]> 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. Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee committees A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>. Each instance is a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. EconomicAndSocialCouncilCommission Economic and Social Council commission election committee ElectionCommittee The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> that are organized in connection with some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrmEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Election</a>, either (a) to run the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQB5gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalElectionCampaign</a> of an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4AMiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ElectoralCandidate</a> for an office or (b) to try to help pass or defeat a certain ballot measure. The collection of all review committees. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV6OwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JudicialAgent</a>. ReviewCommittee review committee The collection of instances of finance/logistics committees within an organization. Each instance of this collection is a sub-organization of some organization and is responsible for overseeing the economic/logistical aspects of the organization's operations. FinanceAndLogisticsCommittee-Organization finance and logistics committee organization political action committee PoliticalActionCommittee The collection of all committees formed for the exclusive purpose of rasing campaign funds, as defined and delimited by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r64bEsPxCEdyAAAACs6hbjw" class="cyc_term">_1974FederalElectionCampaignAct</a>. board of directors BoardOfDirectors The governing body of a corporation military committee organization MilitaryCommittee-Organization The collection of instances of military committees within an organization. Each instance of this collection is a sub-organization of some organization and is responsible for overseeing and planning the organization's military operations. MediaRelationsCommittee-Organization media relations committee organization The collection of instances of public/media relations committees within an organization. Each instance of this collection is a sub-organization of some organization and is responsible for promoting the image of the organization to the general public or media. The collection of all subcommittees formally organized by their parent committees (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>), usually to accomplish tasks or address issues determined by their parent committees. Typically, subcommittees are formed in order to divide up large tasks or issues addressed by the parent committee into smaller tasks or issues to be addressed by the subcommittee and reported back to the parent committee. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv34HLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Subcommittee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures inherited from or determined by their parent committees. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv34HLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Subcommittee_Organization</a> consists of at least two (and perhaps many) individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in certain instances, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>. Note that since a subcommittee is itself a committee, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv34HLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Subcommittee_Organization</a> is a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>. However one salient difference between the two is that every instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv34HLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Subcommittee_Organization</a> necessarily bears the relation <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi_v5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">subOrganizations</a> with a unique instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>, while not every committee must have subcommittees. subcommittee Subcommittee-Organization pharmaceutics and therapeutics committee PharmaceuticsAndTherapeuticsCommittee The collection of all committees that set treatment and formulary policy for an HMO or other medical care organization. USCongressionalCommittee U.S. Congressional committee A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rnBD1hPXNEdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">USCongressionalCommittee</a> is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty. The U.S. Congress divides its tasks among approximately 200 committees and subcommittees. KDP Central Committee The governing committe of the Kurdish Democratic Party KDPCentralCommittee Democratic National Committee DemocraticNationalCommittee Republican National Committee RepublicanNationalCommittee Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>. OrganizationByEntityType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyrK25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationByEntityType</a> is a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose instances are all the same type of legal entity. For example, the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Partnership</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwH-3XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Association</a> are all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvyrK25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationByEntityType</a>. type of organization classified by entity Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</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 Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>. Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>. organization of people A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkr6f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfPeopleOnly</a> is an organization each of whose members (see the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViz-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">hasMembers</a>) is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkr6f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfPeopleOnly</a> include a human nuclear family, a carpool, or a sports team. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkMNpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjkIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfAmericanStates</a>. OrganizationOfPeopleOnly Committee-Organization committee The collection of all committees formally organized to accomplish particular purposes. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> usually operate in accordance with rules or procedures. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a>s are groups of individuals and are usually named. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> consists of at least two individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s and may, in instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvaG5hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Committee_Organization</a> having many <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvV8agJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeMember</a>s, include a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWeceZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommitteeChairman</a>.