]> 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. Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. associations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_association The collection of all consortiums. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwH-3XJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Association</a>. consortium Consortium AmericanAssociationOfRetiredPersons the American Association of Retired Persons American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. the North American Potbellied Pig Association The North American Potbellied Pig Association -- an organization concerned with helping potbellied pigs and pig-owners. TheNorthAmericanPotbelliedPigAssociation the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NationalAssociationOfIntercollegiateAthletics National Rifle Association An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rn5PYAsseEdmAAAACs6hRjg" class="cyc_term">Lobby_PoliticalOrganization</a>. A powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government. NationalRifleAssociation InternationalOlympicCommittee The governing body for Olympic competitions. the International Olympic Committee RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica the Recording Industry Association of America American Philosophical Association AmericanPhilosophicalAssociation Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. 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 Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. 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 Association association A spec of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. Unlike many organizations, associations are characterized by voluntary membership, and by a relatively egalitarian governance structure in which all members have at least initially an equal say in associative decisions. Agent-NonGeographical agent non geographical A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> (qq.v.). <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rTamqeBNMEdqAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">Agent_NonGeographical</a> is the collection of all spatially-located agents that are not geographical (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a>). Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ryJtzbicMEdqAAAACs6hcqg" class="cyc_term">EmbodiedAgent</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViS05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommercialOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViSlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalCorporation</a>. Organization An Organization is a company, corporation, firm, or institution that has its own functions and administration. organization