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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. InternationalTerritorialDispute A collection of events, a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a>. In each instance, there are at least two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, who both claim legal control over some place, in such a way that their claims come into conflict. The dispute between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a> over who controlled the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FalklandIslands</a> would be an instance. While both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texas_State</a> claiming control over parts of Travis County would not, since the claims are not in conflict and the dispute is not at the international level. international territorial dispute http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China international territorial disputes TerritorialDispute-Libya-Algeria An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8EgOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalTerritorialDispute</a> between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Algeria</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a> claims that it controls some territory in southeastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Algeria</a>. territorial dispute between Libya and Algeria Territorial Dispute Nagorno Karabakh An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8EgOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalTerritorialDispute</a> between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBjg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Armenia</a> over the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviOE1JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nagorno_Karabakh</a> region, which is under <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a> control but has a local majority of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi28JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EthnicGroupOfArmenians</a>. TerritorialDispute-Nagorno-Karabakh An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8EgOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalTerritorialDispute</a> between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwG135ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tunisia</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViCzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Libya</a> claims that it controls parts of the maritime claim of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwG135ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tunisia</a>. TerritorialDispute-Libya-Tunisia Territorial Dispute Libya Tunisia territorial dispute of the Spratly Islands TerritorialDispute-SpratlyIslands An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv8EgOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalTerritorialDispute</a> over the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwB4ZsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpratlyIslands</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a> between <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Philippines</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Malaysia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJ_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Brunei</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkLH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vietnam</a>, and the islands themselves in the form of the Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads. All these nations claim some or all of the Spratly Islands, some of which are occupied for the purpose. InternationalTerritorialDispute A collection of events, a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a>. In each instance, there are at least two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, who both claim legal control over some place, in such a way that their claims come into conflict. The dispute between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a> over who controlled the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FalklandIslands</a> would be an instance. While both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texas_State</a> claiming control over parts of Travis County would not, since the claims are not in conflict and the dispute is not at the international level. international territorial dispute 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 InternationalTerritorialDispute A collection of events, a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a>. In each instance, there are at least two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, who both claim legal control over some place, in such a way that their claims come into conflict. The dispute between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a> over who controlled the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FalklandIslands</a> would be an instance. While both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texas_State</a> claiming control over parts of Travis County would not, since the claims are not in conflict and the dispute is not at the international level. international territorial dispute dispute DisputeEvent A collection of events with multiple participants. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjz15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DisputeEvent</a>, some participants seek to achieve states of affairs that other participants seek to prevent. Disputes may or may not get settled. Settlement of a dispute may be by fighting, by competition, by using a mediator or court, by chance, by mutual reasoning, etc. InternationalTerritorialDispute A collection of events, a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a>. In each instance, there are at least two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, who both claim legal control over some place, in such a way that their claims come into conflict. The dispute between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a> over who controlled the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FalklandIslands</a> would be an instance. While both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texas_State</a> claiming control over parts of Travis County would not, since the claims are not in conflict and the dispute is not at the international level. international territorial dispute InternationalTerritorialDispute A collection of events, a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyEmy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConflictEvent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a>. In each instance, there are at least two instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, who both claim legal control over some place, in such a way that their claims come into conflict. The dispute between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViRhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjX8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Argentina</a> over who controlled the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjdG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FalklandIslands</a> would be an instance. While both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi5OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityOfAustinTX</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkBk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Texas_State</a> claiming control over parts of Travis County would not, since the claims are not in conflict and the dispute is not at the international level. international territorial dispute first-order collection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. FirstOrderCollection InternationalConflict Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLCDn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalConflict</a> are conflicts between two elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. A sufficient condition for being an element of this collection is two elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> are opponents in some conflict. Note that there may be more than two countries as well as some non-countries that are parties to the conflict. Wars and territorial disputes are prototypical exemplars. international conflict