]> 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. ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. comic strip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_strip comic strips comic comics Disney comic strip The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a>s published by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv1Y_ApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaltDisney_CommercialOrganization</a>. DisneyComicStrip Garfield-TheComicStrip Garfield Dilbert-TheComicStrip Dilbert DickTracy-TheComicStrip <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is a collection of actual comic strips - i.e., those that are part of newspapers and magazines - about Dick Tracy, the fictional private investigator. the comic strip Dick Tracy The ComicStrip series by DC Comics that features <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv99yfJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TheFlash</a> as the main character. Flash-TheComicStrip The Flash Bloom County BloomCounty-TheComicStrip Supergirl-TheComicStrip Supergirl Archie Comics ArchieComics-TheComicStrip Batman-TheComicStrip Batman TheFarSide-TheComicStrip The Far Side Scooby Doo ScoobyDoo-TheComicStrip the comic strip Superman The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> series by DC Comics that features <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvmkYYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> as the main character. Superman-TheComicStrip Betty Boop BettyBoop-TheComicStrip Wonder Woman WonderWoman-TheComicStrip Calvin And Hobbes CalvinAndHobbes-TheComicStrip Spiderman Spiderman-TheComicStrip PropositionalConceptualWork written or spoken work A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a> is an abstract work constituted at least in part by propositional information. Propositional information is information which has a truth value in some context (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViA7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Proposition</a>). Typically, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a> will be works whose instantiations are composed of (or merely contain) one or more spoken or written sentences. Positive examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv5L5vZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalConceptualWork</a> include any instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwIgO8pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProseLiteraryWork_CW</a> (including instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvxfXtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AcademicEssay</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvzHRG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExpositoryArticle</a>). A positive example that is not a literary work is any instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwUwN3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicalComposition</a> that has lyrics that express propositions; another positive example is a mostly graphical advertisement that also includes text that expresses propositions. ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. comic strip ObjectType The collection of all collections that are "object-like" in at least one respect. A collection <code>COL</code> is object-like just in case there is some sense of 'part' according to which any (or nearly any) given proper part of an instance of <code>COL</code> is not itself an instance of <code>COL</code>; when this happens <code>COL</code> is said to be object-like with respect to that sense of 'part'. More precisely, for a collection <code>COL</code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> it is sufficient that there be some specialization <code>PARTPRED</code> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwgfukKs8QdePzLB9nLNpTw" class="cyc_term">properParts</a> such that, for any <code>OBJ1</code> and <code>OBJ2</code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ1 COL)</code> and <code>(PARTPRED OBJ1 OBJ2)</code> both hold, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ2 COL)</code> does not hold. (Also sufficient for <code>COL</code>'s being an object-type is that there be some specialization <code>INVPARTPRED</code> of the inverse of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwgfukKs8QdePzLB9nLNpTw" class="cyc_term">properParts</a> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWHsNJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">genlInverse</a>) such that <code>(INVPARTPRED OBJ2 OBJ1)</code>, with everything else remaining the same as above.) Note that neither of the above sufficient conditions for <code>COL</code>'s being an object-type is strictly necessary: some exceptions are allowed. Thus as long as either one of the above conditionals holds in nearly all cases, <code>COL</code> should be considered an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. Here are two examples. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a>. Take an instance of that, say my car. Now consider one of the proper <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj5FpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">physicalParts</a> of my car, say the steering wheel. The steering wheel is not an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a>. And the same would be true for any proper physical part of any car. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViVwZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a>. No proper <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a year is itself a year. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> for the contrasting (though not disjoint) notion of being stuff-like. type of object ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. comic strip A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvu__KJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXg6i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXf6cJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXg6i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjncZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhz6_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvz7_25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwEdlDZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product MediaProduct 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 ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. comic strip VisualArtifact-CW visual artifact A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfAugpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisualWork</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv9VJcJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VisualArtifact_CW</a> is an abstract work intended to be instantiated as an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a> in a manner that would permit it to be viewed. Notable instances include paintings (instantiated as instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Painting_ArtForm</a>), photographs, drawings, engravings, and sculptures. type of temporally stuff-like thing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally stuff-like. A collection <code>COL</code> is temporally stuff-like just in case every purely temporal part (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code>COL</code> is itself an instance of <code>COL</code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code>COL</code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). More precisely, for a collection <code>COL</code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> it is both a necessary and sufficient condition that for any <code>OBJ1</code> and <code>OBJ2</code> (with <code>OBJ2</code> at or above <code>COL</code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ1 COL)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> OBJ1 OBJ2)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ2 COL)</code>. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code>WALK</code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code>SUBWALK</code> of <code>WALK</code> that subsumes at least one instance of (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a> for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> (say her trip back from the end of the runway). <code>SUBWALK</code> is itself an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally object-like. TemporalStuffType ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvcmND5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWsP2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. comic strip