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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. sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is #$KuKluxKlan. sects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sect A collection of groups. Each element is a group formed to achieve political goals. political interest group PoliticalInterestGroup ReligiousOrganization A subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjbBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReligiousOrganization</a> is an organization whose members share religious beliefs and participate in meetings, rituals, or practices related to those beliefs. Religious organizations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViolJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalReligiousCongregation</a>s such as local churches, temples, mosques and shrines (qua organizations), as well as worldwide religious organizations such as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBxlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RomanCatholicChurch</a>. religious group Cult cult The collection of all cults. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlyPWYip4EdiUfwAH6RYvSQ" class="cyc_term">Cult</a> is a sub-cultural social group strongly devoted to beliefs that are outside of the mainstream of the larger culture. Freemasonry Free and Accepted Masons A fraternal organization of monotheistic men dedicated to the three principles of brotherly love, relief (charity, etc.), and truth. Although <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvm0_5ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Freemasonry</a> is not itself a religion, it does require that its members believe in a supreme being. ProShare A British group dedicated to the interests of the private investor. ProShare-Organization KnightsTemplar-Organization A suborganization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvm0_5ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Freemasonry</a>. The Knights Templar claim to have originated from crusaders who captured Jerusalem from the Moslems around 1099 A.D. and banded together to protect European pilgrims visiting Jerusalem. the Knights Templar Attitude-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>. attitude-topic 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 sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is #$KuKluxKlan. (CollectionDifferenceFn Organization GeopoliticalEntity) organisation that is not a political entity sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is #$KuKluxKlan. sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is #$KuKluxKlan. A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is #$KuKluxKlan. 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 The collection of organizations that are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>. This will include most of the instances of organization other than governments and countries. Organization-NonGeopoliticalEntity organisation that is not a political entity