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Use 'cycAnnot:externalID' for unambiguously referring to a concept across OWL exports or across Cyc inference engines. government organizations organization topic GovernmentOrganizations-Organization-Topic NationalPostalService <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalPostalService</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrqpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PostalService</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalPostalService</a> is a postal service managed by the national government of its particular country. The United States Postal Service would be an example, but United Parcel Service, since it is a private business, wouldn't be. national postal service Canadian province The collection of all the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVimZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canada</a>. CanadianProvince A collection of government organizations. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a> which is part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. This collection includes the US military, Federal courts, US Congress, US territorial governments, Federal departments and independent agencies, and the city of Washington DC. It does _not_ include US states, interstate compacts, and cities (other than Washington DC). USFederalGovernmentOrganization US federal government organization government The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">government</a> identifies a government with the political entity which it has governing authority over. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">government</a> GEOPOL GOV) means that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a> GOV is the government of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> GEOPOL. That is, GOV claims to be the government of GEOPOL, is recognized as such at least informally, and effectively functions as such (by administering the internal and external affairs of GEOPOL), whether or not GOV has formal diplomatic recognition. Effectively functioning as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">government</a> includes having the power to settle disputes, collect revenue, and provide services. Note that the US government is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">government</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, but not that of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ohio_State</a>. Government county A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">County</a> is a geopolitical whose territory typically has an area larger than that of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, but smaller than that of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a>. County adjudicator A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6OwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JudicialAgent</a> is a person or organization whose responsibility it is to judge or evaluate. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6OwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JudicialAgent</a> include officials at sporting events (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVievZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SportsOfficial</a>), judges of various competitions, as well as judges in the legal sense (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi68pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Judge</a>). JudicialAgent county police organization A collection of law enforcement organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8KApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountyPoliceOrganization</a> is a county police force which is a sub-organization of the government of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">County</a>, with that county being in its jurisdictional territory for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV399JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementActivity</a>. CountyPoliceOrganization U.S. military organization UnitedStatesMilitaryOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ModernMilitaryOrganization</a>. This collection includes the (contemporary) U.S. military forces: the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesArmy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesNavy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesAirForce</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP389JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesMarineCorps</a> (and, during wartime, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw1k5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesCoastGuard</a>), as well as all of their <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_v5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subOrganizations</a>. Each US military organization is a suborganization of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBaWJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USExecutiveBranch</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalTaxAgency</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbw60xGAFQdmI-7Dgtk_Mtg" class="cyc_term">TaxAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalTaxAgency</a> is a revenue agency that is part of the government of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, and which is concerned primarily with collecting tax money (from national taxes) from the residents of that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. This collection does _not_ include customs agencies and agencies that collect minor fees only. NationalTaxAgency national tax agency InternationalOrganizationOfCountries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. organization of countries A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> is a nation-state having its own territory, population, and government, whether or not it is fully independent. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scotland</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, even though it is a part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a>. See also the important specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>. country Country United States Coast Guard This constant denotes the United States Coast Guard, which is the military service responsible for defending the coastline and waterways of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. In peacetime, it is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce; in wartime, it is part of the U.S. Department of Defense. It performs anti-smuggling, search, rescue and navigation-aid functions. UnitedStatesCoastGuard USJudicialBranch the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government This constant denotes the U.S. Federal court system considered as a whole. This is the entire judicial sub-organization of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>, the system within which cases are adjudicated and laws are decided by Federal judges. NOT included are military courts-martial and tribunals, non-court administrative review boards, and Native American tribal courts. the United States Space Program This constant denotes the ongoing effort by the U.S. government to do research on, and undertake, space travel, exploration, and exploitation. In addition to the work of NASA, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQraoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesSpaceProgram</a> also includes the work of various U.S. military and intelligence organizations engaged in space projects. UnitedStatesSpaceProgram crime detection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV399JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementActivity</a>. In each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWhXv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CrimeDetection</a>, an authorized law enforcement agent detects a crime (i.e., some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrrDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CriminalAct</a>). CrimeDetection This constant denotes the legislative (lawmaking, policy-formulating) branch or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_v5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subOrganizations</a> (q.v.) of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. This includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1W2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USCongress</a> (House, Senate, and their joint committees), its staff, and certain subordinate agencies. the Legislative Branch of the U.S. Government USLegislativeBranch United States Forest Service UnitedStatesForestService This constant denotes the United States Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture which manages the U.S. National Forests and performs other forestry- and timber-related functions. GovernmentOfCountry A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQru-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentOfCountry</a> is the government of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. A notable instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQru-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentOfCountry</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. national government This constant denotes the United States Bureau of Land Management (B.L.M.), a Federal agency that manages land belonging to the U.S. government. USBureauOfLandManagement the Bureau of Land Management the United States Air Force UnitedStatesAirForce This constant denotes the United States Air Force, the chief military air force of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. It includes air and land elements and some missile launch forces. