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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. SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. existence things existing stably in time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence the concept corresponding to NAMED-OBJECT in SENSUS-Information1997 (MeaningInSystemFn SENSUS-Information1997 "NAMED-OBJECT") QuoteRequestDocument quote request A document typically sent by PurchasingAgents to vendors, requesting specific information about the terms of a proposed sale. This is sometimes called a RequestForBids. Vendors respond with a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FormalEstimateDocument</a>. MasculineObject masculine thing Having characteristics stereotypically appealing to, attributed to, or befitting men. This concept is culture-relative, since what things are considered masculine and feminine vary somewhat from culture to culture. member of { rims, things existing stably in time } (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet Rim-BoundaryLine SomethingExisting)) A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rLfVVhLgLEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">EndangeringSomething</a>, something poses a threat to something; presents a danger to something. EndangeringSomething endangering shopping list GroceryList The collection of documents which contain a list of items to be purchased the next time the owner goes grocery shopping. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWIKZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Statement</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> created in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVr8vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StatingSomething</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> must create the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWIKZpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Statement</a> and it contains propositional information. The illocutionary force of its contents are an <font color="#ff0000">#$Inform</font>. statement Statement former soviet republic (FormerFn (SubcollectionOfWithRelationFromFn Country geopoliticalSubdivision UnionOfSovietSocialistRepublics)) policy PolicyDocument The collection of all documents in which a set of policies (of a corporation, governmental body, or some other organization or agent) are explicitly stated. TestCollection-2 test collection 2 (MeaningInSystemFn SENSUS-Information1997 "SEPARABLE-ENTITY") the concept corresponding to SEPARABLE-ENTITY in SENSUS-Information1997 investment vehicle Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnqd_xD2eQdmF-uqicjZj2w" class="cyc_term">InvestmentVehicle</a> is an item that generally appreciates or depreciates in value, thereby affecting the financial worth of its owner. Important specializations include some kinds of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr0G5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RealEstate</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0XONJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TradeableSecurity</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvy6h5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommodityFinancialProduct</a> (qq.v). InvestmentVehicle Having characteristics stereotypically appealing to, attributed to, or befitting women. This concept is culture-relative, since what things are considered masculine and feminine vary somewhat from culture to culture. feminine thing FeminineObject (FormerFn UnitedStatesCodeSection) repealed United States Code section job description document JobDescriptionDocument The colection of documents that provide job descriptions. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1Z4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JobDescriptionDocument</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn3yL9FlGEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterialTypeByFunction</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> (qq.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> is a spatial enduring thing at which an event can occur or a situation can obtain. Positive examples include planets, the borders between countries, human beings, rocks, and atoms. Negative example include situations, events, abstract objects, and regions of space that exclusively act as possible locations for other spatial objects (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvlxdi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpaceRegion</a>). An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> (q.v.). The salient distinction between places (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a>) and locations (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a>) is that places are assumed to have relatively permanent locations, whereas locations need not have permanent locations. Thus, from the perspective of someone standing on a beach, the crest of a breaking wave can be a location at which foaming is occuring (thus an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a>), but it cannot be such a place (i.e. it cannot be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a>). EnduringThing-Localized location SpecificationDocument written specification The document on which a specification is written. This is the collection of all things which are owned. Members of this collection may be tangible, such as real estate, or intangible, such as the rights to produce a movie based on a particular book. Property property A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdMUP47aeEdmFRQACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Preexisting</a>, something exists beforehand or prior to a certain point in time. Preexisting preexisting Neither having characteristics stereotypically appealing to, attributed to, or befitting women, nor men. This concept is culture-relative, since what things are considered masculine and feminine vary somewhat from culture to culture. neuter thing NeuterObject MP3Player-Generic mp3 player The collection of all things --- hardware or software --- whose primary intended purpose is to play MP3 files. Log-Document The collection of all logs, logbooks -- documents in which information is recorded on a regular basis. log holding Holdings A collection of groups of objects, tangible or intangible, which have some special financial, scientific, cultural, or educational value. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjcj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Holdings</a> is a group of all the objects kept and usually maintained by some agent for their value, or to preserve the objects, or to make them available for public display or use (as in a museum's `holdings' or a library's `holdings'). The group-members (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj-BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">groupMembers</a>) in a group of holdings may or may not be all of a similar type (e.g., books, paintings). An agent's holdings may or may not all be kept in the same location. