================================================================================ P9414 M.G.J. van den Brand & C. Groza "The algebraic specification of annotated abstract syntax trees" This paper presents an algebraic specification of annotated abstract syntax trees. The goal is to create a flexible mechanism for processing trees used by various tools in programming environments. The major parts of the specification are: the definition of the abstract syntax of a language, the definition of the abstract data type tree and the specification of a systematic method to create, use, and delete information from the nodes of the tree.