diff --git a/lib/Compressor.js b/lib/Compressor.js
index 20ddca84..01210b1b 100644
--- a/lib/Compressor.js
+++ b/lib/Compressor.js
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ export class Compressor {
     }
 
     // encode `@context`...
-    const {converter} = this;
+    const {typeTable} = this;
     const encodedContexts = [];
     const isArray = Array.isArray(context);
     const contexts = isArray ? context : [context];
     for(const value of contexts) {
-      const encoder = ContextEncoder.createEncoder({value, converter});
+      const encoder = ContextEncoder.createEncoder({value, typeTable});
       encodedContexts.push(encoder || value);
     }
     const id = isArray ? CONTEXT_TERM_ID_PLURAL : CONTEXT_TERM_ID;
diff --git a/lib/Converter.js b/lib/Converter.js
index eeb6634f..3f5be394 100644
--- a/lib/Converter.js
+++ b/lib/Converter.js
@@ -15,37 +15,28 @@ export class Converter {
    * @param {object} options - The options to use.
    * @param {object} options.strategy - The conversion strategy to use,
    *   e.g., a compressor or decompressor.
-   * @param {Map} options.typeTable - A map of possible value types, including
-   *  `context`, `url`, `none`, and any JSON-LD type, each of which maps to
-   *   another map of values of that type to their associated CBOR-LD integer
-   *   values.
    * @param {documentLoaderFunction} options.documentLoader -The document
    *   loader to use when resolving JSON-LD Context URLs.
    * @param {boolean} [options.legacy=false] - True if legacy mode is in
    *   effect, false if not.
    */
   constructor({
-    strategy, typeTable, documentLoader, legacy = false
+    strategy, documentLoader, legacy = false
   } = {}) {
     this.strategy = strategy;
-    // FIXME: use strategy.typeTable
-    this.typeTable = typeTable;
     this.legacy = legacy;
+    const contextLoader = new ContextLoader({
+      documentLoader, buildReverseMap: !!strategy.reverseTypeTable
+    });
+    this.contextLoader = contextLoader;
+    this.initialActiveCtx = new ActiveContext({contextLoader});
 
     // FIXME: expose differently
-    this.typeTableEncodedAsBytes = legacy ?
+    this.typeTableEncodedAsBytesSet = legacy ?
       LEGACY_TYPE_TABLE_ENCODED_AS_BYTES : TYPE_TABLE_ENCODED_AS_BYTES;
 
     // FIXME: eliminate cyclical reference
     strategy.converter = this;
-    // FIXME: expose differently
-    this.reverseTypeTable = strategy.reverseTypeTable;
-
-    const contextLoader = new ContextLoader({
-      documentLoader, buildReverseMap: !!this.reverseTypeTable
-    });
-    this.contextLoader = contextLoader;
-    this.initialActiveCtx = new ActiveContext({contextLoader});
   }
 
   /**
@@ -204,8 +195,6 @@ export class Converter {
   }
 }
 
-// FIXME: determine if necessary
-
 /**
  * Fetches a resource given a URL and returns it as a string.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Decompressor.js b/lib/Decompressor.js
index 70e158c9..ce473077 100644
--- a/lib/Decompressor.js
+++ b/lib/Decompressor.js
@@ -40,16 +40,13 @@ export class Decompressor {
   }
 
   async convertContexts({activeCtx, input, output}) {
-    const {converter} = this;
+    const {reverseTypeTable} = this;
+    const decoder = ContextDecoder.createDecoder({reverseTypeTable});
 
     // decode `@context` in `input`, if any
     const encodedContext = input.get(CONTEXT_TERM_ID);
     if(encodedContext) {
-      const decoder = ContextDecoder.createDecoder({
-        value: encodedContext, converter
-      });
-      output['@context'] = decoder?.decode({value: encodedContext}) ??
-        encodedContext;
+      output['@context'] = decoder.decode({value: encodedContext});
     }
     const encodedContexts = input.get(CONTEXT_TERM_ID_PLURAL);
     if(encodedContexts) {
@@ -68,8 +65,7 @@ export class Decompressor {
       }
       const contexts = [];
       for(const value of encodedContexts) {
-        const decoder = ContextDecoder.createDecoder({value, converter});
-        contexts.push(decoder ? decoder.decode({value}) : value);
+        contexts.push(decoder.decode({value}));
       }
       output['@context'] = contexts;
     }
diff --git a/lib/codecs/ContextDecoder.js b/lib/codecs/ContextDecoder.js
index cc543605..dbd7da8f 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/ContextDecoder.js
+++ b/lib/codecs/ContextDecoder.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export class ContextDecoder extends CborldDecoder {
     return url;
   }
 
