn *RNode) SetYNode(node *yaml.Node) {
 	*rn.value = *node
 }
 
-// SetYNode sets the value on a Document.
+// AppendToFieldPath appends a field name to the FieldPath.
 func (rn *RNode) AppendToFieldPath(parts ...string) {
 	rn.fieldPath = append(rn.fieldPath, parts...)
 }
 
-// FieldPath returns the field path from the object root to rn.  Does not include list indexes.
+// FieldPath returns the field path from the Resource root node, to rn.
+// Does not include list indexes.
 func (rn *RNode) FieldPath() []string {
 	return rn.fieldPath
 }
@@ -333,6 +341,7 @@ const (
 	Flow = "Flow"
 )
 
+// String returns a string valuer for a Node, applying the supplied formatting options
 func String(node *yaml.Node, opts ...string) (string, error) {
 	if node == nil {
 		return "", nil
@@ -358,7 +367,7 @@ func String(node *yaml.Node, opts ...string) (string, error) {
 	return val, err
 }
 
-// NewScalarRNode returns the yaml NewScalarRNode representation of the RNode value.
+// String returns string representation of the RNode
 func (rn *RNode) String() (string, error) {
 	if rn == nil {
 		return "", nil
@@ -366,6 +375,7 @@ func (rn *RNode) String() (string, error) {
 	return String(rn.value)
 }
 
+// MustString returns string representation of the RNode or panics if there is an error
 func (rn *RNode) MustString() string {
 	s, err := rn.String()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -374,7 +384,7 @@ func (rn *RNode) MustString() string {
 	return s
 }
 
-// Content returns the value node's Content field.
+// Content returns Node Content field.
 func (rn *RNode) Content() []*yaml.Node {
 	if rn == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -382,8 +392,8 @@ func (rn *RNode) Content() []*yaml.Node {
 	return rn.YNode().Content
 }
 
-// Fields returns the list of fields for a ResourceNode containing a MappingNode
-// value.
+// Fields returns the list of field names for a MappingNode.
+// Returns an error for non-MappingNodes.
 func (rn *RNode) Fields() ([]string, error) {
 	if err := ErrorIfInvalid(rn, yaml.MappingNode); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -395,7 +405,8 @@ func (rn *RNode) Fields() ([]string, error) {
 	return fields, nil
 }
 
-// Field returns the fieldName, fieldValue pair for MappingNodes.  Returns nil for non-MappingNodes.
+// Field returns a fieldName, fieldValue pair for MappingNodes.
+// Returns nil for non-MappingNodes.
 func (rn *RNode) Field(field string) *MapNode {
 	if rn.YNode().Kind != yaml.MappingNode {
 		return nil
@@ -409,7 +420,8 @@ func (rn *RNode) Field(field string) *MapNode {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// VisitFields calls fn for each field in rn.
+// VisitFields calls fn for each field in the RNode.
+// Returns an error for non-MappingNodes.
 func (rn *RNode) VisitFields(fn func(node *MapNode) error) error {
 	// get the list of srcFieldNames
 	srcFieldNames, err := rn.Fields()
@@ -426,8 +438,8 @@ func (rn *RNode) VisitFields(fn func(node *MapNode) error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Elements returns a list of elements for a ResourceNode containing a
-// SequenceNode value.
+// Elements returns the list of elements in the RNode.
+// Returns an error for non-SequenceNodes.
 func (rn *RNode) Elements() ([]*RNode, error) {
 	if err := ErrorIfInvalid(rn, yaml.SequenceNode); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -439,6 +451,9 @@ func (rn *RNode) Elements() ([]*RNode, error) {
 	return elements, nil
 }
 
+// ElementValues returns a list of all observed values for a given field name in a
+// list of elements.
+// Returns error for non-SequenceNodes.
 func (rn *RNode) ElementValues(key string) ([]string, error) {
 	if err := ErrorIfInvalid(rn, yaml.SequenceNode); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -454,7 +469,7 @@ func (rn *RNode) ElementValues(key string) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 // Element returns the element in the list which contains the field matching the value.
-// Returns nil for non-SequenceNodes
+// Returns nil for non-SequenceNodes or if no Element matches.
 func (rn *RNode) Element(key, value string) *RNode {
 	if rn.YNode().Kind != yaml.SequenceNode {
 		return nil
@@ -466,7 +481,8 @@ func (rn *RNode) Element(key, value string) *RNode {
 	return elem
 }
 
-// VisitElements calls fn for each element in the list.
+// VisitElements calls fn for each element in a SequenceNode.
+// Returns an error for non-SequenceNodes
 func (rn *RNode) VisitElements(fn func(node *RNode) error) error {
 	elements, err := rn.Elements()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -481,14 +497,17 @@ func (rn *RNode) VisitElements(fn func(node *RNode) error) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AssociativeSequencePaths is a map of paths to sequences that have associative keys.
+// AssociativeSequencePaths is a list of field names that may be used as associative keys
+// when merge Resources.
 // The order sets the precedence of the merge keys -- if multiple keys are present
-// in the list, then the FIRST key which ALL elements have is used as the
-// associative key.
+// in Resources in a list, then the FIRST key which ALL elements in the list have is used as the
+// associative key for merging that list.
 var AssociativeSequenceKeys = []string{
 	"mountPath", "devicePath", "ip", "type", "topologyKey", "name", "containerPort",
 }
 
+// IsAssociative returns true if all elements in the list contain an AssociativeSequenceKey
+// as a field.
 func IsAssociative(nodes []*RNode) bool {
 	for i := range nodes {
 		node := nodes[i]
@@ -502,13 +521,13 @@ func IsAssociative(nodes []*RNode) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// IsAssociative returns true if the RNode is for an associative list.
+// IsAssociative returns true if the RNode contains an AssociativeSequenceKey as a field.
 func (rn *RNode) IsAssociative() bool {
 	return rn.GetAssociativeKey() != ""
 }
 
-// GetAssociativeKey returns the associative key used to merge the list, or "" if the
-// list is not associative.
+// GetAssociativeKey returns the AssociativeSequenceKey used to merge the elements in the
+// SequenceNode, or "" if the  list is not associative.
 func (rn *RNode) GetAssociativeKey() string {
 	// look for any associative keys in the first element
 	for _, key := range AssociativeSequenceKeys {