ssigned to a
particular phenomenological level. Thus a foliated network
represents not only a state of things but also the mode of
connection of the network with the state of things. One
consequence of foliation is that we now have a method for
relational subsumption using the generalization-hierarchy
of relations.
 
In addition to the insight afforded by this formal analysis,
we also obtain a lattice of representation-relations which may
be computationally used as an IS-A hierarchy sub-element for
the purp