]> 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. ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. parliamentary democracies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system Luxembourg The nation of Luxembourg as it has existed throughout time; includes both its physical and its political aspects. Luxembourg Greece Greece, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>, consisting primarily of some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Peninsula</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a>s. The main part of the territory of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greece</a> divides the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVis2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdriaticSea</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi-B5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AegeanSea</a>. This constant refers to the nation of Greece as it has existed throughout time, and in a "dualist" microtheory includes its physical aspects, as well. Greece Spain Spain Spain, a medium-sized <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the southwest of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>. As with all instances of IndependentCountry, this is Spain as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in "dualist" microtheories). Andorra Andorra Andorra as it is both politically and geographically throughout time. Canada Canada: a large country in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a>, north and east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, northwest of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjm6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StPierreAndMiquelon</a>, and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj6dpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Greenland_Polity</a>. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is Canada as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in "dualist" microtheories). Canada ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. RepresentativeDemocracy A system of government which has some kind of elected legislative body. representative democracy GeopoliticalEntityBySystemOfGovernment form of government A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQBu64G2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityBySystemOfGovernment</a> is a collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> with the same (type of) system of government. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rc17uPG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ConstitutionalRepublic</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9q9Azm2vEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Monarchy</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r9LVeTm2uEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">MilitaryDictatorship</a>. 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 ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. ParliamentaryDemocracy parliamentary democracy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmR0ddG2kEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">DemocraticGeopoliticalEntity</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rDRTzfm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryDemocracy</a> is a country with a democratically elected parliament. country with a parliamentary government A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rQBu64G2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityBySystemOfGovernment</a>. Eachinstance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4raK9PDm24EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ParliamentaryGovernment</a> is a country in which a parliament has significant power (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4A_2hI2bQdiY2PczkXJ4BQ" class="cyc_term">Parliament</a>). Parliamentary governments are multi-party systems in which the executive is formally dependent on the legislature. ParliamentaryGovernment