]> 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. SocialQuantityType social quantity type This is a collection of collections. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialQuantityType</a> is itself a coherent collection of quantities that pertain to human behavior. This definition is very broad, and embraces attributes of behavior (personal and social) one might read about in a sociology, psychology, cultural anthropology, economics, political science, or social philosophy course -- in short, in the (human) `behavioral' sciences. Presence A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimitiveOrderedQuantityType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rLxNyMGoZQdeRY7WpBL9aXQ" class="cyc_term">SocialQuantity</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r02K58oSPEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">Presence</a> is the collection of degrees to which an agent can have influence, importance, or high-profile in some region, situation, group, or field. presence SupportCommunicationsForMission communications support for missions A collection of #$AttributeValues denoting various gradations of communications support a unit or instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> might provide for a mission. The kind of support intended here includes instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4DJuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SupplyingMeansOfCommunication</a>. humanitarian assistance HumanitarianAssistance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvf33ZZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanitarianAssistance</a> is a collection of attributes representing the levels of humanitarian aid (food, clothing, medical attention, etc.) that one group of agents may give to another. Closely related to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvg5T_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prestige</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTxkVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Influence</a> denotes the respect one Agent commands. Other than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvg5T_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Prestige</a>, which is a quality sort of passively admired, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTxkVZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Influence</a> denotes the ability to actually get involved in decision making processes, i.e. have a respected say in these contexts. Influence sway (InterAgentSupportTypeFn Training) training support prestige Prestige This attribute denotes the degree of prestige or standing that one agent has in the eyes of another. ManPowerAndPersonnelSupport manpower and personnel support Faithful faithful thing IntelligenceSupport intelligence support PrideOfMembership pride of membership The feeling of pride in belonging to an organization or group. A collection of attributes denoting various gradations of logistical and/or material aid whose purpose is to facilitate the operations of an agent's military organizations in some fashion. MilitarySupportQuantity military support political support (InterAgentSupportTypeFn ProvidingPoliticalSupport) (InterAgentSupportTypeFn (TrainingForFn TerroristAct)) terrorist training support LogisticsSupport logistics support operations support OperationsSupport SupportCommunicationsForEvent communications support for events A collection of #$AttributeValues denoting various gradations of communications support a unit or instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> might provide for an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. The kind of support intended here includes instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4DJuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SupplyingMeansOfCommunication</a>. material support Assitance to an agent such as financial contributions; services; or goods. Current legal definitions generally include currency or other financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, safe houses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, transportation, and other physical assests, with the exception of medicine or religious materials. MaterialSupport A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rCTsqLgCxQdiBCPvQ73RmAA" class="cyc_term">InterAgentQuantity</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rEf8TZvWGEdmAAAACs6hbjw" class="cyc_term">Face_SocialStanding</a> is the collection of amounts of 'face' that agents possess in various social contexts. AGENT's 'face' is, roughly, a kind of esteem accorded to him by others, especially as regards his suitability to perform his assigned social roles. In many collectivist cultures, ensuring that persons maintain 'face' in social interactions is a central value, one that underlies many behavioral norms. The concept is most often invoked in US culture in references to 'saving' or 'losing' face. Face-SocialStanding face social standing SupportCommunicationsForAgent communications support for agents A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrideOfMembership</a>. Each instance of this collection is the strong sense of masculine pride or superiority. Behaviorly, this feeling is expressed in expecting traditional roles for men and women, and forceful male behavior. machismo Machismo-Pride CredibilityStatus This attribute denotes the default amount of trust or faith that one agent puts in the statements, predictions, and promises of another. Of course, agents can be credible in certain contexts and not others -- to specify the credibility of a particular instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViexZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvh74ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">credibilityToAgent</a>. credibility status Combination of Respect and Faithfulness to something or someone . Loyalty loyalty C4Support c4 support <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYYSfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalSupport</a> is a collection of attributes representing the generic levels of ideological support that one group of agents gives to another. For example, the Christian Right typically offers a high degree of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYYSfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalSupport</a> to anti-abortion groups. ideological support IdeologicalSupport special staff support SpecialStaffSupport FinancialSupport financial support Strong religious feeling and devotion to religious practice. Piety piousness (InterAgentSupportTypeFn ProvidingDiplomaticAssistance) diplomatic support <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDldpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalSupport</a> is a collection of attributes representing the generic levels of political support that one group of agents gives to another. Attributes in this collection represent the general committment of one agent to provide political assistance to another agent, as evidenced by pledges and/or present or previous behavior. For example, (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvugCUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">givesSupportToAgent</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDGhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HighAmountFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDldpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalSupport</a>)). Note that such relationships are liable to change and therefore assertions about them should have temporal qualification (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">holdsIn</a>). Political support is intangible but significant, in that it may sway the opinion of third parties, and it often implies or includes economic or military support. (See also #$MilitarySupport, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDd-WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EconomicSupport</a>.) To represent actual events in which support is given, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShowingSupportForSomeone</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBn8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HelpingAnAgent</a>. political support PoliticalSupport