]> 2008/06/10 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2008 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. externalID A unique, language-neutral, variable-sized identifier for a concept that can be used to refer unambiguously to that concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. label A natural-language representation for a concept that is both human readable and readable by the Cyc inference engine. These terms are not guaranteed to refer to the same concept across time but are guaranteed to be consistent within a particular OWL export. Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. plants by gross form biology topic PlantsByGrossForm-Biology-Topic bush A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3jAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant_Woody</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViaLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bush</a> is a woody plant of branching growth habit that lacks a substantial trunk and is not usually taller than an adult person (and is typically re shorter than most specimens of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tree_ThePlant</a>). This is a commonsense collection without distinct boundaries. Bush The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkFYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Product</a>s that are plants or plant parts (individually or in bulk), or substances derived from plants, which are produced by people or countries and made available for use, sale or exchange. If an item is a plant or plant part, it is also an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjEVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VegetableMatter</a>. PlantProduct plant product FloweryPlant flower A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloweringPlant</a> and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj6tZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LifeStageType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloweryPlant</a> is a flowering plant that is actually and visibly in bloom (i.e. has flowers showing). This collection includes both bushes and trees with visible flowers. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerrestrialOrganism</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3jAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant_Woody</a> is a plant whose trunk, stems, or branches (and usually roots) are woody. woody plant Plant-Woody A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVNdR0nSuEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PlantTypeByPhysiology</a> is a collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a> that share some physiological property. At the very least, these include seasonal stages, physical properties, and plant health. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVNdR0nSuEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">PlantTypeByPhysiology</a> apply to entire plants rather than just to certain parts of them. PlantTypeByPhysiology plant type by physiological property Vegetable-Plant A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrbYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant_NonWoody</a>: a collection of plants that play a special role in human nutrition. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjCR5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vegetable_Plant</a> is a plant that produces the edible things that we normally call `vegetables' (which can include fruits, seeds, stalks, leaves, or other parts, or even the whole plant). For that which we normally call `cereals', however, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVib65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CerealPlant</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjCR5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vegetable_Plant</a>s grow and produce the vegetables that are eaten; vegetable plants are not necessarily also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Food</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vegetable_Food</a> for the collection of vegetables--plants or (more usually) plant parts--that are eaten by humans. vegetable plant Tree-ThePlant A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3jAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant_Woody</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tree_ThePlant</a> is a tall woody plant (typical mature specimens are usually taller than a person or a bush), generally having a branching form overall, and with roots in the ground, a trunk, and the branches having numerous leaves exposed to the sky. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tree_ThePlant</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjB35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OakTree</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MapleTree</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvavOUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GiantSequoia</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViwXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BananaTree</a>. tree vine Vine-Plant A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerrestrialOrganism</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjCo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vine_Plant</a> is a plant that grows in a form chacterized by long tendrils or long, narrow, flexible ropy strands. Plant-NonWoody The collection of non-woody, herbaceous <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a>s. Those <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a>s such as grasses, herbs, wildflowers, etc. which are fairly low-growing, often annual, and don't grow woody stems. Excludes large, hard bamboos, and Balsa. herbaceous plant A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. plants by gross form biology topic PlantsByGrossForm-Biology-Topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.). This is the collection of all and only those collections <code>COL</code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code>COL</code> depends on the current state of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycKB</a>. Such a <code>COL</code> corresponds to a property defined (at least partly) in terms of the contents, features, or implementation of the Cyc Knowledge Base itself, as opposed to a property that "exists out there" in the KB-independent world. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV281JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLAssertion</a> is a KB-dependent collection, membership in which requires of a given CycL sentence that it has in fact been asserted to the KB. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLSentence</a> is also KB-dependent, as being a CycL sentence requires being composed (ultimately) out of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu6KTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CycLReifiedDenotationalTerm</a>s (and perhaps variables) -- i.e. terms that are currently reified in the KB. Conversely, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5ddsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sentence</a> is not a KB-dependent collection. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection CycVocabularyTopic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s falling under a topic for which some Cyc Vocabulary exists. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a> is neither a strict [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcZ1FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Strict</a>] nor a covering [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv86JWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Covering</a>] faceting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>: many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>s may be instances of no <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>, or of multiple <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>s. cyc vocabulary topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. plants by gross form biology topic PlantsByGrossForm-Biology-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. plants by gross form biology topic PlantsByGrossForm-Biology-Topic biology-topic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQs2412xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Biology_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of biology. Biology-Topic