]> 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. A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement fronts movement front ideological organisation movements ideological organizations ideological organisations HumanitarianOrganization The collection of organizations that have humanitarian purposes as their main ends. These include organizations that provide tangible aid in the form of goods and services provided directly to those in need, organizations that work on behalf of those in need (e.g., by working with government organizations to develop assistance programs), and organizations whose aid mission is primarily one of advocacy on behalf of some particular group. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwRA2DpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AmnestyInternational</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv4mb25wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DoctorsWithoutBorders</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvkZE_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalCommitteeOfTheRedCross</a>. humanitarian organization political movement A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0_hXZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdvocacyOrganization</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalOrganization</a> is an organization whose members share some common political, social, or economic values and goals, and whose main function is to achieve those goals by influencing governmental powers, or by helping persons who favor the views and interests of its members to win elections or otherwise obtain governmental power. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalOrganization</a> includes instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj82pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalParty</a> and also instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvWBkm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalInterestGroup</a>. Note that governmental bodies (such as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipGJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CityCouncil</a>) are not considered instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViNy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalOrganization</a>. Although such governmental bodies often act in political arenas, that is not their primary function. PoliticalOrganization sect BeliefSystemFocusGroup The class of organizations which have as their focus some element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s. A sample element of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVipHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystemFocusGroup</a> is <font color="#ff0000">#$KuKluxKlan</font>. NonGovernmentalOrganization-International NGO artistic movement A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a>. Each instance is a group of artists who agree on general principles. ArtisticMovement HimpunanMahasiswaIslam-Organization the Indonesian Muslim Students Organization HMI-MPO HMI-MPO-Organization the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies FoundationForTheDefenseOfDemocracies A type-level collection, the collection of all types of organizations. Each instance is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s whose instances share some common feature that is important enough to warrant reifying the collection as a 'type'. OrganizationType organization type A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>s, each of which is guided in its actions primarily by an ideology or cause -- i.e., by something other than in its own self-interest or the self-interest of its members. Elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQBJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IdeologicalOrganization</a> include organizations which seek to promote some religious or political agenda and organizations which pursue humanitarian ends. ideological organization IdeologicalOrganization 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 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 <font color="#ff0000">#$KRAKEN</font> application to resolve natural language ambiguities. KE clarifying collection type KEClarifyingCollectionType Organization An Organization is a company, corporation, firm, or institution that has its own functions and administration. organization