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Another way to formalize the defining structure of an objective genre can be posed in terms of a ''relative membership relation'' or a notion of ''relative elementhood''.  The constitutional structure of a particular genre can be set up in a flexible manner by taking it in two stages, starting from the level of finer detail and working up to the big picture:

Another way to formalize the defining structure of an objective genre can be posed in terms of a ''relative membership relation'' or a notion of ''relative elementhood''.  The constitutional structure of a particular genre can be set up in a flexible manner by taking it in two stages, starting from the level of finer detail and working up to the big picture:

1.  Each OM is constituted by what it means to be an object within it.  What constitutes an object in a given OM can be fixed as follows:

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a.  In absolute terms, by specifying the domain of objects that fall under its purview.  For the present, I assume that each OM inherits the same object domain ''X'' from its governing OG.

<li>Each OM is constituted by what it means to be an object within it.  What constitutes an object in a given OM can be fixed as follows:</li>

b.  In relative terms, by specifying a converse pair of dyadic relations that (redundantly) determine two sets of facts:

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i.  What is an instance, example, member, or element of what, relative to the OM in question.

<li>In absolute terms, by specifying the domain of objects that fall under its purview.  For the present, I assume that each OM inherits the same object domain ''X'' from its governing OG.</li>

ii.  What is a property, quality, class, or set of what, relative to the OM in question.

<li>In relative terms, by specifying a converse pair of dyadic relations that (redundantly) determine two sets of facts:</li>

2. The various OM's of a particular OG can be unified under its aegis by means of a single triadic relation, one that names an OM and a pair of objects and that holds when one object belongs to the other in the sense identified by the relevant OM.  If it becomes absolutely essential to emphasize the relativity of elements, one may resort to calling them ''relements'', in this way jostling the mind to ask:  ''Relement to what?''

 

<li>What is an instance, example, member, or element of what, relative to the OM in question.</li>

 

 

 

<li>The various OM's of a particular OG can be unified under its aegis by means of a single triadic relation, one that names an OM and a pair of objects and that holds when one object belongs to the other in the sense identified by the relevant OM.  If it becomes absolutely essential to emphasize the relativity of elements, one may resort to calling them ''relements'', in this way jostling the mind to ask:  ''Relement to what?''</li>

 

The last and likely the best way one can choose to follow in order to form an objective genre G is to present it as a triadic relation:

The last and likely the best way one can choose to follow in order to form an objective genre G is to present it as a triadic relation: