]> 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. type of geographical entity classified by hierarchy 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/Mx4rv-FNbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory</a> is a collection of geopolitical entities of the same basic type, e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">County</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory types of geographical entity by hierarchy type of geographical entity by hierarchy types of geographical entity classified by hierarchy 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. 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 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 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 Borough The collection of all administrative units of a city. These are called "boroughs" in New York City, but may have other names in other places. borough province A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a> is a major geopolitical subdivision of a country, corresponding closely to a U.S. state. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a> include <font color="#ff0000">#$VinhBinh-ProvinceVietnam</font>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsCYwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoukAhras_ProvinceAlgeria</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Manitoba_CanadianProvince</a>. Province 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 non-overlapping geopolitical entity GeopoliticalEntityTypeByNonOverlappingJurisdiction A collection of collections. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rPJJhlM0SQdeDhsNnnhQekw" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityTypeByNonOverlappingJurisdiction</a> are subcollections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> members of which have jurisdictions that do not overlap. 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 administrative region feature type A collection of collections. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtS_Q6LgxEdqAAAACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">AdministrativeRegionFeatureType</a> are collections of terrain features which are types of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. AdministrativeRegionFeatureType type of geographical entity classified by hierarchy 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/Mx4rv-FNbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory</a> is a collection of geopolitical entities of the same basic type, e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">County</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory 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 type of geographical entity classified by hierarchy 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/Mx4rv-FNbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory</a> is a collection of geopolitical entities of the same basic type, e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">County</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_Geopolitical</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjM45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Province</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. GeopoliticalEntityTypeByBasicCategory 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>.