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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. post existence collection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_6HdOlV3QdeI9PHEy04DkQ" class="cyc_term">NonInitialCollection</a> (q.v.). Each instance PEC of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> is such that something can be an instance of PEC only after the thing's entire existence (<i>i.e.</i>, &quot;posthumously&quot;). Any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> may either be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> permanently (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZ4U-5JX-QdeNoJn93NBKEQ" class="cyc_term">HistoricalCollection</a>) or only &quot;intermittently&quot; (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra0kFdJX-QdebR5OIAEc_Cg" class="cyc_term">IntermittentCollection</a>). An example of a post-existence collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a>. PostExistenceCollection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra50_OGkMEdaAAACQJ5T1Bg" class="cyc_term">AgentNowTerminated</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a> is a dead, formerly living organism. If the sentence, &quot;(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> ORG <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a>)&quot; is true, it means that ORG was once an organism (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjE1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organism_Whole</a>) which was alive and that ORG underwent death (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dying</a>) at some time prior to the time at which &quot;(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> ORG <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a>)&quot; is true. dead organism Deceased A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZ4U-5JX-QdeNoJn93NBKEQ" class="cyc_term">HistoricalCollection</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra50_OGkMEdaAAACQJ5T1Bg" class="cyc_term">AgentNowTerminated</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> that has terminated. &quot;(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> AGT <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra50_OGkMEdaAAACQJ5T1Bg" class="cyc_term">AgentNowTerminated</a>)&quot; is true only after the ending point of AGT, when &quot;(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> AGT <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a>)&quot; is no longer true. Instances include defunct organizations and dead animals. AgentNowTerminated former agent post existence collection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_6HdOlV3QdeI9PHEy04DkQ" class="cyc_term">NonInitialCollection</a> (q.v.). Each instance PEC of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> is such that something can be an instance of PEC only after the thing's entire existence (<i>i.e.</i>, &quot;posthumously&quot;). Any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> may either be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> permanently (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZ4U-5JX-QdeNoJn93NBKEQ" class="cyc_term">HistoricalCollection</a>) or only &quot;intermittently&quot; (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra0kFdJX-QdebR5OIAEc_Cg" class="cyc_term">IntermittentCollection</a>). An example of a post-existence collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a>. PostExistenceCollection 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 NonInitialCollection A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> (qq.v.). Each instance NIC of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_6HdOlV3QdeI9PHEy04DkQ" class="cyc_term">NonInitialCollection</a> is a collection such that nothing can be an instance of NIC at the start of the thing's existence. Thus nothing can be an instance of NIC for its entire existence. Instanceship in NIC is typically &quot;acquired&quot; at some point in time T after the would-be instance INST comes into existence, where T might occur either during or after INST's existence (i.e. &quot;posthumously&quot;). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_6HdOlV3QdeI9PHEy04DkQ" class="cyc_term">NonInitialCollection</a> is agnostic regarding whether INST is an instance of NIC during any period when INST does not exist (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rhs-b2JX9QdeBCoQPSBEw0w" class="cyc_term">ExistenceDependentCollection</a>), and regarding whether INST an instance of NIC &quot;intermittently&quot; (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra0kFdJX-QdebR5OIAEc_Cg" class="cyc_term">IntermittentCollection</a>). Examples of non-initial collections are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBnMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdultAnimal</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi4PpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Veterinarian</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4_7sJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MinedArea</a>. non initial collection post existence collection A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_6HdOlV3QdeI9PHEy04DkQ" class="cyc_term">NonInitialCollection</a> (q.v.). Each instance PEC of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> is such that something can be an instance of PEC only after the thing's entire existence (<i>i.e.</i>, &quot;posthumously&quot;). Any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> may either be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4roBs6aphbQdeBmpdRzdrxxA" class="cyc_term">PostExistenceCollection</a> permanently (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZ4U-5JX-QdeNoJn93NBKEQ" class="cyc_term">HistoricalCollection</a>) or only &quot;intermittently&quot; (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra0kFdJX-QdebR5OIAEc_Cg" class="cyc_term">IntermittentCollection</a>). An example of a post-existence collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJ45PHS7EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Deceased</a>. PostExistenceCollection TimeIndependentCollection time independent collection A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzndCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeIndependentCollection</a> is a collection whose membership cannot change over time. Examples of time-independent collections are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxwC-ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Number_General</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0YfN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MathematicalObject</a>. By contrast, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwFronJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Supermodel</a> is clearly a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> (q.v.).