]> 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 specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdUzR9nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByStyle</a> and a collection of collections. Each instance of this collection is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s that are of the same style. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s share a style if they are of the same genre or some other salient feature, like form. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryFwmzDF4QdiPSYzBttGHQw" class="cyc_term">Questionnaire_CW</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7cbwlk1fQdmT9pzaDEAXLQ" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle</a> because its instances share a form, namely that the instances ask questions, or are in what could be considered the 'interrogative style.' PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle work by style works by style The collection of lectures, considered abstractly as conceptual works. Note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvqF_7pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lecture_CW</a> is not a spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwSZiGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualPCW</a>, as the performances of their instances (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHt105wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FormalLecture_IBT</a>s) often involve much more than a simple expression of propositions, e.g., simple experiments. Lecture-CW lecture Joke-CW funny stuff The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s consisting of a small number of sentences intended primarily to amuse an addressee. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6DY7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Joke_CW</a> often involve wordplay that depends on the identity of the words used in addition to the propositions expressed. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6DY7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Joke_CW</a> can be either monologues, in which the speaker relates an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Narrative</a> with a humorous ending, or (usually formulaic) dialogues, in which the addressee reponds to the speaker's utterances in a predictable way. Use <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNV325wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JokeAboutFn</a> to create specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6DY7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Joke_CW</a>. (See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv53uM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Joke_IBT</a> for actual written or spoken jokes and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViy25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JokeTelling</a> for acts of telling jokes.) knowledge representation CW KnowledgeRepresentation-CW The collection of conceptual works consisting of formally represented knowledge. catalogue A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYcfcNtvvQdiGkqL51MjX4Q" class="cyc_term">Catalog_CW</a> is an abstract work intended to be instantiated as a catalog (documents that list and describe types of items systematically) of some sort. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYcfcNtvvQdiGkqL51MjX4Q" class="cyc_term">Catalog_CW</a> may be intended to be instantiated in any catalog format: hardcopy (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4riKcTmtvuQdiFdZMV7GY81g" class="cyc_term">CatalogCopy</a>), electronic, etc. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYcfcNtvvQdiGkqL51MjX4Q" class="cyc_term">Catalog_CW</a> are usually also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwSZiGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualPCW</a> , but some may be comprised of mainly non-propositional information, such as images. Catalog-CW prediction Prediction-CW A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>. Each instance of this collection is the information resulting from <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvt-3AJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAPrediction</a>. Instances are forecasts of future events or situations proposed by some agent. propaganda A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>. Each instance of this collection is a work, which includes ideas, facts, and allegations, produced by an agent deliberately for dissemination to further a cause or damage an opposing cause. Propaganda The collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>, that is, of all collections of (first-order) collections, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHUFI8h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">ThirdOrderCollection</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> are collections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s. Any instance of any instance of any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>. SecondOrderCollection second-order Cyc collection Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdUzR9nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByStyle</a> and a collection of collections. Each instance of this collection is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s that are of the same style. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s share a style if they are of the same genre or some other salient feature, like form. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryFwmzDF4QdiPSYzBttGHQw" class="cyc_term">Questionnaire_CW</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7cbwlk1fQdmT9pzaDEAXLQ" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle</a> because its instances share a form, namely that the instances ask questions, or are in what could be considered the 'interrogative style.' PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle work by style A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> is a collection-type that &quot;facets&quot; -- i.e. stands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjldVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Generic</a> (q.v.) relation to -- another collection. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutomobileTypeByBrand</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rANFO8Ec-EdaEKABQ2sS97g" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByGenre</a>, which facet <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Music</a>, respectively. faceting collection type FacetingCollectionType first-order collection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. FirstOrderCollection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdUzR9nSwEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByStyle</a> and a collection of collections. Each instance of this collection is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s that are of the same style. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a>s share a style if they are of the same genre or some other salient feature, like form. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryFwmzDF4QdiPSYzBttGHQw" class="cyc_term">Questionnaire_CW</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7cbwlk1fQdmT9pzaDEAXLQ" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle</a> because its instances share a form, namely that the instances ask questions, or are in what could be considered the 'interrogative style.' PropositionalConceptualWorkTypeByStyle work by style FacetInstanceCollection facet collection A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1fLiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> is a collection that is an instance of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> (q.v.). For example, the facet-instance-collection (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBVDJsPLMQdiZD5jLVkyKUw" class="cyc_term">WineOfVintageFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjympwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearFn</a> 1926)) is an instance of the faceting-collection-type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWdpZhPLLQdiKEtsuZMndzQ" class="cyc_term">WineTypeByVintage</a>.