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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. cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperation cooperating cooperates will have cooperated more cooperative has cooperated collusion had cooperated collaboration will cooperate collaborations have cooperated most cooperative cooperated cooperate collusions cooperative The collection of all economic cooperation. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7B1XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EconomicAction</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a>. economic cooperation (CollectionIntersection2Fn CooperationEvent EconomicAction) CollaboratingWithTheEnemy collaboration A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a>. Each instance is an act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying one's country. RescuingSomeone rescuing The collection of events in which a person is removed from a dangerous situation. Examples would include rescuing someone who is lost in the wilderness, as well as rescuing someone who is being held captive. conformity A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a>. Each instance is an acting according to certain accepted standards. ConformingToAcceptedStandards A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjeiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CreationEvent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViexZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAnAgreement</a> is an event in which two or more agents specify the terms of an agreement (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>) to which they will be agreeing parties (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjcJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">agreeingAgents</a>), and subsequently enter into that agreement. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVihhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAnAgreement</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj9TJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EngagementEventPart_BecomingEngaged</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjZyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmployeeHiring</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMtZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DeclaringCeaseFire</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWD1HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MakingAReservation</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwL9R45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BreakingAnAgreement</a>. MakingAnAgreement authorization transaction Transaction A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Transaction</a> is an event in which goods, services, or funds are willingly exchanged or transferred. Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjV2JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Investing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKMpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneyTransfer</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViy4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bartering</a>. conspiring The collection of events in which two or more <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> plan together to carry out some illegal or nefarious action, usually secretly. ConspiringToDoSomething IntelligenceOperation-Joint A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPx5tZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligenceGathering</a>, in which two or more parties are working together to perform the gathering. These parties are often different intelligence organizations of a country, or the intelligence organizations of several countries. Examples include US-IsraelIntelligenceWorkInTheMiddleEast. joint intelligence operation A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOImtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pretending</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8gU1vrgmEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">PretendingToCooperate</a>, someones cooperates or pretend to cooperate. PretendingToCooperate going along re-presentation Representation-CooperationEvent A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a>. Each instance is the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf. peaceful resolution A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a>s. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBGLeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ResolvingPeacefully</a> is an event in which some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> is resolved peacefully, i.e. without one or other of the adversaries attacking or harming the other. ResolvingPeacefully PassageOfLines-MilitaryOperation A passage of lines is an generally an operation in which one unit moves through another unit's positions with the intent of moving into or out of enemy contact. It involves the transfer of responsibility for fighting an enemy force from one unit to another in close operations. The commander's reasons for conducting a passage of lines are to sustain the tempo of an offensive operation with fresh forces forces to a defense task. FM100-40, p18-2. passage of lines Campaign campaign The collection of all extended operations with a focused purpose undertaken by a group of people. Types of campaigns include medical campaigns, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZcSBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropagandaCampaign</a>s, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB5gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalElectionCampaign</a>s. In this type of action, a military unit moves through another (friendly) unit's position with the intent of moving into or out of enemy contact. It involves the transfer of responsibility for fighting an enemy force from one unit to another in close operations. PassageOfLines performing a passage of lines the attempt to democratize Iraq The attempt by the U.S. and the coalition of the willing to bring about stable regime change in Iraq. AttemptToDemocratizeIraq cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent clarifying collection type ClarifyingCollectionType A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>. Instances are collections that are usefully invoked for purposes of resolving ambiguity and confusion that arise from the use of non-perspicuous languages. Suppose a human or other intelligent agent uses a language, such as a natural language, that is rife with ambiguity, and uses a word WORD of that language whose intended reference is unclear: in the context WORD might refer to THING1 or to THING2, but not both. One strategy for resolving this ambiguity is to find properties of THING1 and THING2, say P1 and P2, that distinguish them from one another, and ask the speaker whether by "WORD," s/he intended to refer to something with P1, or to something with P2. For example, the speaker might use the word "bank," and in response one might ask whether a financial institution or a piece of shoreline was meant. Clearly, what values of P1 and P2 are chosen cannot be arbitrary; asking whether the speaker meant to refer to a multi-individual agent versus a non-agentive place is not as effective as asking the speaker to choose between the "financial institution" and "shoreline" interpretations described above. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> just are those collections -- such as the collection of financial institutions -- that might plausibly be invoked to resolve cases of ambiguity of the kind described here. In particular, suppose TYPE1 is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> and TYPE2 is not, and THING is an instance of both TYPE1 and TYPE2. The fact that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> TYPE1 <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a>) is a reason to prefer TYPE1 over TYPE2 when calculating possible clarifying properties for THING. cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent 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 cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</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 A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViGFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtLeastPartiallyMentalEvent</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a> is an action consciously, volitionally, and purposefully done by (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a>) at least one actor. intentional action PurposefulAction cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent group activity GroupActivity This is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Action</a>s <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1HmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">doneBy</a> a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>s. cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent 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>COL</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>COL</code> is itself an instance of <code>COL</code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code>COL</code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). More precisely, for a collection <code>COL</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>OBJ1</code> and <code>OBJ2</code> (with <code>OBJ2</code> at or above <code>COL</code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ1 COL)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> OBJ1 OBJ2)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ2 COL)</code>. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code>WALK</code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code>SUBWALK</code> of <code>WALK</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>SUBWALK</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 cooperation A collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViPO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOccurrence</a> that can be called 'cooperations'. For each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6wB1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CooperationEvent</a> COOP the following hold: (i) there are at least two <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s AGT1 and AGT2 such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtNvdZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">partnersInCooperation</a> AGT1 AGT2 COOP), (ii) AGT1 and AGT2 share a GOAL, (iii) there are subevents ACT1 and ACT2 of COOP, both of which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s, such that ACT1 is performed by AGT1 with the intent of furthering GOAL and ACT2 is performed by AGT2 with the intent of furthering GOAL, (iv) AGT1 believes that ACT2 furthers GOAL and AGT2 believes that ACT1 furthers GOAL, and (v) the fact ACT1 and ACT2 both further GOAL is not an unexpected coincidence: it was a part of AGT1's expectation that an act like (i.e. of the same kind as) ACT2, performed by AGT2, would further GOAL; and it was a part of AGT2's expectation that an act like ACT1, performed by AGT1, would further GOAL. CooperationEvent