]> 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. artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</a>. creative artist artists creative artists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist Draftsman-Artist A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a>. Each instance is an artist skilled at drawing. draftsman musician A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a>. Each instance of this collection is an artist whose medium is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvpmpZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sound</a>. Notable specializations of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjp3ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicalComposer</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformer</a>. Musician Director-Movie film director An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Director_Movie</a> is a person responsible for the development of the production of a film. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who creates <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>s which are appreciated by looking at them (e.g. sculpture, paintings and so forth). visual artist Artist-Visual Screenwriter The collection of people who write screenplays for a living. screen writer Artist-Performer A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrkuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Entertainer</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person watched by the audience during some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjAJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a>. Note that this collection includes only individual performers and not, for instance, musical groups (for that, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDSivJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MusicPerformanceAgent</a>). performing artist The collection of all novelists, which are persons who write novels. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj7rpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Writer</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi18JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Novelist</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rX9y6DNpnQdecJ7DWqbTdIw" class="cyc_term">AuthorTypeByFormat</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r47Ru3NpoQdeTed0_ATzdJQ" class="cyc_term">ArtistTypeByArtForm</a>. novelist Novelist The collection of all choreographers. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr5eJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Leader</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwMcZI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rlyOIRSp4EdiUfwAH6RYvSQ" class="cyc_term">Choreographer</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a>. Choreographer choreographer film maker Producer-Movie A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr5eJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Leader</a>. Each instance is a someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work). poet A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViowZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Author</a>. Each instance is a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry). Poet A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViowZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Author</a>. Each instance is a someone who writes plays. Playwright dramatist GeorgeBalanchine George Balanchine David Hockney DavidHockney person A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVilYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndividualAgent</a>: the collection of all persons. Personhood is a vague, emotionally loaded yet extremely salient concept with respect to common-sense reasoning. Something is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> if it is an individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> with perceptual sensibility, capable of complex social relationships, and possessing a certain moral sophistication and an intrinsic moral value, or -- if it lacks certain of these characteristics -- is a member of a distinct type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViknpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SocialBeing</a> (usually a species) which generally possesses such characteristics and is therefore acknowledged by other members of that type as a person within their social systems. Most currently known instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rIcwFloGUQdeMlsOWYLFB2w" class="cyc_term">HomoSapiens</a> but there is no reason why all need be (consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdRsSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Hobbit</a>s in the fictional world of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi8lZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LordOfTheRings_Trilogy</a>). They need not even be instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVim7ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalLivingObject</a> (consider the possibility of a person-like AI). Also note that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> excludes non-human &quot;legal persons&quot;, who are, however, included in the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVinsZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAgent</a>. Person <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 artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</a>. artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</a>. artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</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 artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> (q.v.) instances of which are persons who use some sort of creative or artistic abilities in carrying out the main function of their jobs. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjqIJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrArtsProfessional</a> includes both professional performing artists and producers of tangible artworks, either creative or commercial. Note that this collection does _not_ include people working on the business side of those professions, such as producers or art dealers, whose jobs are more similar (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVixHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">jobClass</a>) to those of other business professionals (e.g. managers, marketers, sales representatives) than to the artists'; cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjgyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentOrArtsAdministrator</a>. entertainment or arts professional EntertainmentOrArtsProfessional artist Artist A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>. Each instance of this collection is a person who produces or performs works of art. This includes performing artists (whose works are transitory unless recorded) as well as visual artists, literary writers, and composers (whose works are intended to last for a significant length of time and be viewed or otherwise appreciated after the artist finishes them). A notable specialization of this collection is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViimpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artist_Visual</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">artisticWorksCreated</a>. type of person classified by activity PersonTypeByActivity A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWgxLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByActivity</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a>s that classifies people by some kind of activity that they do on a regular basis. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Student</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPfOI5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tourist</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBaCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HornPlayer</a>. If the differentiating activity is one that is normally done as a career or job, it is preferable to make the collection an instance of the more specific <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVii2ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PersonTypeByOccupation</a> (q.v.).