-  static createDecoder({converter} = {}) {
-    const reverseContextTable = converter.reverseTypeTable.get('context');
+  static createDecoder({reverseTypeTable} = {}) {
+    const reverseContextTable = reverseTypeTable.get('context');
     return new ContextDecoder({reverseContextTable});
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/codecs/ContextEncoder.js b/lib/codecs/ContextEncoder.js
index f2b7b290..12d14056 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/ContextEncoder.js
+++ b/lib/codecs/ContextEncoder.js
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ export class ContextEncoder extends CborldEncoder {
     return new Token(Type.uint, id);
   }
 
-  static createEncoder({value, converter} = {}) {
+  static createEncoder({value, typeTable} = {}) {
     if(typeof value !== 'string') {
       return;
     }
-    const contextTable = converter.typeTable.get('context');
+    const contextTable = typeTable.get('context');
     return new ContextEncoder({context: value, contextTable});
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/codecs/ValueDecoder.js b/lib/codecs/ValueDecoder.js
index ec9e93b5..6fbf8d6e 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/ValueDecoder.js
+++ b/lib/codecs/ValueDecoder.js
@@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ export class ValueDecoder extends CborldDecoder {
 
   static createDecoder({value, converter, termType, termInfo} = {}) {
     const tableType = getTableType({termInfo, termType});
-    const subTable = converter.reverseTypeTable.get(tableType);
+    const subTable = converter.strategy.reverseTypeTable.get(tableType);
 
     // handle decoding value for term with a subtable
     if(subTable) {
       let intValue;
       let useTable = false;
       const isBytes = value instanceof Uint8Array;
-      const {typeTableEncodedAsBytes} = converter;
-      const tableEncodingUsesBytes = typeTableEncodedAsBytes.has(tableType);
+      const {typeTableEncodedAsBytesSet} = converter;
+      const tableEncodingUsesBytes = typeTableEncodedAsBytesSet.has(tableType);
       if(isBytes && tableEncodingUsesBytes) {
         useTable = true;
         intValue = uintFromBytes({bytes: value});
diff --git a/lib/codecs/ValueEncoder.js b/lib/codecs/ValueEncoder.js
index 7445a06d..642ca83e 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/ValueEncoder.js
+++ b/lib/codecs/ValueEncoder.js
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ export class ValueEncoder extends CborldEncoder {
     }
 
     // if a subtable exists for `tableType`...
-    const subTable = converter.typeTable.get(tableType);
+    const subTable = converter.strategy.typeTable.get(tableType);
     if(subTable) {
       let intValue = subTable.get(value);
       let convertToBytes;
       let includeSign;
       if(intValue !== undefined) {
         // determine if ID from table must be expressed as bytes for `tableType`
-        const {typeTableEncodedAsBytes} = converter;
-        convertToBytes = typeTableEncodedAsBytes.has(tableType);
+        const {typeTableEncodedAsBytesSet} = converter;
+        convertToBytes = typeTableEncodedAsBytesSet.has(tableType);
         includeSign = false;
       } else if(tableType !== 'none' && Number.isInteger(value)) {
         /* Note: Here is an unusual case that a type subtable has been defined
diff --git a/lib/decode.js b/lib/decode.js
index 6b7f7339..1c115996 100644
--- a/lib/decode.js
+++ b/lib/decode.js
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ function _createConverter({
   return new Converter({
     // decompress CBOR-LD => JSON-LD
     strategy: new Decompressor({typeTable}),
-    typeTable,
     documentLoader,
     // FIXME: try to eliminate need for legacy flag
     legacy: isLegacy
diff --git a/lib/encode.js b/lib/encode.js
index 0c3693b8..5df2755f 100644
--- a/lib/encode.js
+++ b/lib/encode.js
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ function _createConverter({
   return new Converter({
     // compress JSON-LD => CBOR-LD
     strategy: new Compressor({typeTable}),
-    typeTable,
     documentLoader,
     // FIXME: try to eliminate need for legacy flag
     legacy: isLegacy