]> 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. country type by general region CountryTypeByGeneralRegion A <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/Mx4rvubaMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConventionalClassificationType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a> is a collection of countries that are conventionally considered to be part of the same general region. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTAE0cHbHQdiWHuhd-UxV8g" class="cyc_term">LatinAmericanCountry</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvd8IHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEuropeanCountry</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHaS2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEasternCountry</a>. Caspian country CaspianCountry The collection of nation-states bordering the Caspian Sea. The collection of nation-states in the Southern region of Europe. SouthernEuropeanCountry southern European country MaghrebCountry Maghreb country South American country The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in South America. SouthAmericanCountry Persian Gulf country PersianGulfCountry The collection of nation-states bordering the Persian Gulf. EastAsianCountry An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7LJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EasternRegionFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>). East Asian country Western European country The collection of nation-states in the Western region of Europe. WesternEuropeanCountry The collection of nation-states in the Eastern region of Europe. EasternEuropeanCountry eastern European country NorthAmericanCountry North American country An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located on or near the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a>. The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Africa. African country AfricanCountry LevantCountry The collection of nation-states of the Middle East that border the Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Levant country The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Europe. European country EuropeanCountry MiddleEasternCountry Middle Eastern country The collection of countries in southwest Asia or, in the case of Egypt, northeast Africa, in the vicinity of the eastern Mediterranean or the Persian Gulf. Admittedly, a certain amount of arbitrariness is inevitable in specifying which countries are Middle Eastern; still, we've sought a serviceable delimitation based on geography and common usage. Specifically, the members of this collection are Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The collection of nation-states whose territory is solely in Central and South America. Latin American country LatinAmericanCountry Central American country An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTAE0cHbHQdiWHuhd-UxV8g" class="cyc_term">LatinAmericanCountry</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>, i.e. located between the southern border of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mexico</a> and the northwest border of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVic3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Colombia</a>. CentralAmericanCountry An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This collection includes three instances: Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. BalticState Baltic state An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrZZJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthEasternRegionFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>). Southeast Asian country SoutheastAsianCountry SouthAsianCountry South Asian country An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7tpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthernRegionFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Afghanistan</a> is sometimes considered a south Asian country, but we do not include it. central european country CentralEuropeanCountry The collection of nation-states in the Central region of Europe. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhYefZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Balkans_Region</a>. Balkan country BalkanCountry The collection of nation-states neighboring the Caucasus Mountains, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, Georgia, Turkey and Iran. Caucasus country CaucasusCountry 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 A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> whose instances are often displayed on maps or conceptualized cartographically. CartographicFeatureType cartographic feature type A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvubaMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConventionalClassificationType</a> is a collection that corresponds to a category in some agreed-upon or conventional classification system (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNgIyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ClassificationSystem</a>) used by people. In such systems, a change or reclassification is possible by a decision of an authority, or by a changed social agreement or custom, without changing the intrinsic natures of the actual objects in the category. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvubaMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConventionalClassificationType</a>s include categories in biological taxonomy, standard classifications in data dictionaries and thesauri, cultural taboo classes, military doctrinal classes, and named calendar intervals. ConventionalClassificationType conventional classification type 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 country type by general region CountryTypeByGeneralRegion A <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/Mx4rvubaMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConventionalClassificationType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a> is a collection of countries that are conventionally considered to be part of the same general region. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTAE0cHbHQdiWHuhd-UxV8g" class="cyc_term">LatinAmericanCountry</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvd8IHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEuropeanCountry</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHaS2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEasternCountry</a>. 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>. country type by general region CountryTypeByGeneralRegion A <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/Mx4rvubaMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConventionalClassificationType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a> is a collection of countries that are conventionally considered to be part of the same general region. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTAE0cHbHQdiWHuhd-UxV8g" class="cyc_term">LatinAmericanCountry</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvd8IHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEuropeanCountry</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwHaS2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MiddleEasternCountry</a>.