]> 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. The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Europe the western region of the Continent West European Western the Continent Western the European Continent Western European the western region of Europe the western region of the European Continent West the Continent West the European Continent West Europe An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a> is the sixth largest continent. It is separated from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> to the east by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjoipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UralMountains</a>. ContinentOfEurope Europe GeographicalAgent geographical agent A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZGAFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiIndividualAgent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> is a group of people and/or organizations cohesive enough to be treated as an agent (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>, of which <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> is also a specialization), and which occupies a particular instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Important specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">University</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi4_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Neighborhood</a>. <p/> Note that instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> are viewed in two significantly different ways with respect to two different types of geography-related microtheories. In a &quot;physical&quot; geography microtheory (i.e. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvydXJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalGeographyMt</a> and its submicrotheories), geographical agents are clearly distinguished from the regions they occupy. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYkdfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerritoryFn</a> GEO-AGENT) is used in these contexts to denote the land mass (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>) occupied by a given geographical agent GEO-AGENT. In a &quot;dualist&quot; geography microtheory (i.e. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnCA15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DualistGeopoliticalMt</a> and its submicrotheories), on the other hand, geographical agents are viewed as being <i>both</i> agents <i>and</i> land masses (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>). Thus, there is little need for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYkdfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerritoryFn</a> in the latter sort of context. (Despite their somewhat paradoxical flavor, dualist microtheories arguably allow Cyc to mimic commonsense reasoning about geographical agents and regions more closely than do the stricter physical microtheories.) There are also some &quot;generic&quot; geography microtheories (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6rAIJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldGeographyMt</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr3x_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesGeographyMt</a>) which are neutral with respect to the physical and dualist views. <p/> Also see the shared-note <font color="#ff0000">#$Dualist-Physical-AndGenericGeographyMtNote</font>. 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 <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope The region of Europe which contained the 'Western' countries which were not a part of the Soviet Bloc during the cold war. It also excludes the Balkan states. There continues to be a clear divide between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, despite the end of the cold war. Western Europe WesternEurope GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>.