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0BtH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">holding</a> for additional details. gift Gift The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s that are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rUhA0loCiEdeOJQACs6hcsw" class="cyc_term">objectGiven</a> in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjuYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GiftGiving</a> event. routing list RoutingList The collection of all routing lists. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1PIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RoutingList</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn3yL9FlGEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterialTypeByFunction</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1OjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StockIndex</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn3yL9FlGEdaAAAABAxv-7A" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterialTypeByFunction</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. StockIndex stock index The collection of all pieces of technology. Instances are artifacts, typically devices and machines, but also computer programs and other constructed systems that are 1) the result of applying scientific knowledge to real-world problems, and 2) can be used as a tool in the construction of additional artifacts (e.g., technology, such as a bulldozer or a crane, used in the construction of a building) or in generating a desired state of affairs, such as the creation of an artificial environment (e.g., technology used in refrigeration). Note that there is a normative sense of the word "technology" that refers to new or relatively modern pieces of technology, which this this collection does not represent. piece of technology Technology-Artifact blight Blight (FormerFn UnitedStatesCodeTitle) repealed United States Code Title RecipeCopy A collection of textual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7M7hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecipeCopy</a> contains as information some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjN8JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Recipe_CW</a> (a list of ingredients or components needed and instructions on how to combine them to produce an edible product). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjN8JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Recipe_CW</a> have in common a distinct literary form, recognizable by most people as that of a recipe. recipe copy functional thing A collection of things that function ( a sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>) that represents that something is fully functional with respect to its being capable of performing the primary function of things of its kind (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvf9nCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">typePrimaryFunction</a>). FunctionalObject the union of The Set intelligent agent structurally specific work (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet IntelligentAgent StructurallySpecificWork)) (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet SomethingExisting Tube)) member of { things existing stably in time, rod shaped thing } WebSite A subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBcktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DynamicIndexedInfoSource</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJtdTVoJNQdeOqaFkQvl7dw" class="cyc_term">WebSite</a> is composed of a homepage and zero or more additional instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXJevZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WebPage_CW</a> connected by hyperlinks to the site's homepage. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJtdTVoJNQdeOqaFkQvl7dw" class="cyc_term">WebSite</a> is maintained by a single webmaster or group of webmasters, and is thematically unified in some way, on a single computer, an intranet or on the $WorldWideWeb-DynamicIndexedInfoSource (in which case the more specific term, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvz7_25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a>, should be used. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rJtdTVoJNQdeOqaFkQvl7dw" class="cyc_term">WebSite</a> is normally designed with the intention that a visitor will enter the site via its homepage, and navigate to other pages in the site via hyperlinks. website (FormerFn MovieStar) former movie star Light-Stuff An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBCUKRq5sQdifdq02wQw31Q" class="cyc_term">Light_Stuff</a> is some light naively considered as stuff rather than an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. There are many common sense truths which (arguably) involve thinking of light in this way, e.g. &quot;Windows admit light,&quot; &quot;Light bulbs produce light,&quot; &quot;Cats don't need much light to see.&quot; light-stuff EconomicSystem A collection of all economic systems. It can be the economic system of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, or the economic system in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. To refer to the economic system of a particular country or a state (or a province, etc.), use <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUeGrpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EconomyFn</a>. economic system OriginatingInSomething dwelling A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdMa9lbaeEdmFRQACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">OriginatingInSomething</a>, something originates in something (else). the union of { entertainment or arts professionals, former entertainment or arts professionals } (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet EntertainmentOrArtsProfessional (FormerFn EntertainmentOrArtsProfessional))) A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdMUP5baeEdmFRQACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">KickingAround</a>, something is around; is alive or active. KickingAround kicking about The most general collection of vulnerable things. A thing is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5aTPJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VulnerableThing</a> if it is vulnerable to any threat whatsoever. Whenever possible, a more specific collection should be used. VulnerableThing vulnerability Possession possession A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Each instance is an anything owned or possessed. inventory A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. Each instance of this collection is a document that contains information about some organization's collection of some kind of item, such as office furniture, or (for a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SellingOrganization</a>) unsold or unused items in stock. InventoryDocument IntangibleExistingThing intangible thing existing stably in time A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjj45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleIndividual</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleExistingThing</a> exist stably in time (unlike instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>), but lack any material parts (unlike instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleExistingThing</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9p3wpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DevisedPracticeOrWork</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>. The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrtS6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBT</a>s which instantiate (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYyDjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">instantiationOfWork</a>) some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rmpoNynbPQdiXBZZKzB9Zng" class="cyc_term">Telegram_CW</a>. TelegramCopy telegram copy An attribute used to describe those things, activities, methods of doing things which are typical of the past, and/or which are viewed as conventional and well-established. throwback Traditional shipping and receiving form ShippingAndReceivingForm The collection of forms used to notify the agents involved about the state/progress of a shipping/receiving event. The collection of all pieces of computer data. This collection includes all such information, such as data streams (e.g., bits or bytes of data in addressable memory) and more complex objects such as files in a filesystem (see the specialization of this collection, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvrgHFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerFileCopy</a>). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXDUKwKjIEdaAAACgycbRww" class="cyc_term">ComputerDataArtifact_Generic</a> are <i>non-agentive</i> existing things; thus computer processes and software agents are not instances of this collection. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rXDUKwKjIEdaAAACgycbRww" class="cyc_term">ComputerDataArtifact_Generic</a> encode information, but are not necessarily physical objects (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rYZVv8IooEduX7wACs5iPxA" class="cyc_term">ComputerDataArtifact</a>). ComputerDataArtifact-Generic piece of stored computer data BlueBook-GovernmentDocument A collection of government issued documents. This collection includes both registries and directories as well as documents containing other sorts of information. government blue book Ethnic A collection used to describe the artifacts, food, and customs of those ethnic groups that differ from the predominant local culture(s). ethnic A collection of non-functional things (a sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>) that represents that something is nonfunctional with respect to its being capable of performing the primary function of things of its kind (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvf9nCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">typePrimaryFunction</a>). NonFunctionalObject nonfunctional thing The document submitted by an employee when requesting reimbursement for travel expenses. ExpenseReport expense report statement of hours accrued form The collection of documents in which an employer informs its employee of how many hours towards vacation/emergency time have been used during a given time period and how many remain. StatementOfHoursAccruedForm former TV star (FormerFn TelevisionStar) A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LiquidAsset</a> is either an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjMQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Currency</a> or some asset that is readily convertible to currency by selling or borrowing against it. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LiquidAsset</a>s include stocks, bonds, and money market accounts. LiquidAsset liquid asset schedule A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a> (and thus of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>). Each instance of this collection is a document that contains information about the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Schedule</a> of something. Instances might be printed on paper (and thus be instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxYpx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Paper_IBO</a>) or they might be represented in some other medium. Notable specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorkScheduleDocument</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1IZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PublicTransportationScheduleDocument</a>. For making assertions regarding the usage of such documents, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConsultingASchedule</a>. ScheduleDocument A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rdMU28LaeEdmFRQACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">CoexistingWithSomethingElse</a>, something exists together with something else. CoexistingWithSomethingElse coexisting FunctionalSystem A Cyc collection. Each instance is a special kind of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> that exists in time and interacts over the course of time in ways that underpin controlled application of resources and internal information exchange and processing by the system as a whole in order to perform certain tasks--which often can themselves be considered as functional roles in a larger system. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsWv_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FunctionalSystem</a>s have some of the characteristics of what James Grier Miller calls 'living systems'. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVim7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalLivingObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a> are all considered to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsWv_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FunctionalSystem</a>s in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTy5O5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FunctionalRoleAnalysisMt</a>. structure Classic classic thing The attribute that describes those things that have a formal, traditional, balanced style; which adhere to high standards and principles; which have been evaluated and are considered standard and authoritative. Classics maintain their standing as models of their kind over time. memo A note from an agent or group of agents in an organization to another agent or group of agents in the same organization, pertaining to the goals, practices, or conditions of the organization. Memorandum Superstring Superstrings are the posits of a string theory which takes into account boson/fermion symmetry. String theory is a class of theories which posit that the basic subatomic entities are "strings" which are have only one dimension. One interesting feature of quantum field theories of strings is that they are only non-anomalous if spacetime is assumed to have 10 (or 26) dimensions. superstring SalesCatalog The collection of all sales catalogues -- documents that list and describe types of items which can be bought, along with the prices per some unit(s) of the items. sales catalogue former popular music star (FormerFn PopularMusicStar) test collection 1 TestCollection-1 A collection of situations; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4riEMNNLgPEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">DistributingMathematically</a>, something is distributed or spread mathematically, as in statistical analyses. DistributingMathematically distributing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> is a being that has desires or intentions, and the ability to act on those desires or intentions. