]> 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. ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature A collection of collections. Each specialization of this collection is a collection of collections of objects characterized by some sensible feature. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRNpZ7HSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByTaste</a> is the collection of collections of objects characterized by their taste. It includes the collection of salty things, sweet things, etc. sensory information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_system object type by light intensity A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPckdtHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rritX_HStEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByLightIntensity</a> is a characterization of how brightly illuminated an Object is. The light intensity of an object is indicated with the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rsIHJqH7_EdaAAAABAjVgzA" class="cyc_term">illuminationLevel</a> (q.v.). ObjectTypeByLightIntensity object type by light source ObjectTypeByLightSource An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> that facets <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOzwxzGKmEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">Lit</a>, the collection of all illuminated tangibles (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r55_OcmKeEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByLightSource</a> is a collection of illuminated things whose instances all, intuitively, share a common source of illumination. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rV9NN-GKlEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">Candlelit</a> is the collection of all things whose source of illumination is the flame of a candle. (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet Odor ObjectTypeByTaste)) the union of { odours, flavours } The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPckdtHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature</a> that are audible qualities of sounds. For example, the feature a sound has when it the sequence of played notes D, A, and G occur in this order is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhrKq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoundStructure</a>. There is no limit to how complex <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhrKq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoundStructure</a>s may be. For example, there is a single <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhrKq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoundStructure</a>, SOUND, corresponding to the entirety of a given performance of a symphony, PERFORMANCE1. Any other performance which instantiates SOUND would sound exactly like PERFORMANCE1. SoundStructure sound structure A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texture</a> is a collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> such that each has the same (main exterior) texture. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texture</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgypwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Rough</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ry6EklHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Smooth</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj_f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Slimy</a>. Texture texture A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rIxbOVsKmQdeGVbfPw-Dldw" class="cyc_term">ColorPerceptionCategoryType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> that is a category of color perception. This collection includes all the specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rr19QJHStEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Color</a>, as well as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWEE8SMH7Qded391fPyZWRQ" class="cyc_term">ColorlessThing</a>. In addition, this collection includes ranges of colors (See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rT3nkqMKuQdeGdP5r1xdOIw" class="cyc_term">colorPerceptionCategoryRangeOfType</a>). color perception category ColorPerceptionCategoryType An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPckdtHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4-ShYsdNEdaAAACQJ5paaQ" class="cyc_term">VisibleThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rFWJKUEYKEdiK8gACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">ColoredThing</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> which has some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rs8MpBnStEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ChromaticColor</a> (q.v.). An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rFWJKUEYKEdiK8gACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">ColoredThing</a> need not be (chromatically) colored all over; it is sufficient that some part of it is (chromatically) colored. Thus, for example, while a completely clear window would not be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rFWJKUEYKEdiK8gACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">ColoredThing</a>, a window with a bright red pattern etched onto (part of) it would be. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rFWJKUEYKEdiK8gACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">ColoredThing</a> is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWEE8SMH7Qded391fPyZWRQ" class="cyc_term">ColorlessThing</a> (q.v.). colored thing ColoredThing Lit The collection of tangible objects or regions that are illumiated to some level beyond <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryZq9QHS6EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">LitTooDarkForSeeing</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r55_OcmKeEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByLightSource</a> for facetings of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOzwxzGKmEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">Lit</a> based on source of illumination, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rritX_HStEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByLightIntensity</a>, most instances of which are specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOzwxzGKmEdqAAAACs71DGQ" class="cyc_term">Lit</a>, organized by intensity (brightness). light thing An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPckdtHSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0y0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousTexture</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> object which has the same <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texture</a> throughout, at least on the macroscopic level. This entails that if any part of the object in question has a certain <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texture</a>, then every part of the object has that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texture</a>. A notable specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0y0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousTexture</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rplth0i0GEdiLGQACs5b6-g" class="cyc_term">HomogeneousStructure</a> (q.v.). HomogeneousTexture homogeneous texture ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature A collection of collections. Each specialization of this collection is a collection of collections of objects characterized by some sensible feature. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRNpZ7HSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByTaste</a> is the collection of collections of objects characterized by their taste. It includes the collection of salty things, sweet things, etc. sensory information ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature A collection of collections. Each specialization of this collection is a collection of collections of objects characterized by some sensible feature. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRNpZ7HSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByTaste</a> is the collection of collections of objects characterized by their taste. It includes the collection of salty things, sweet things, etc. sensory information A collection of collections of collections. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> is the collection of all (and only) types of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>s. More precisely, a thing COLLTYPE is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> if and only if COLLTYPE is a non-empty collection all of whose instances are collections. Example: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzQbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByCulture</a>, each of whose instances is the collection of all persons who participate in some particular human culture, is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Important specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWPoRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DisjointCollectionType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SiblingDisjointCollectionType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviPYH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionTypeType</a>. CollectionType type of collection type of temporally stuff-like thing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally stuff-like. A collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is temporally stuff-like just in case every purely temporal part (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> is itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code><b>COL</b></code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). <p/> More precisely, for a collection <code><b>COL</b></code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> it is both a necessary and sufficient condition that for any <code><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> (with <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> at or above <code><b>COL</b></code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code><b>WALK</b></code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> of <code><b>WALK</b></code> that subsumes at least one instance of (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a> for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> (say her trip back from the end of the runway). <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> is itself an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally object-like. TemporalStuffType ObjectTypeBySensibleFeature A collection of collections. Each specialization of this collection is a collection of collections of objects characterized by some sensible feature. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rRNpZ7HSyEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ObjectTypeByTaste</a> is the collection of collections of objects characterized by their taste. It includes the collection of salty things, sweet things, etc. sensory information sensory reactions and attributes and urges perception topic SensoryReactionsAndAttributesAndUrges-Perception-Topic