]> 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. WritingSymbolCharacterSet writing symbol character set A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a> is the collection of characters (i.e. the specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a>) used as symbols in some particular system of writing. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJ-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GaelicLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BengaliCharacter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RomanLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChineseCharacter</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkG2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CuneiformCharacter</a>. alphabet alphabets writing symbol character sets FontType font type A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv32rB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FontType</a> is a collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a>s that belong to a defined typeface and size. For example, the collection of all 10-point Arial characters is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv32rB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FontType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvewckJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Font_ComputerTypeface</a>. USBGNCharacterSet A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rCypHVs_gEdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">USBGNCharacterSet</a> is the collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a> which are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r6iYumMs6EdqAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">USBoardOnGeographicNames</a> to standardize the spelling of geographic place names in the native languages of the namers. USBGN character set rune RunicLetter characters with straight or angular lines suitable for cutting into wood hieroglyphics pictorial characters used in ancient writing systems, esp. Egyptian Hieroglyph sarada character if like Devanagari, characters composed of major sections for consonants and added squiggles for vowels other than A SaradaCharacter Brahmi character BrahmiCharacter the original Indic syllabary characters composed of major sections for consonants and added squiggles for vowels other than A BengaliCharacter Bengali character characters composed of major sections for consonants and added squiggles for vowels other than A, this script is actually the one employed by the Kayaths-- the writing caste-- throughout northern India kaithi character KaithiCharacter Etruscan letter EtruscanLetter characters used by the Etruscans MkhedruliLetter Mkhedruli the script commonly used at present in printing; a slightly modified cursive form for hand-writing also exists characters adapted from Greek, for writing the Gothic language GothicLetter Gothic letter Dogri character characters used for the Dogri dialect of Punjabi DogriCharacter RomanLetter The collection of all Roman (English) alphabet letters. This includes our familiar alphabet of 26 letters, including upper and lower case letters. They may also be used without regard to case (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv78ab5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UncasedLetter</a>), as in spelling. These letters are abstract characters (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVzt_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Character_Abstract</a>) from a character set, rather than physical printed or displayed letters (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoo_OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CharacterToken</a>). Roman letter the squarish symbols of the Korean syllabary Hangul character HangulCharacter SequoyahCharacter sequoyah character characters, many distantly based on Roman, for writing Cherokee CuneiformCharacter cuneiform character characters composed of wedge-shaped strokes, used in ancient writing systems, esp. of and influenced by Mesopotamia HebrewLetter Hebrew letter characters devised for writing the ancient Hebrew language characters used for the Pali Prakrit PaliCharacter Pali character characters adapted from Greek, originally devised for writing Slavic languages Cyrillic letter CyrillicLetter very flowing character set originally devised for writing Arabic ArabicLetter Arabic letter ChineseCharacter characters composed of multiple strokes and originally used in writing Chinese languages; called 'kanji' when used in Japanese writing Chinese character ChamealiCharacter characters used for the Chameali dialect of Punjabi Chameali character Glagolitic letter characters adapted from Greek, for writing Slavic languages; now used only liturgically near the Adriatic GlagoliticLetter DevanagariCharacter characters composed of major sections for consonants and added squiggles for vowels other than A Devanagari character Fraktur letter FrakturLetter The old-time fancy style of German print, sometimes called 'gothic' landa character LandaCharacter OghamicLetter characters used by ancient Celts in the British Isles Oghamic letter the first alphabet, originally devised for writing ancient Hellenic languages Greek letter GreekLetter An abbreviated set of letters usually but not always similar to Roman Gaelic letter GaelicLetter GurmukhiCharacter gurmukhi character characters used for the Sikh scriptures Kana character KanaCharacter characters composed of few strokes and used in writing Japanese 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 WritingSymbolCharacterSet writing symbol character set A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a> is the collection of characters (i.e. the specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a>) used as symbols in some particular system of writing. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJ-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GaelicLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BengaliCharacter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RomanLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChineseCharacter</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkG2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CuneiformCharacter</a>. 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 WritingSymbolCharacterSet writing symbol character set A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a> is the collection of characters (i.e. the specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a>) used as symbols in some particular system of writing. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJ-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GaelicLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BengaliCharacter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RomanLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChineseCharacter</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkG2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CuneiformCharacter</a>. A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv2GzE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CharacterSet</a> is a collection of abstract characters (i.e. a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVzt_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Character_Abstract</a>). Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvv4vRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UpperCaseLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkGlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hieroglyph</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvqt57ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AuxiliaryWritingSymbol</a>. For a more specialized collection-type, any instance of which is the set of characters used in some _particular_ writing system, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a>. CharacterSet character set 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>. WritingSymbolCharacterSet writing symbol character set A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacterSet</a> is the collection of characters (i.e. the specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WritingSymbolCharacter</a>) used as symbols in some particular system of writing. Instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkJ-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GaelicLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkKg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BengaliCharacter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkIa5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RomanLetter</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChineseCharacter</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkG2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CuneiformCharacter</a>.