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> may be individuals (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndividualAgent</a>) or they may consist of several <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a>s operating together (see the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZGAFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiIndividualAgent</a>). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6ZvwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Agentive</a>. generic agent Agent-Generic letter The collection of copies of letters (<font color="#ff0000">#$Letter-Missive</font>). These may be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj2rJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>s on instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjpnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SheetOfPaper</a> or photon patterns being emitted from a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPvIT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CathodeRayTube</a>, for example. LetterCopy Unclassified <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r7a2dhHS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Unclassified</a> is the attribute anything has if it is unclassified. This attribute is normally associated with documents, computers, or physical facilities. unclassified thing independent thing The collection of all autonomous, largely self-sufficient, existing things that are considered separated (in some significant way) from other similar things. IndependentThing WrittenReportOnSituation A collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkEx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>. Each instance is a textual report composed by one agent for the benefit of another concerning a particular situation in which that other agent is believed to be interested. report (FormerFn USSenator) former United States senator thing existing stably in time that is not an organisation (CollectionDifferenceFn SomethingExisting Organization) 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 SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. <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 SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. Top-Topic top-topic SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. ThingsWithTemporalExtent-Time-Topic things with temporal extent time topic A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>. This is the collection of all things that exist (or occur or obtain) in or at a time. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> thus includes all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a> except <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. Its specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYjIS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Situation</a>. <p/> Here's arough-and-ready test for membership in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a>: If it makes sense to ask of a given temporal thing whether it could have had a different <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQn5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">temporalExtent</a> (q.v.) than it actually has, then (and only then) it is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a>. Tangible objects, events, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvh5TfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StaticSituation</a>s all pass this test, while dates and other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a> fail. It would be absurd to suppose (e.g.) that the day of 27 July 1947 might have taken place a year later than it actually did. Unlike temporally existing things, time intervals instances are differentiated solely on the basis of their duration and location on the time line. temporally existing thing TemporallyExistingThing 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><b>COL</b></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><b>COL</b></code> is itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code><b>COL</b></code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). <p/> More precisely, for a collection <code><b>COL</b></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><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> (with <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> at or above <code><b>COL</b></code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code><b>WALK</b></code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> of <code><b>WALK</b></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><b>SUBWALK</b></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 An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a>. Generally speaking, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r46fYpnaNEduAAAACs6hbjw" class="cyc_term">Analyst_PertinentConcept</a> are concepts and relations such as are used by intelligence analysts reasoning about threat situations. Specifically, all core concepts in this domain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgycE6OKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">coreConceptOfDomain</a>) are either 1) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 2) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 3:)<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuItPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 4) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuItPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 5) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyTLHJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">argGenl</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBAZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, or 6) concepts or relations that are instances of instances of <font color="#ff0000">#$TKBInterfaceCollection</font>. Analyst-PertinentConcept the intelligence analyst reasoning domain SomethingExisting thing existing stably in time A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtM0npht0QdiUF94Dipp7Pg" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> whose instances are more or less static, as compared (e.g.) to the more dynamic instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The clearest examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>s are tangible things, such as people, lakes, stars, and the Earth's ionosphere. But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> also includes certain intangible temporal things, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVivo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agreement</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Obligation</a>s, that remain relatively stable throughout their lifetimes. On the other hand, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> excludes &quot;purely temporal&quot; intangibles such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAw5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s.