Abstract <p>A new definition of empirical regularities ER₂ is proposed, and its correspondence to the previously considered definition of ER₁ is analyzed. Due to the dependence or independence of the context of the cause, which is the carrier of the empirical regularity of various types, lattices representing these regularities are generated. The structure of a relational knowledge base is considered, containing, among other things, the empirical regularities ER₁ and ER₂ and their correspondence. The analogy between the representation of the genetic code and ER₂ as qualitative regularities expressed in semiotic systems is also discussed.</p>