03 Third Order / Placement Mode

Placement Mode

Placement Mode names the sorting of a third-order note by primary carrying mode.

Placement modes are not order roots. The third-order order root is Nesting. Placement modes describe how a third-order note is primarily carried inside the Atlas.

Trace

Read

Placement Mode becomes recognisable where a note can be located against a primary carrying mode and optional secondary crossings.

Structural Role

Placement Mode is a third-order sorting role. Its modes are not order roots; they identify the primary way a note is carried inside third-order organisation.

Opens

Placement Rule

Primary mode is used for placement.

Secondary modes record crossings.

Placement mode does not replace dependency order.

Dependencies explain what the note requires.

Placement mode explains where the note is sorted.