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesArmy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesNavy</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP389JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesMarineCorps</a> also have airborne forces. This constant denotes the United States Marine Corps (USMC), which is a military force under the Department of the Navy of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, often involved in special foreign operations, amphibious/parachute landings, embassy defense, and rapid military response. UnitedStatesMarineCorps the United States Marine Corps government military organization GovernmentMilitaryOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjx75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MilitaryOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZfkIHrThQdiWL_Y3RJ_NSA" class="cyc_term">ExecutiveGovernmentalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV81VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentMilitaryOrganization</a> is a military organization belonging to, and directed by, the governing body of a geographical region or international organization. The governing body in question may be a national government, a state or provincial government, or an international governing body such as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>. Important specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv26DAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Army_BranchOfService</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyO94ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Navy</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwazJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AirForce</a>. This collection excludes private armies and mercenary forces. BorderCheckpointOrganization A collection of local organizations, often but not necessarily located directly at a border between two countries. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWSVqpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BorderCheckpointOrganization</a> is any organization through whose installations and procedures people and goods must pass when entering a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. This collection includes all such checkpoint organizations, whether their facilities be on roads, at airports, or at seaports. border checkpoint organization LegalGovernmentOrganization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3HKmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentalOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a> is an organization which is a part of, and funded by, the government of a geopolitical entity. Examples include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViO0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternalRevenueService</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjxdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesNavy</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityCouncilOfAustin</a> (TX). Some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a>s have legal standing in courts. legal government organization the United States Navy UnitedStatesNavy This constant denotes the United States Navy, which includes the chief seaborne military force of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, together with U.S. Navy air and land forces. Residence Of Organization residenceOfOrganization The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">residenceOfOrganization</a> indicates the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> in whose territory a particular organization has its main offices. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">residenceOfOrganization</a> <b>ORG</b> <b>GEOGAGENT</b>)</code> means that the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> <code><b>ORG</b></code> has its chief office on the territory of <code><b>GEOGAGENT</b></code>. <code><b>GEOGAGENT</b></code> is typically a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> but may be a larger or smaller <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a>. For example, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">residenceOfOrganization</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLPJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfWashingtonDC</a>. <p/> Use <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOo_uQnooEdaQbwCQJ5pcrQ" class="cyc_term">hasHeadquartersInRegion</a> to refer to a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXXHUpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ManhattanIsland</a>, that is the location of the main offices. LawEnforcementOrganization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> is an official organization whose purpose is to support or perform law enforcement. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementOrganization</a> include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce laws (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzXOSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliceOrganization</a>), as well as information agencies (such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwAnVcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">INTERPOL</a>) whose purpose is to assist and coordinate police activities. law-enforcement organization U.S. Bureau Of Indian Affairs This constant denotes the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.), a part of the U.S. Department of the Interior which deals with Native Americans and with `Indian' reservations within the USA. USBureauOfIndianAffairs the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government USExecutiveBranch This constant denotes the executive (law-enforcing, policy-enforcing) branch or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_v5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subOrganizations</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBeUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesFederalGovernment</a>. It includes the U.S. military forces, Federal Departments and independent Agencies, and the President and White House staff. Government Type governmentType The predicate governmentType indicates what kind of system of government a geopolitical entity has. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn_azhG2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">governmentType</a> REGION GOVSYSTEM) means that the government of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> REGION is an instance of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQBu64G2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityBySystemOfGovernment</a> GOVSYSTEM. For example, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn_azhG2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">governmentType</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv02eLm2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">FederalRepublic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUIPoAG28EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">RepresentativeDemocracy</a>. City city <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> whose territory is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UrbanArea</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> is a local organization of a human settlement which has its own government. This includes cities, towns, suburbs, villages, hamlets, and townships, as long as they have their own governments. A city government is usually mostly autonomous from the governments of its surrounding regions, rather than being a sub-organization of them. The predicate relates a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> to a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">citizens</a> GEOPOL PERSON) means that PERSON is a citizen of GEOPOL. citizens citizen CountyGovernment <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWf4_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountyGovernment</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWf4_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountyGovernment</a> is a local government that has jurisdiction over a single county. county government A collection of regional governments. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrvAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USStateGovernment</a> is a State government of one of the fifty states of the United States of America. state government USStateGovernment the United Nations UnitedNationsOrganization An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> was founded after World War II, and now has 191 member countries. The stated goals of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> include maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among its member nations, and promoting human rights. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> has several suborganizations and specialized agencies, including <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvl56KZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UNGeneralAssembly</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjmO4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UNSecurityCouncil</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv42BgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalCourtOfJustice</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMAYTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountrySubsidiary</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a> is a geopolitical entity whose government is at the very next administrative level down from the national level. In different countries, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a> may be called &quot;regions&quot;, &quot;states&quot;, &quot;provinces&quot;, &quot;prefectures&quot;, &quot;departments&quot;, &quot;parishes&quot;, or something else. In the U.S.A., instances are called &quot;states&quot; (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a>). See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a>. state State-Geopolitical This constant denotes the United States Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.), a federal agency which regulates the food and drug industries in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. FoodAndDrugAdministration the Food and Drug Administration police department A collection of law enforcement organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWZdjZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalPoliceOrganization</a> is a local police department, not state or national police organizations. LocalPoliceOrganization the United States Army UnitedStatesArmy This constant denotes the United States Army, which includes the largest military ground force of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, together with the U.S. Army air and sea elements and ballistic missile forces. USStateGovernmentOrganization US state government organization A collection of government organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwnCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USStateGovernmentOrganization</a> is an organization that is part of the state government of a particular state of the United States; e.g., PennDOT (the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) or the Texas Employment Commission. A collection of local government organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PostOfficeOrganization</a> is a particular Post Office organization -- postal station, mailing facility, or branch office -- having a particular location. Note that this collection includes only government post offices, not non-government commercial shippers who offer various kinds of shipping services, sometimes including Postal services. PostOfficeOrganization post office organization USCity American city A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> each instance of which is a city, town, or village in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViEwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USCity</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi4AJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfGainesvilleFL</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfLongBeachCA</a>. This constant denotes the U.S. Congress. Initially a unicameral organization under the Articles of Confederation, it currently consists of the House, Senate, joint House-Senate committees, and their staffs -- which operates mainly from the Capitol complex in Washington, D.C. (with subordinate functions conducted at legislators's district offices). United States Congress USCongress A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a> is a government organization that controls a particular geopolitical region (e.g. a country, state, city, or county). Governmental organizations focused on a single type of control, e.g., a border patrol, are not instances of this collection. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWf4_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountyGovernment</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQru-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentOfCountry</a>. RegionalGovernment regional government A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQrM4nMsbEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Assembly_SocialGroup</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3HKmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rteh8Dh5sQdeGx9CE3Izj5w" class="cyc_term">LegislativeOrganization</a> is a legislative (lawmaking, policy-formulating) organization that is part of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrtFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionalGovernment</a>. LegislativeOrganization legislative organization InternalRevenueService Internal Revenue Service This constant dentoes the United States Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.), the federal organization which collects taxes. USStatePark state park A collection of parks. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwoOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USStatePark</a> is a park which is managed by the state government of the U.S. state in which it is located; e.g., Presque Isle Park in Erie, PA, and Point State Park in Pittsburgh. border police organization A collection of law enforcement organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV5FgpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BorderPoliceOrganization</a> is a sub-organization of the government of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> which has responsibility for policing that country's borders. Their patrol area includes the border of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> by which they are employed. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWMZPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USCustomsService</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVyWx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USBorderPatrol</a>. BorderPoliceOrganization city government The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> governments. CityGovernment A collection of local government organizations. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityCouncil</a> is a governing board which manages an element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>. In democratic countries, the members of a city council are elected. A city council may govern a city either directly, through a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrzr5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mayor</a>, or through a City Manager. city council CityCouncil <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWcSZZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityPoliceOrganization</a> is a subOrganization of the government of some City. They have that City as a territory for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV399JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LawEnforcementActivity</a>. CityPoliceOrganization city police department internationalOrganizationMemberCountries International Organization Member Countries This predicate relates international organizations to countries that belong to them. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> ORG NATION) means that NATION (as represented by its national government or other legally designated body) is a member of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> ORG. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bahrain</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViFVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LeagueOfArabStates</a> and of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a> of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> but <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> is not. LocalGovernmentOrganization local government organization A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalGovernmentOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwjOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalGovernmentOrganization</a> is any government organization -- whether federal, state, county, or municipal -- that is specific to, i.e., has jurisdiction and/or services generally limited to, one (local) location. For example, a Board of Education of a particular school district is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwjOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalGovernmentOrganization</a>, because its authority extends to schools in a limited (local) area; in the U.S., such a Board answers to another <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwjOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalGovernmentOrganization</a>, typically a city or township government. In another example, an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw2x5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeteransAffairsMedicalCenter</a> is a local organization in terms of its service area, but bureaucratically it belongs to the U.S. Federal government; thus, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQw2x5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VeteransAffairsMedicalCenter</a> is a specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwjOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalGovernmentOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBa15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">USFederalGovernmentOrganization</a>. Court-Judicial <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIt59JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Court_Judicial</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8Cq9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GovernmentAgency</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6OwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JudicialAgent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIt59JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Court_Judicial</a> is an established judicial court, i.e., an enduring governmental organization whose primary function is to settle disputes by means of legal reasoning by one or more <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi68pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Judge</a>s (q.v.). Typically, a court's orders are enforced by some other agency belonging to the government of which that court is a part. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIt59JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Court_Judicial</a> includes federal, state, county, and municipal courts, appellate and chancery courts, tax courts, courts of claims, courts-martial (if non-temporary), admiralty courts, courts of chivalry, American Indian tribal courts, and the Permanent Court of International Justice. It excludes Gypsy/Rom Kris courts, nonjudicial administrative county courts, stannaries, and temporary <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWhGJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tribunal</a>s (q.v.). court 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 terrorism-topic Terrorism-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/Mx4rSuNLCPsCEdmAAAACs6hcqg" class="cyc_term">Terrorism_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 terrorism. government organizations organization topic GovernmentOrganizations-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 government organizations organization topic GovernmentOrganizations-Organization-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>.