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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. FictionalContext fictional context A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> that is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a> (qq.v.). Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> represents things explicitly from the point of view of some work of fiction (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalPCW" class="cyc_term">FictionalPCW</a>). But there are exceptions. There can be a context derived from a government report in a fictional work that is itself a fictional context (e.g. the context of a report from the resurrected Soviet Union in a new political thriller from Tom Clancy is a fictional context). But the report itself, in the context of the fictional work, is nonfiction. Presumably, since the report does not actually exist, it is neither fiction nor nonfiction in the context of the actual world. <p/> In general, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> is assumed to include many assertions that are widely believed to be false or questionable. Such assertions might or might not be about actually-existing things. For example, the fictional context associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories contains assertions about London as well as assertions about Holmes. <p/> Note that the work associated with a given fictional context must have been created intentionally, and not by error or chance or gradual evolution and accretion in a culture. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NonfictionalContext" class="cyc_term">NonfictionalContext</a>. Mx4rvgEQWJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA fiction fictional contexts fictions (ContextOfPCWFn LittleWomen-TheBook) the conceptual work entitled "Little Women" A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the Narrative <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/_2001_ASpaceOdyssey_TheNarrative" class="cyc_term">_2001_ASpaceOdyssey_TheNarrative</a>, are true. the conceptual work entitled "2001" (ContextOfPCWFn 2001-ASpaceOdyssey-TheNarrative) the conceptual work entitled "Anna Karenina" (ContextOfPCWFn AnnaKarenina-TheNovel) The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PopCultureMythologyMt" class="cyc_term">PopCultureMythologyMt</a> subgenre dedicated to the characters of DC comics, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Superman" class="cyc_term">Superman</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Batman" class="cyc_term">Batman</a>. The name DC derives from 'Detective Comics', the original publication in which Bob Kane's <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Batman" class="cyc_term">Batman</a> first appeared in 1939. DCSuperheroesMt DC Superheroes Mt (ContextOfPCWFn 2001-ASpaceOdyssey-TheBook) the conceptual work entitled "2001: A Space Odyssey" ThePeanutsCartoonMt <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ThePeanutsCartoonMt" class="cyc_term">ThePeanutsCartoonMt</a> is a context in which to describe certain facts about the characters in Charles Schulz's cartoon series known as ``The Peanuts''. Cyc's knowledge about the Peanuts Cartoon the conceptual work entitled "Moby Dick" A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the story of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MobyDickNovel" class="cyc_term">MobyDickNovel</a>, are true. (ContextOfPCWFn MobyDickNovel) the conceptual work entitled "Through the Looking Glass" (ContextOfPCWFn ThroughTheLookingGlass-TheBook) The context of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/LordOfTheRings_Trilogy" class="cyc_term">LordOfTheRings_Trilogy</a>. the conceptual work entitled "The Lord of the Rings trilogy" (ContextOfPCWFn LordOfTheRings-Trilogy) (ContextOfPCWFn TheHareAndTheTortoise-Fable) the conceptual work entitled "The Hare and the Tortoise" A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the story of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn" class="cyc_term">AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn</a>, are true. the conceptual work entitled "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" (ContextOfPCWFn AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn) Urban Combat Game UCT Apartments Map Mt UrbanCombatGame-UCTApartmentsMapMt This microtheory contains information about specific features on the Reykjavik map for the Urban Combat game. (ContextOfPCWFn WarAndPeace-TheNovel) the conceptual work entitled "War And Peace" the conceptual work entitled "The Hobbit" (ContextOfPCWFn TheHobbit-Novel) A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the story of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Tarzan_TheNovel" class="cyc_term">Tarzan_TheNovel</a>, are true. the conceptual work entitled "Tarzan" (ContextOfPCWFn Tarzan-TheNovel) Cyc's knowledge about the Simpsons TheSimpsonsMt The microtheory containing information about the Fox Network animated TV show 'the Simpsons'. the conceptual work entitled "the 1960's Batman television show" (ContextOfPCWFn Batman-The1960sTVShow) In this Mt go assertions that are true in the context of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Batman_The1960sTVShow" class="cyc_term">Batman_The1960sTVShow</a>. (ContextOfPCWFn 2001-ASpaceOdyssey-TheMovie) the conceptual work entitled "2001: A Space Odyssey" TeletubbiesMt Cyc's knowledge about Teletubbies The microtheory containing information about the children's show <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Teletubbies_TheTVShow" class="cyc_term">Teletubbies_TheTVShow</a>. Information about this show comes from <a href= "http://www.pbs.org/teletubbies/">http://www.pbs.org/teletubbies/</a>. the conceptual work entitled "The Matrix" (ContextOfPCWFn TheMatrix-TheMovie) (ContextOfPCWFn IKnowWhyTheCagedBirdSings-TheBook) the conceptual work entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (ContextOfPCWFn Frankenstein-Novel) the conceptual work entitled "Frankenstein" A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the story of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Frankenstein_Novel" class="cyc_term">Frankenstein_Novel</a>, are true. (ContextOfPCWFn TheProducers-Play) the conceptual work entitled "The Producers" (ContextOfPCWFn Terminator2-TheMovie) the conceptual work entitled "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" A context in which exactly those propositions which are true in the story of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Dracula_TheNovel" class="cyc_term">Dracula_TheNovel</a>, are true. the conceptual work entitled "Dracula" (ContextOfPCWFn Dracula-TheNovel) the conceptual work entitled "Terminator" (ContextOfPCWFn Terminator-TheMovie) (ContextOfPCWFn Waverley) the conceptual work entitled "Waverley" (ContextOfPCWFn TheFoxAndTheGrapes-Fable) the conceptual work entitled "The Fox and the Grapes" FictionalContext A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> that is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a> (qq.v.). Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> represents things explicitly from the point of view of some work of fiction (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalPCW" class="cyc_term">FictionalPCW</a>). But there are exceptions. There can be a context derived from a government report in a fictional work that is itself a fictional context (e.g. the context of a report from the resurrected Soviet Union in a new political thriller from Tom Clancy is a fictional context). But the report itself, in the context of the fictional work, is nonfiction. Presumably, since the report does not actually exist, it is neither fiction nor nonfiction in the context of the actual world. <p/> In general, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> is assumed to include many assertions that are widely believed to be false or questionable. Such assertions might or might not be about actually-existing things. For example, the fictional context associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories contains assertions about London as well as assertions about Holmes. <p/> Note that the work associated with a given fictional context must have been created intentionally, and not by error or chance or gradual evolution and accretion in a culture. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NonfictionalContext" class="cyc_term">NonfictionalContext</a>. fictional context mt-topic Mt-Topic FictionalContext A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> that is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a> (qq.v.). Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> represents things explicitly from the point of view of some work of fiction (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalPCW" class="cyc_term">FictionalPCW</a>). But there are exceptions. There can be a context derived from a government report in a fictional work that is itself a fictional context (e.g. the context of a report from the resurrected Soviet Union in a new political thriller from Tom Clancy is a fictional context). But the report itself, in the context of the fictional work, is nonfiction. Presumably, since the report does not actually exist, it is neither fiction nor nonfiction in the context of the actual world. <p/> In general, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> is assumed to include many assertions that are widely believed to be false or questionable. Such assertions might or might not be about actually-existing things. For example, the fictional context associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories contains assertions about London as well as assertions about Holmes. <p/> Note that the work associated with a given fictional context must have been created intentionally, and not by error or chance or gradual evolution and accretion in a culture. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NonfictionalContext" class="cyc_term">NonfictionalContext</a>. fictional context FictionalContext A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> that is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a> (qq.v.). Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> represents things explicitly from the point of view of some work of fiction (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalPCW" class="cyc_term">FictionalPCW</a>). But there are exceptions. There can be a context derived from a government report in a fictional work that is itself a fictional context (e.g. the context of a report from the resurrected Soviet Union in a new political thriller from Tom Clancy is a fictional context). But the report itself, in the context of the fictional work, is nonfiction. Presumably, since the report does not actually exist, it is neither fiction nor nonfiction in the context of the actual world. <p/> In general, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalContext</a> is assumed to include many assertions that are widely believed to be false or questionable. Such assertions might or might not be about actually-existing things. For example, the fictional context associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories contains assertions about London as well as assertions about Holmes. <p/> Note that the work associated with a given fictional context must have been created intentionally, and not by error or chance or gradual evolution and accretion in a culture. <p/> Cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NonfictionalContext" class="cyc_term">NonfictionalContext</a>. fictional context FictionalOrMythologicalContext A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ConjecturalContext" class="cyc_term">ConjecturalContext</a>. Most instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalOrMythologicalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalOrMythologicalContext</a> are microtheories which are derived from the contents of fictional or mythological works or legends. There are exceptions having to do with fictional accounts of nonfiction works -- Zeus's &quot;state of the Heavens&quot; address, in the context of Greek mythology, is a nonfiction report, but any context derived from it will be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/FictionalOrMythologicalContext" class="cyc_term">FictionalOrMythologicalContext</a>. Cyc counterfactual context SomeTypesOfMicrotheories-MtExpansion-Topic some types of microtheories mt expansion topic A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Microtheory" class="cyc_term">Microtheory</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MicrotheoryType" class="cyc_term">MicrotheoryType</a> include the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/HypotheticalContext" class="cyc_term">HypotheticalContext</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/GeneralMicrotheory" class="cyc_term">GeneralMicrotheory</a>. type of microtheory MicrotheoryType 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