]> 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. national organization NationalOrganization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is primarily confined to a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> (but to no smaller subdivision within that country - see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young Pioneers in China (PROC). national organizations national organisation national organisations NationalPostalService <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalPostalService</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQrqpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PostalService</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkHl5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalPostalService</a> is a postal service managed by the national government of its particular country. The United States Postal Service would be an example, but United Parcel Service, since it is a private business, wouldn't be. national postal service <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalTaxAgency</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rbw60xGAFQdmI-7Dgtk_Mtg" class="cyc_term">TaxAgency</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalTaxAgency</a> is a revenue agency that is part of the government of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>, and which is concerned primarily with collecting tax money (from national taxes) from the residents of that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. This collection does _not_ include customs agencies and agencies that collect minor fees only. NationalTaxAgency national tax agency DARPA Technical office DARPATechnicalOffice RedCrossSociety-National National Red Cross or Red Crescent society A collection of organizations. Instances of this collection are Red Cross or Red Crescent societies of specific countries, for example, the American Red Cross. Each national society is a member of the InternationalFederationOfRedCrossAndRedCrescentSocieties. AmericanAssociationOfRetiredPersons the American Association of Retired Persons XinhuaNewsAgency Xinhua News Agency Human Rights Campaign HumanRightsCampaign SOCAR is the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwN7JaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SOCAR</a> is one of three state-run companies concerned with the maintenance of Azerbaijan's energy industry. the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic SOCAR BoyScoutsOfAmerica Boy Scouts of America Azerigas <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuCCp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerigas</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvuCCp5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerigas</a> is one of three state-run companies concerned with the maintenance of Azerbaijan's energy industry. Azerigas American Medical Association AmericanMedicalAssociation The AMA, an organization of medical professionals. the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NationalAssociationOfIntercollegiateAthletics Girl Scouts of America GirlScoutsOfAmerica SouthernPovertyLawCenter Southern Poverty Law Center IslamicRepublicNewsAgency IRNA The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) is the first Iranian news agency. Founded in 1934 as the Pars Agency, it changed its name to Pars News Agency in 1965. After the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv7KwipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IranRevolution_1978_1979</a> the agency increased its activities and news coverage. In October 1981 the Islamic Consultative Assembly approved the name change to IRNA. Presently the IRNA has bureaus in over 30 major cities around the world, as well as many correspondents. RecordingIndustryAssociationOfAmerica the Recording Industry Association of America NationalGeographicSociety the National Geographic Society Azerenergy <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvctoPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerenergy</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfLfM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerbaijan</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvctoPpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Azerenergy</a> is one of three state-run companies concerned with the maintenance of Azerbaijan's energy industry. Azerenergy type of organization classified by geographical reach A collection of four disjoint collections, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s that are instances of the collections which are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdvOC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach</a> are distinguished by their primary scope of activity, membership and ownership within a particular geographic region. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> are not specailizations of any of the instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvdvOC5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach</a>. Because instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViKmJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">State_UnitedStates</a> are not confined in terms of activity to a particular geographic region, those collections are not specializations of, respectively, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a>. OrganizationTypeByGeographicReach organizations by geographical scope organization topic OrganizationsByGeographicalScope-Organization-Topic 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 NationalOrganization national organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is primarily confined to a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> (but to no smaller subdivision within that country - see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young Pioneers in China (PROC). NationalOrganization national organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is primarily confined to a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> (but to no smaller subdivision within that country - see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young Pioneers in China (PROC). NationalOrganization national organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a> whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is primarily confined to a particular <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a> (but to no smaller subdivision within that country - see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv744_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StateOrProvinceWideOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVju25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LocalOrganization</a>). Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP3ld5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NationalOrganization</a> are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young Pioneers in China (PROC). 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 The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type