]> 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. The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawyer barristers barrister attorney attorneys lawyers HumanRightsLawyer human rights lawyer The collection of all prosecutors: i.e., the collection of all lawers employed by the state for the purpose of prosecuting criminal cases within a defined jurisdiction. prosecutor Prosecutor The collection of all heads of law-enforcement departments who also officially represent the executive of the government in court cases, although such representation may normally handled through underlings. attorney general AttorneyGeneral defense attorney DefenseAttorney The collection of all defense attorneys: i.e., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a>s who, by profession, are employed in courtroom defense of individuals who have been charged with criminal acts. The collection of all solicitors. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rxFxmnCddQdiWWOHYN8as5Q" class="cyc_term">Solicitor</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. solicitor Solicitor PersonalInjuryLawyer personal injury lawyer The collection of all personal injury lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj61ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonalInjuryLawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. John Edwards, the former Senator from North Carolina who was John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 US Presidential election. JohnEdwards John Edwards Tony Blair TonyBlair The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer person A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndividualAgent</a>: the collection of all persons. Personhood is a vague, emotionally loaded yet extremely salient concept with respect to common-sense reasoning. Something is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> if it is an individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> with perceptual sensibility, capable of complex social relationships, and possessing a certain moral sophistication and an intrinsic moral value, or -- if it lacks certain of these characteristics -- is a member of a distinct type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> (usually a species) which generally possesses such characteristics and is therefore acknowledged by other members of that type as a person within their social systems. Most currently known instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rIcwFloGUQdeMlsOWYLFB2w" class="cyc_term">HomoSapiens</a> but there is no reason why all need be (consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdRsSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hobbit</a>s in the fictional world of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8lZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LordOfTheRings_Trilogy</a>). They need not even be instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVim7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalLivingObject</a> (consider the possibility of a person-like AI). Also note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> excludes non-human "legal persons", who are, however, included in the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Person <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 The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWgxLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByActivity</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> is a collection of workers (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>) and is defined in terms of the kind of work done. The various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> correspond to jobs of all kinds, and not just to those colloquially called "professions". Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjONJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgrammerProfessional</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FoodServiceEmployee</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwxbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalCareProfessional</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQwl6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SalesRepresentative</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjilJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Brewer</a>, and many others. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr5OpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByPositionInOrg</a>. type of profession PersonTypeByOccupation The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer the union of { lawyers, accountants } (CollectionUnionFn (TheSet Lawyer Accountant)) 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 legal professional An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonWithOccupation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a> is a person working in the field of law. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi68pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Judge</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3JEB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Paralegal</a>. LegalProfessional The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer The collection of all lawyers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6tJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalProfessional</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lawyer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Lawyer lawyer