intimacy Intimacy national pride Nationalism A particularly strong feeling analogous to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Patriotism</a>. While it is possible to express <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi2CJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Patriotism</a> without disparaging other countries, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvq5iZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nationalism</a> usually implies disdain of other countries. economic support (InterAgentSupportTypeFn GivingEconomicAid) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0H0z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DiplomaticSupport</a> is a collection of attributes representing the different generic levels of diplomatic support that one country can give to another. Attributes in this collection represent the general commitment of one diplomatic agent (e.g., a country or organization of countries) to provide diplomatic support to another agent, as evidenced by pledges and/or present or previous behavior. For example, (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvugCUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">givesSupportToAgent</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj0qZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatBritain_TheIsland</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgDGhZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HighAmountFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0H0z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DiplomaticSupport</a>)). Note that such relationships are liable to change and, therefore, assertions about them should have a temporal qualification (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">holdsIn</a>). Diplomatic support is intangible but significant, in that it may affect actions in international organizations, it may influence third parties, and it may imply or include economic or military support. (See also #$MilitarySupport and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDd-WZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EconomicSupport</a>.) To represent actual events in which support is given, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShowingSupportForSomeone</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBn8ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HelpingAnAgent</a>.--Lupher, June 23, 1998 diplomatic support DiplomaticSupport The collection of all humanitarian assistance. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjvL65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InterAgentSupportQuantity</a>. (InterAgentSupportTypeFn GivingHumanitarianAid) humanitarian assistance patriot Patriotism planning and policy support PlanningAndPolicySupport PersonalStaffSupport personal staff support economic support EconomicSupport A collection of attributes denoting various gradations of logistical and/or material aid whose purpose is to stimulate the economy of some agent. standing Standing SocialQuantityType social quantity type This is a collection of collections. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialQuantityType</a> is itself a coherent collection of quantities that pertain to human behavior. This definition is very broad, and embraces attributes of behavior (personal and social) one might read about in a sociology, psychology, cultural anthropology, economics, political science, or social philosophy course -- in short, in the (human) `behavioral' sciences. relationships-social-topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. Relationships-Social-Topic SocialQuantityType social quantity type This is a collection of collections. Each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialQuantityType</a> is itself a coherent collection of quantities that pertain to human behavior. This definition is very broad, and embraces attributes of behavior (personal and social) one might read about in a sociology, psychology, cultural anthropology, economics, political science, or social philosophy course -- in short, in the (human) `behavioral' sciences. VariedOrderCollection A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> and the collection of all and only those <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>s some of whose instances (or instances of instances, or instances of instances of instances, etc.) are of different "orders", where order is understood as follows. Let <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>s be "zeroth-order" things, collections of (only) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>s "first-order", ..., and collections of (only) Nth-order things "(N+1)th-order". A more precise, recursive definition, then, is: a collection COL is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNs-F0CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">VariedOrderCollection</a> if and only if COL has instances INST1 and INST2 such that either (i) INST1 and INST2 are of two different fixed orders N1 and N2, (ii) INST1 is of the fixed order N1 and INST2 is a varied-order collection, or (iii) INST1 and INST2 are both varied-order collections. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpJ-nSEkJQdeC8NLkYPDBBw" class="cyc_term">AbstractThing</a> is a varied-order collection since it contains both (zeroth-order) abstract individuals and (higher-order) collections. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNs-F0CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">VariedOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Intangible</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a>. Note that (by clauses ii and iii) any generalization of a varied-order collection is varied-order; and (by clause iii) any (non-empty) specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNs-F0CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">VariedOrderCollection</a> is varied-order. Note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a> (q.v.) and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rNs-F0CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">VariedOrderCollection</a> do _not_ constitute a partition of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>: since the notion of order described above is not applicable to sets, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvl2en5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Set_Mathematical</a> (e.g.) and its specializations are neither fixed-order nor varied-order collections. variable-order Cyc collection type of quantity A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkDZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QuantityType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rSGNLQK45EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">Quantity</a> (q.v.). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkDZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QuantityType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwF4t15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TotallyOrderedQuantityType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVk5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnorderedQuantityType</a>. QuantityType A collection of collections of collections. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> is the collection of all (and only) types of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Collection</a>s. More precisely, a thing COLLTYPE is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> if and only if COLLTYPE is a non-empty collection all of whose instances are collections. Example: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzQbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByCulture</a>, each of whose instances is the collection of all persons who participate in some particular human culture, is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Important specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWPoRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DisjointCollectionType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SiblingDisjointCollectionType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviPYH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionTypeType</a>. CollectionType type of collection