]> 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. InternationalOrganization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. world organization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization global organization international organizations international organization global organisation world organisation world organizations international organisations international organisation global organizations global organisations world organisations The collection of all international terrorist groups. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV7MhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerroristGroup</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rph9LiMyWEdmAAACQJw5drg" class="cyc_term">InternationalTerroristGroup</a> is a #$MilitaryOrganizationCollection. InternationalTerroristGroup international terrorist group InternationalOrganizationOfCountries A collection of organizations; a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> is an organization whose members are countries (as represented by their goverments). Examples include the United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States, and OPEC. organization of countries InternationalSoccerFederation international soccer federation A subset of #$HPKB-TransnationalAgent and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>. An element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUbpDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultinationalCorporation</a> is a corporate entity that operates internationally and involves firms or interests from different countries. MultinationalCorporation multinational corporation A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv60405wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CriminalOrganization</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkdUiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TransnationalCriminalOrganization</a> are organized syndicates that operate illicit enterprises, such as a narcotics trafficking or fraud, on an international level, but remain based in a home country. international crime syndicate TransnationalCriminalOrganization international terrorist group The collection of all international terrorist groups. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV7MhJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerroristGroup</a>. (CollectionIntersection2Fn InternationalOrganization TerroristGroup) the International Maritime Bureau ICCInternationalMaritimeBureau CIOC the Caspian International Operating Company <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwOv09pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CIOC</a>, the Caspian International Operating Company, is an international organization consisting of major and middle-sized oil industry companies. CIOC is concerned with the price of, commerce in and marketing of petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas in Karabakh oil field and Karabakh gas field. WesternDigitalCorporation western digital An organization devoted to assisting developing countries. WorldBank-Organization the World Bank FoodForTheHungry Food for the Hungry is a Christian organization whose purpose is to provide relief and self-development efforts worldwide to help people overcome poverty and hunger. Food for the Hungry EFTA EuropeanFreeTradeAssociation Lexmark Lexmark-TheCompany An international relief organization whose aim is to promote the world-wide development and improvement of emergency and disaster medicine. WADEM World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rve6WJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MensaInternational</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWgYTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialOrganization</a> consisting of people whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population. MensaInternational Mensa Al Jazeera AlJazeera-MediaOrganization An international relief organization whose aim is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Oxfam Oxfam Amnesty International is a humanitarian organization whose main purpose is to secure the release of prisoners of conscience worldwide. AmnestyInternational Amnesty International Doctors Without Borders The world's largest medical aid organization; whose humanitarian missions provide relief to victims of disasters throughout the world. DoctorsWithoutBorders YouthForUnderstandingInc Youth for Understanding, Inc., is a non-for-profit service organization that places high school exchange students from the foreign countries with U.S. families and sends American students abroad. Youth For Understanding InternationalAstronomicalUnion International Astronomical Union FeedTheChildren An international relief organization whose aim is to provide food, clothing, educational supplies, medical equipment and other necessities to people who lack these essentials because of famine, drought, flood, war or other calamities. Feed the Children IMB Piracy Reporting Center IMBPiracyReportingCenter the Mosztazafan Foundation Officially known as the Bonyad Janbazan va Mosztaz'afan, or Organization of the Downtrodden, this is ostensibly a major Iranian charity whose infrastructure was inherited from comparable organs existing under the last Shah. It is alleged to be a major fundraising tool of the Iranian government, under the direct control of the supreme leader and the expediency council, used for channeling support to the nuclear development program and Lebanese Hezbollah, among others. The New York-based Alavi Foundation (see #$Organization-10) is an important subsidiary. MosztazafanFoundation AndeanCommunityOfNations Andean Pact An international organization whose aim is to promote worldwide humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in wartime, and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in peacetime. ICRM InternationalRedCrossAndRedCrescentMovement AssociatedPress-NewsOrganization the Associated Press U.S. Robotics, the telecommunications company. It just merged with 3Com (1999). USRobotics U.S. Robotics UNICEF UN Children's Fund IridiumLLC Iridium Iridium LLC, the global satellite telephone and paging company. Commercially active since November 1, 1998. Key3MediaEventsInc Key3Media Events, Inc. AIOC, the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, is an international organization consisting of major and middle-sized oil industry companies. AIOC is concerned with the price of, commerce in and marketing of petroleum (crude oil) and natural gas in Azerbaijan. It is the main broker in oil and gas contracts in Azerbaijan. AIOC the Azerbaijan International Operating Company Save the Children SaveTheChildren Save the Children is a humanitarian organization based in the U.K. which works worldwide in the interest of children's health and well-being. International Court of Justice InternationalCourtOfJustice The International Court of Justice is one of the main judicial agencies of the United Nations. One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice is to settle legal disputes between states. type of organization classified by geographical reach A collection of four disjoint collections, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that are instances of the collections which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdvOC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach</a> are distinguished by their primary scope of activity, membership and ownership within a particular geographic region. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> are not specailizations of any of the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdvOC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach</a>. Because instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a> are not confined in terms of activity to a particular geographic region, those collections are not specializations of, respectively, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a>. OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach InternationalOrganization world organization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. InternationalOrganization world organization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a> is an agent who has some status in a particular legal system. At the very least, such an agent is recognized by some legal authority as having some kinds of rights and/or responsibilities as an agent (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">citizens</a> of Germany), or as being subject to certain restrictions and penalties (e.g., a company that has been blacklisted by Iraq). Thus, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a> include agents that may have property rights, may be taxed, may have a government identification number, may be sued, may have an address, or may buy or sell. Note that membership in this collection is very much dependent upon context. In some societies, only adult males and various kinds of state-run organizations would be included in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. legal agent LegalAgent organizations by geographical scope organization topic OrganizationsByGeographicalScope-Organization-Topic 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 InternationalOrganization world organization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. InternationalOrganization world organization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. Organization An Organization is a company, corporation, firm, or institution that has its own functions and administration. organization InternationalOrganization world organization A collection of organizations. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> is an organization with international `scope' -- that is, one which has substantial operations, physical facilities, or substantial membership in multiple countries. International organizations may have persons, other organizations, or countries as members. They may be political or commercial in nature. International organizations with countries as members belong to the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcF1IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IBMInc</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">internationalOrganizationMemberCountries</a>. The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type