NESTING RELATIONSHIP - Nesting Relationship
| Description | Abstract Relationship A Nesting Relationship is a Relationship Element that references its target Entity Element by nesting, using Nesting Adjacency. Nesting is a fundamental concept in complex systems organization where elements are contained within other elements, creating hierarchical or web-like structures. This embedding mechanism intrinsically links the properties, behaviors, and lifecycles of nested elements to their containing elements, forming cohesive units at multiple scales. Nesting facilitates the emergence of complex aggregates and properties from simpler entities, enables efficient design of systems across levels, and supports both autonomy and integration within systems (see Compositionality). Nesting also facilitates the creation of modules through packaging of building blocks (see Packaging). |
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RELATED ENTITIES
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Lexical Scope | Abstract A Lexical Scope is a kind of Abstract Entity Element that defines the existence, visibility, and accessibility of the entities nested within it through a Nesting Relationship. Nested Entity Elements have no independent identity or validity outside the lexical or structural scope in which they are defined - they exist only within and for the duration of their parent construct. Every Entity Element belongs to exactly one Lexical Scope. A Lexical Scope carries no intrinsic semantic meaning; it serves purely as a syntactic mechanism for establishing hierarchical containment. Examples: 1) Composite structures nesting their internal constituents. 2) Social structures nesting their roles and functions. 3) Computer functions nesting their local variables or inner functions 4) Packages nesting their building blocks. |
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Entity Element | Abstract An Entity Element is a distinct, identifiable Element that has a proper existence (living or non living). It is accessible by some referencing mechanism and can establish elementary relationships (Relationship Element) to other Entity Elements. |
SEMANTIC TAXONOMY
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