]> 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. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a profit for its owners, usually through the buying and selling of goods or services. A given instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> may also be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>, or it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. CommercialOrganization commercial organization commercial organizations commercial organisations commercial organisation Chinese company The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> that are based in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Japan</a>. Sufficient conditions include being in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOo_uQnooEdaQbwCQJ5pcrQ" class="cyc_term">hasHeadquartersInRegion</a> with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a>. Necessary conditions are hard to specify. ChineseCompany The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s that are primarily or significantly engaged in a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvh2_J5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TelecommunicationsIndustry</a> or whose activities focus on that industry. TelecommunicationsCompany telecommunications company incubator Incubator-Organization Japanese company The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> that are based in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Japan</a>. Sufficient conditions include being in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOo_uQnooEdaQbwCQJ5pcrQ" class="cyc_term">hasHeadquartersInRegion</a> with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Japan</a>. Necessary conditions are hard to specify. JapaneseCompany publicly held organization The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s whose securities or other ownership interests are freely tradable among members of the general public, usually on an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRr9UJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FinancialExchange</a>. In the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6GTX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PubliclyHeldOrganization</a>s are usually either <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>s or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWdLapwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LimitedPartnership</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6GTX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PubliclyHeldOrganization</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> must be registered with the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwGnYuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission</a> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is regulated by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwGnYuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission</a>. PubliclyHeldOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ManufacturingOrganization</a> is an organization whose main function (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViMgZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">actsInCapacity_MainFunction</a>) is the manufacture or production of goods. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjvI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ManufacturingOrganization</a> may be departments, suborganizations, companies, or conglomerate enterprises. ManufacturingOrganization producer A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTZho5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SecuritiesUnderwriter</a> is an organization which brings new tradeable securities (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0XONJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TradeableSecurity</a>) to the investment public through offerings. SecuritiesUnderwriter securities underwriter A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a> is an organization intended to make profits, i.e. to make money for agents who own them. Note that not all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>es. For example, in a franchise <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>, while the parent company (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjF5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">parentCompany</a>) is regarded as a business, the sub-organizations are commercial organizations but not businesses. Also, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>es are typically <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>s, while <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>s need not be. business Business Franchise The collection of all franchises, whcih are businesses that are liscensed to use specific trademarks or methods of doing business. franchise commercial farm (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet CommercialOrganization FarmTheOrganization)) The collection of all commercial farms. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViqgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FarmTheOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. CommercialOrganization-InAdministration Administration drug trafficking organization DrugTraffickingOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv60405wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CriminalOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> involved in buying, selling, and transporting <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViLfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IllegalDrug</a>s. commercial entertainment organization CommercialEntertainmentOrganization A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVijq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rIvhQOOaKEdqAAAACs2IKaQ" class="cyc_term">CommercialEntertainmentOrganization</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwBYMH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByIndustry</a>. SalesOrServiceRelatedCompany sales or service related company the collection of companies involved in sales (wholesale or retail) or service providing broadly construed. The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> that are based in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thailand</a>. Sufficient conditions include being in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rOo_uQnooEdaQbwCQJ5pcrQ" class="cyc_term">hasHeadquartersInRegion</a> with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thailand</a>. Necessary conditions are hard to specify. Thai company ThaiCompany tree farming company The collection of all commercial organizations dedicated to growing trees for harvest. