Relatively orthomodular lattices (Q5936049)

\textit{M.~F.~Janowitz} [``A note on generalized orthomodular lattices'', J. Nat. Sci. Math. 8, 89-94 (1968; Zbl 0169.02104)] defined a generalized orthomodular lattice (GOML) as a lattice with 0 and with an orthogonality relation (similar to that considered in orthomodular lattices (OMLs)). It is well known that GOMLs can be characterized as lattices with 0 in which every principal ideal is an OML and in which a natural additional condition is satisfied and that every GOML is isomorphic to a prime ideal of an OML. In the paper under review the notion of a GOML is generalized to that of a relatively orthomodular lattice (ROML). The latter is defined as a lattice with a commutativity relation (similar to that considered in OMLs). It is proved that ROMLs can be characterized as lattices in which every interval is an OML and in which a natural additional condition is satisfied that every ROML is isomorphic to a prime dual ideal of a GOML, that this embedding is in some sense minimal and that ROMLs can be defined as sublattices of OMLs closed under the relative orthocomplements.