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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. AnnouncingSomething Mx4rvWXZEJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation has announced publicizing announced pronounce will publicize proclaims announcements will announce publicizes will proclaim have proclaimed has pronounced announces publicize will have publicized will have announced proclaiming have publicized publicized proclaimed has publicized have pronounced will have pronounced had pronounced has proclaimed announcement pronounces will have proclaimed have announced proclaim had proclaimed will pronounce had publicized pronounced had announced pronouncing announce The communicating of the intent to wage war on another army. declaring war DeclaringWar hype Hype The collection of all communicative acts (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CommunicationAct_Single" class="cyc_term">CommunicationAct_Single</a>) in which an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AlarmSignal" class="cyc_term">AlarmSignal</a> is the primary <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ibtGenerated" class="cyc_term">ibtGenerated</a>. GivingAnAlarmSignal giving an alarm signal A collection of events; a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AnnouncingSomething" class="cyc_term">AnnouncingSomething</a>. In each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Sounding_AnnouncingSomething" class="cyc_term">Sounding_AnnouncingSomething</a>, someone announces something by means of a sound. sounding Sounding-AnnouncingSomething issuing religious edicts IssuingAReligiousEdict MullahOmarProclaimsBanOnGrowthOfOpiumPoppies the declaration of a ban on the growth of opium poppies in Afghanistan 'Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban's supreme leader, banned poppy growing before the November planting season and augmented it with a religious edict making it contrary to the tenets of Islam.' (From http://opioids.com/afghanistan/) A CommunicationAct in which there are multiple receivers. OneToManyCommunication one to many communication The collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HumanActivity" class="cyc_term">HumanActivity</a> such that persons typically are involved in (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/actors" class="cyc_term">actors</a>) at least one instance of the activity type in their lifetime. typical human activity type at least once TypicalHumanActivityType-AtLeastOnce informing Informing A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Informing" class="cyc_term">Informing</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CommunicationAct_Single" class="cyc_term">CommunicationAct_Single</a> in which the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/senderOfInfo" class="cyc_term">senderOfInfo</a> conveys some piece of propositional information--i.e. information of the sort that can be true or false. The information conveyed in an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Informing" class="cyc_term">Informing</a> is presented by the sender as being true, though it may in fact be false. Thus, passing on misinformation counts as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Informing" class="cyc_term">Informing</a>, as do acts of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Lying" class="cyc_term">Lying</a>. Note that the propositional nature of the information conveyed in an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Informing" class="cyc_term">Informing</a> may be implicit; for example, if Alice asks 'What's your favorite color?' and Bob simply responds 'Red', Bob has implicitly conveyed the proposition Bob's favorite color is red. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Informing" class="cyc_term">Informing</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Reporting" class="cyc_term">Reporting</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Testifying" class="cyc_term">Testifying</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AnnouncingSomething" class="cyc_term">AnnouncingSomething</a>. AnnouncingSomething The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CollectionType" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FixedOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Individual" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporalObjectType" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingStuffType" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ExistingObjectType" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. first-order collection FirstOrderCollection NewsConference press conference The collection of all meetings in which members of the press are called in order to publicly provide them with information which the organizers of the press conference wish disseminated to the public. A statement is initally given to the press, after which the press is given the opportunity to ask questions. AnnouncingSomething The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in #$Wikipedia-WebSite THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL wikipediaArticleURL AnnouncingSomething The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing BT <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</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/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. broaderTerm AnnouncingSomething The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing AnnouncingSomething The public statement of something believed to be factual (therefore, it is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StoryTelling" class="cyc_term">StoryTelling</a>). It can be written or spoken, but is almost always verbal, not visual. Announcing is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Communicating" class="cyc_term">Communicating</a>, since there are receiving agents. announcing prettyString (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/prettyString" 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/en/prettyString" 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. Pretty String