]> 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. The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania the region of Oceania Oceania-Pacific region The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region island or island group IslandRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> is either an island, a group of islands (such as an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Archipelago</a>), or an area that includes part but not all of an island (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandSubregion</a>). <p/> Note that the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi7f5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandRegion</a> include certain groups of scattered islands that do not form a natural geographical area, but which are geopolitical areas and/or were historically significant. For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViD_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FrenchPolynesia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi44ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cyclades</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi6ZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OuterHebrides_Archipelago</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9cZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Grenadines_Islands</a>. <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> means that <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is <i>broader</i> than <code><b>TERM1</b></code>, in an extremely general sense of &quot;broader&quot;. For example, <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code><b>TERM1</b></code> if any of the following hold:<br><br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that subsumes <code><b>TERM1</b></code>; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection that has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as an instance; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as parts; <br> <code><b>TERM2</b></code> has <code><b>TERM1</b></code> as a part; <br><br> This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> <b>TERM1</b> <b>TERM2</b>)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. BT broaderTerm SouthEastAsiaAndOceania-Region Southeast Asia and Oceania The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region group of things Group A collection of temporal objects. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> is a composite object made up of one or more individual objects or events. A group is related to each of its members by the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj-BJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">groupMembers</a> (q.v.). Note that instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> are <i>not</i> collections. A group has temporal extent and might have spatial location, while a collection is timeless and nonspatial. It is of course possible to define a collection parallel to any given group, so that the instances of the collection are exactly the group-members of that group; e.g. each toe on my left foot (and nothing else) is both an instance of the collection of my left toes and a member of the group of toes on my left foot. But that group (of my left toes) is a spatiotemporal thing while the correlated collection (of my left toes) is not. Similarly, if a certain flock of pigeons is considered as having a location, a spatial extent, and a time of existence, then the flock is being considered a <i>group</i> and not a collection. Finally, unlike a collection, a group cannot be empty, but must have <i>at least one</i> group-member. As a default, a group whose group-members all are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> is itself an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>, and a group whose group-members all are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s is itself an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjmoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Group</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBayZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueensGuard</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPfo55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThreeWiseMen</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPfnmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SantasReindeer</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVitTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalCommunity</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 The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region The division of the globe comprising most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. The subdivisions of Oceania are Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, which are grouped together in accordance with the physical and cultural characteristics of the inhabitants. Oceania also includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViUs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Australia</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NewZealand</a>. Some of the islands included are American Samoa, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnGuhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Guam</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjiwpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PapuaNewGuinea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolomonIslands_TheNation</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslandOfTahiti_FrenchPolynesia</a>. Oceania Oceania-Region GeoculturalRegion geocultural region A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>.