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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. biological subphylum BiologicalSubphylum A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a>s that is more restrictive than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. All instances of a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLYiK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubspecies</a> have significant traits or collections of traits in common which are not shared by all other members of the same <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. biological subphylums subphylums subphylum vertebrate An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> within the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkGO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ChordataPhylum</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVil5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vertebrate</a> is an animal that has a backbone or spine made of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, which may be separate or fused. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVil5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vertebrate</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVimKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mammal</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjyMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Reptile</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8SJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bird</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjfU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fish</a>. Vertebrate biological subphylum BiologicalSubphylum A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a>s that is more restrictive than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. All instances of a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLYiK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubspecies</a> have significant traits or collections of traits in common which are not shared by all other members of the same <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. biological subphylum BiologicalSubphylum A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a>s that is more restrictive than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. All instances of a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLYiK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubspecies</a> have significant traits or collections of traits in common which are not shared by all other members of the same <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rviPYH5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionTypeType</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWPoRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DisjointCollectionType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> (q.v.). Notable instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSpecies</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViXTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalClass</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLLJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalFamily</a>. BiologicalTaxonType type of biological taxon A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjf5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganismClassificationType</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> correspond to ranked categories accepted by biologists for the classification of organisms according to their suspected evolutionary relationships. Such categories change as biologists learn more about the organisms involved and determine that existing classifications are more or less useful. They include all levels of taxons. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjjKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalOrder</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjK65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSpecies</a>; instances include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8hJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Marsupial</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVicmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ape</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxonType</a>. BiologicalTaxon taxonomic group 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 biological subphylum BiologicalSubphylum A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a>s that is more restrictive than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. All instances of a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLYiK5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubspecies</a> have significant traits or collections of traits in common which are not shared by all other members of the same <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a>. 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>.