]> 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. biological subclass The collection of biological taxonomic subdivisions more specific than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a> but more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a>. BiologicalSubclass subclasses subclass biological subclasses One of the two subclasses in the angiosperm class. Includes taxa whose members usually have two cotyledons in the embryo phase, may have a cambium, and usually have broad leaves with branching veins. dicot DicotSubclass monocot MonocotSubclass <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViw15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MonocotSubclass</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FloweringPlant</a> and instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubclass</a>. It is an angiosperm subclass containing taxa whose members have only one cotyledon in the embryo phase and lack normal secondary growth. pouched mammal Marsupial Mammals with pouches for their young placental mammal <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNRjvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eutheria</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVimKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mammal</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNRjvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eutheria</a> is a placental mammal; most mammals are members of this collection. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNRjvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Eutheria</a> are born live, nurse from their mothers' <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MammaryGland</a>s and live outside their mothers' bodies. Eutheria An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviPYH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionTypeType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWPoRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DisjointCollectionType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> (q.v.). Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSpecies</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLLJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalFamily</a>. BiologicalTaxonType type of biological taxon A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjf5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganismClassificationType</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> correspond to ranked categories accepted by biologists for the classification of organisms according to their suspected evolutionary relationships. Such categories change as biologists learn more about the organisms involved and determine that existing classifications are more or less useful. They include all levels of taxons. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSpecies</a>; instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Marsupial</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVicmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ape</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a>. BiologicalTaxon taxonomic group biology-topic An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rgQs2412xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Biology_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of biology. Biology-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 biological subclass The collection of biological taxonomic subdivisions more specific than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a> but more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a>. BiologicalSubclass biological subclass The collection of biological taxonomic subdivisions more specific than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a> but more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a>. BiologicalSubclass biological subclass The collection of biological taxonomic subdivisions more specific than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a> but more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a>. BiologicalSubclass A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>s. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> is a collection-type that &quot;facets&quot; -- i.e. stands in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvjldVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">facets_Generic</a> (q.v.) relation to -- another collection. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVibOJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutomobileTypeByBrand</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rANFO8Ec-EdaEKABQ2sS97g" class="cyc_term">MusicTypeByGenre</a>, which facet <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Music</a>, respectively. faceting collection type FacetingCollectionType FacetInstanceCollection facet collection A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1fLiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetInstanceCollection</a> is a collection that is an instance of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvprlOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FacetingCollectionType</a> (q.v.). For example, the facet-instance-collection (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rBVDJsPLMQdiZD5jLVkyKUw" class="cyc_term">WineOfVintageFn</a> (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjympwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">YearFn</a> 1926)) is an instance of the faceting-collection-type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rWdpZhPLLQdiKEtsuZMndzQ" class="cyc_term">WineTypeByVintage</a>. biological subclass The collection of biological taxonomic subdivisions more specific than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a> but more general than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a>. BiologicalSubclass