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv672hpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AgricultureOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. TreeFarm-Organization the collection of companies whose business is bank or finance related broadly conceived. This includes banking organizations proper as well as mortgage lenders and insurers, underwriting companies, etc. banking or finance company BankingOrFinanceCompany PrivatelyHeldOrganization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-qQyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivatelyHeldOrganization</a> is the collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose securities or other ownership interests are held by a (usually small) group of individuals or entities, and whose securities are forbidden by law to be traded among members of the general public. A notable specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-qQyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrivatelyHeldOrganization</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipDJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SoleProprietorship</a>. privately held organization AllograftManufacturer allograft manufacturer Indian company IndianCompany The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> that are based in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>. Sufficient conditions include being in the #$headquartersInRegion with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">India</a>. Necessary conditions are hard to specify. Christies-CommercialOrganization Christies Commercial Organization Jodco Jodco-Japan AmerGen AmerGen-Corporation Revlon revlon EA Sports EASports EgyptTrans-GasCompany Egypt Trans-Gas Company Yves Saint Laurent organization YvesSaintLaurent-Organization Bell Laboratories BellLaboratories BlueMountainArts BlueMountainArts Adaptec-CommercialOrganization Adaptec HecklerUndKoch An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>. HK is a German weapons manufacturer founded by Edmund Heckler and Theodor Koch in 1949. Heckler und Koch (OrganizationOfFacilityFn SynthesiaChemicalCompany) organization of facility fn VCHZ Synthesia Morningstar Morningstar Amiga-CommercialOrganization Amiga PetrominLubricatingOilCompany An oil company that operates in SaudiArabia. Petromin Lubricating Oil Company Thunderstone Thunderstone-TheCompany Qatar Fertilizer Company QatarFertilizerCompany FileMaker, Inc. FileMaker-CommercialOrganization snap Snap-CommercialOrganization IsraelElectricCorporationLtd Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. Luberef - Mobil Luberef-Mobil Lipton Lipton WaltDisney-CommercialOrganization Walt Disney Company NationalPetrochemicalCompany-Iran National Petrochemical Company Sothebys-CommercialOrganization Sothebys Commercial Organization Diamond Multimedia Diamond-CommercialOrganization FreeinternetDotCom Freeinternet.com Playboy Enterprises PlayboyEnterprisesInc RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica the Recording Industry Association of America Packard Bell PackardBellNEC The manufacturer of IBM-compatible microcomputers and peripherals. Formed in 1979. Ticketmaster-CommercialOrganization Ticketmaster Kellogg Kellogg Tucows-CommercialOrganization Tucows Casa Hamze Organization-725 HoughtonMifflin Houghton Mifflin Prada Prada National Coal Supply Corporation NationalCoalSupplyCo-Israel Latchways-CommercialOrganization Latchways A company that develops and sells cable-based fall arrest systems, a kind of safety device typically used by people doing maintanence work on the outside of multi-story buildings and other large structures. Bloomberg-TheCompany Bloomberg WiredDigital-CommercialOrganization Wired Digital PhotoplayProductions Photoplay Productions Conoco Conoco Azerenergy <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvctoPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerenergy</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvctoPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerenergy</a> is one of three state-run companies concerned with the maintenance of Azerbaijan's energy industry. Azerenergy Battelle Battelle is a global science and technology company. It develops and commercializes technology and it manages laboratories, such as U.S. national labs. Battelle DirecTV-CommercialOrganization DirecTV NationalIranianGasCompany National Iranian Gas Company PetroleumPipelinesCompany-Egypt Petroleum Pipelines Company 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 Epinions.com EpinionsDotCom GayDotCom <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTFcW5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GayDotCom</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvz7_25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> that caters to the gay, lesbian and transgender communities. They offer news, channels, chat rooms, etc. gay.com Clairol Clairol Sumed-ArabPetroleumPipelineCompany Sumed-Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company Biopure: a commercial organization. biopure Biopure Old Navy OldNavy-CommercialOrganization Organization-448 Galeria Page DominionGeneration-Corporation Excelon Generating Company Israeli Military Industries IsraeliMilitaryIndustries <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet Workplace CommercialOrganization BusinessPerson)) the union of { business locations, commercial organisations, businesspeople } BusinessRelatedThing business related thing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a profit for its owners, usually through the buying and selling of goods or services. A given instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> may also be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>, or it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. CommercialOrganization commercial 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 organizations by business profit nature organization topic OrganizationsByBusinessProfitNature-Organization-Topic Agent-NonGeographical agent non geographical A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> (qq.v.). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTamqeBNMEdqAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">Agent_NonGeographical</a> is the collection of all spatially-located agents that are not geographical (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a>). Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryJtzbicMEdqAAAACs6hcqg" class="cyc_term">EmbodiedAgent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a profit for its owners, usually through the buying and selling of goods or services. A given instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> may also be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>, or it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. CommercialOrganization commercial organization A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a profit for its owners, usually through the buying and selling of goods or services. A given instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> may also be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>, or it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. CommercialOrganization commercial organization (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet CommercialOrganization GovernmentalOrganization)) the union of { commercial organisations, governmental organisations } A collection of two disjoint collections, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkNTd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByProfitMotive</a> is a set whose elements are distinguished by either the fact that their activities are motivated by the desire to make a profit for their owners or by the fact that no such profit motive exists (or that any profit motive is secondary to a primary non-profit motive). For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViu6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NonProfitOrganization</a>. Although <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a> may engage in activities designed to generate a profit (e.g., selling <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a> products), those activities are engaged in only for the purpose of furthering the primary goal of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjRFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SierraClub</a> (which does not involve making money for the organization's owners (it has none) or members). OrganizationTypeByProfitMotive type of organization by profit motive A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a profit for its owners, usually through the buying and selling of goods or services. A given instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a> may also be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>, or it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Business</a>. CommercialOrganization commercial organization 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