From Wave Character to Local Registration: Relational Resolution in a Whole-First Quantum Framework

Whole Pattern, Local Event (WPLE) assigns ontological priority to the quantum Whole, treats wave-character as intrinsic to Whole-level quantum structure, and locates particle-like localization at local physical manifestation. This paper develops the downstream question of how Whole-level wave structure can support increasingly resolved distinctions and, under additional conditions of local embodiment and stability, registrations or records. Relational resolution is defined as the distinguishability of conditional states relative to physically relevant alternatives. The mathematical ingredients are established: classical and quantum coherence, conditional-state overlaps, trace distance, complementarity relations, resource-theoretic coherence-distinguishability bounds, decoherence, pointer-state selection, and record formation. A worked two-site localized-detector model explicitly traces an initial Whole-level state through conditional coupling, increasing relational resolution, localized detector excitation, and a schematic environmental stabilization/record-robustness stage. The unitary model establishes locally embodied, registration-capable conditional structure; it does not select one unique actual event. The contribution is a Whole-first organization of established structure: local manifestation and record formation are treated as downstream developments of Whole-level wave structure rather than as consequences of a primitive continuously localized corpuscle.