]> 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. ContactLocationType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> is a collection of places at which a particular agent may be contacted. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> may be characterized in several different ways, including the following: by method of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvOYbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VoicePhoneLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZuVWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FaxLocation</a>); by purpose of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgGE4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BillingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShippingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3mf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmergencyContact</a>); by the agent's relationship to those places (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidence</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a>). Note that a particular place may be an instance of two or more instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a>, since, for example, one person's home might be another's vacation location. type of contact location types of contact location A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrZsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalContactLocation</a> is the principal place where an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a> can be physically found. A person's physical contact location would typically be a home or office. For an organization, it typically would be the location of its place of business or its headquarters. Note that a purely procedural method for getting in touch with someone, such as their Post Office Box number in a certain city, is not a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrZsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalContactLocation</a>. PhysicalContactLocation physical contact location AnsweringMachine Telephone answering machine answering machine contact location ContactLocation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a> is a location at which some particular agent (e.g. a person or a corporation) may be contacted by any of several means, for any of several purposes. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>s include any place to which one may direct one or more of the following: letters, packages, phone calls or voice messages, bills, email, faxes, pages, subpoenas. Contact locations must be fairly specific -- e.g. my house or my office, but not simply my city of residence. fax location The collection of all locations at which an agent can send or receive a fax. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZuVWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FaxLocation</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. FaxLocation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgH1EJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MailingLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgGE4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BillingLocation</a> is a location to which invoices are sent. For most private individuals, their billing location is their home address. billing location BillingLocation VoicePhoneLocation phone location The collection of all phone locations. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. The concept <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvOYbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VoicePhoneLocation</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgH1EJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MailingLocation</a> is a location at which an agent can be contacted by mail. mailing location MailingLocation The collection of all voice mail devices. They are normally (2001) part of a telephone system and handle multiple telephone lines for telephones in different locations. They are distinct from telephone <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnsweringMachine</a>s which are associated with a single telephone line. VoiceMailDevice voice mail The collection of offices located inside the living quarters of the person who works there. Typically, but not necessarily, such offices will be a single room set aside for work purposes. HomeOffice home office Person who performs general secretarial support such as scheduling, typing, answering phones, travel arrangements etc. secretary Secretary The collection of all buildings, each of which serves as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">physicalQuarters</a> for some local <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PostOfficeOrganization</a>. PostOfficeBuilding post office building Cellular mobile telephone unit usually used in automobiles CellularTelephone cellular phone OfficeSpace office A room or set of rooms which comprises an office. Many people work in one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OfficeSpace</a>, whereas usually only one or two work in an office room. There is often a small reception area in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OfficeSpace</a> where the secretary or assistant works. assistants contact location AssistantsContactLocation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4riTnY_J5QEdaAAACgycbRww" class="cyc_term">AssistantsContactLocation</a> is a location at which some particular person may be contacted by any of several means, through contact with that person's assistant(s). The assistant screens calls, emails, faxes, or other communications and relays information to the to the boss. EmergencyContact A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjTN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocation</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3mf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmergencyContact</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>. emergency contact HumanResidence home A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjNP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanShelterConstruction</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidence</a> is a humanly constructed shelter (or a part of one) in which humans reside. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidence</a> includes residential huts, igloos, longhouses, hotels, barracks, palaces, houseboats, and mobile homes, as well as apartments, duplexes, and detached houses. A person's residence is typically the place where she/he usually sleeps and keeps most personal effects. the contact location type TheContactLocationType The collection of handheld computer-like devices that store personal information and perform some other functions that computer perform, such as connecting one to the internet. PersonalDigitalAssistant PDA Workplace business location <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrZsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalContactLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a> is a place where people customarily work. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a> includes as instances offices, restaurant buildings, construction sites, agricultural sites, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBTd5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpaceNeedle</a>, and so on. Some places may be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a>s only during a small part of their existence (a piece of residential property while the house is being built, for example); some may almost always be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a>s (grocery store buildings, office buildings, smithies, hospitals, and so on.). ShippingLocation A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgH1EJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MailingLocation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShippingLocation</a> is a location to which merchandise can be physically delivered, e.g., a house, an office, a corporate mailroom, a post office box. shipping location OfficeRoom single-room office Single-room offices where one or two people typically work. Several of these can comprise an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OfficeSpace</a>. Pager pager The collection of small sized telecommunications devices that operate over the telephone line but only receive text messages. Such messages are displayed on a small screen on the device itself. ContactLocationType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> is a collection of places at which a particular agent may be contacted. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> may be characterized in several different ways, including the following: by method of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvOYbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VoicePhoneLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZuVWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FaxLocation</a>); by purpose of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgGE4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BillingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShippingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3mf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmergencyContact</a>); by the agent's relationship to those places (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidence</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a>). Note that a particular place may be an instance of two or more instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a>, since, for example, one person's home might be another's vacation location. type of contact location The collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>, that is, of all collections of (first-order) collections, and an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHUFI8h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">ThirdOrderCollection</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> are collections of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s. Any instance of any instance of any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>. SecondOrderCollection second-order Cyc collection 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 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 Addresses-Geography-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>. addresses-geography-topic ContactLocationType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> is a collection of places at which a particular agent may be contacted. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a> may be characterized in several different ways, including the following: by method of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvvOYbZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VoicePhoneLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvZuVWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FaxLocation</a>); by purpose of contact (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvgGE4JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BillingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr1z5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ShippingLocation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3mf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EmergencyContact</a>); by the agent's relationship to those places (e.g., <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidence</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJnJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Workplace</a>). Note that a particular place may be an instance of two or more instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjQoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContactLocationType</a>, since, for example, one person's home might be another's vacation location. type of contact location