]> 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. MiscellaneousOrganizationConstants-Organization-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>. miscellaneous organization constants organization topic Tribunal tribunal A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWhGJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tribunal</a> is a collective <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6OwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JudicialAgent</a>, consisting of a group of people who are appointed, sometimes on a temporary basis (as opposed to the permanent nature of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIt59JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Court_Judicial</a>), to judge special matters and determine punishment or order restitution or other remedies. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzc15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Family_SocialEntity</a> is a group of people or of other animals related by birth and mating. The kinship relation between group-members of an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzc15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Family_SocialEntity</a> is closer than simply being members of the same species. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzc15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Family_SocialEntity</a> may (but need not) function together as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> (q.v.). See also the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Family_Human</a>. family unit Family-SocialEntity grounds GroundsOfOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr0G5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RealEstate</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OutdoorLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj1yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GroundsOfOrganization</a> is an area which contains buildings inhabited by some organization. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj1yZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GroundsOfOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj29ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Campus</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVqBv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryBase_Grounds</a>. CohabitationUnit household A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViR4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CohabitationUnit</a> is a group of humans or other animals all living together in the same place at the same time, where the place in question may be a house, nest, warren, or other dwelling. A notable specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViR4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CohabitationUnit</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjhG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FamilyCohabitationUnit</a>. joint venture JointVentureActivity A collection of events. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr865wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JointVentureActivity</a> is a business activity in which two or more independent companies cooperate to work on a business project mutually beneficial to all. During the venture, each participant is a partner to the others (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr9E5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">businessPartners</a>). Joint ventures are always governed by at least one explicit <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>. quarters A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViElpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartPredicate</a> (q.v.) that relates an organization to the building(s) or other <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVidpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConstructionArtifact</a>(s) it occupies. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">physicalQuarters</a> ORG QUARTERS) means that the ORG is (wholly or partly) located in QUARTERS, which may consist of one or more buildings, rooms, offices, etc. A given organization will have more than one physical quarters if it has multiple divisions, branches, plants, local offices, or the like in various locations. physicalQuarters activity in a business relationship BusinessRelationshipActivity A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8yJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessRelationshipActivity</a> is a (usually long-term, and often complex) social activity whose participants are in some type of business relationship. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8yJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessRelationshipActivity</a> is typically carried out over multiple social occasions, and may consist of many sub-events. The social events constituting an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8yJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BusinessRelationshipActivity</a> further, either directly or indirectly, the (usually mutual) business interests of the participants. A collection of organizations. Each element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuB5Y5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProfessionalOrganization</a> is a group consisting of professionally trained, white-collar workers as members. Usually, the members of a particular professional organization belong to a single profession (or a related group of professions). Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV9ZHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericanMedicalAssociation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVyUi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmericanOsteopathyAssociation</a>. Professional society ProfessionalAssociation MiscellaneousOrganizationConstants-Organization-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>. miscellaneous organization constants organization topic MiscellaneousOrganizationConstants-Organization-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>. miscellaneous organization constants organization 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><b>COL</b></code> such that any thing's being an instance of <code><b>COL</b></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><b>COL</b></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 &quot;exists out there&quot; in the KB-independent world. <p/> 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 <i>not</i> a KB-dependent collection. <p/> See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvip9N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KBDependentRelation</a>. KB dependent collection KBDependentCollection MiscellaneousOrganizationConstants-Organization-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>. miscellaneous organization constants organization topic 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 organization-topic Organization-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r2SZdtGMBQdiOl-Ui2UGs_g" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopLevelTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>.