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A specialization (in fact the most general common specialization) of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) that carries or conveys information. The information conveyed need not be in the form of propositional content (we are agnostic on whether non-propositional content exists). Salient examples are plays, musical performance lyrics, but specializations include the whole of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, conceptual art performance, mime, etc. information bearing performance InformationBearingPerformance Mx4r91wozoppQdiaD8bwuOqQPg stand-up comedy StandupComedy An instance involves one person telling jokes as a performance. DancePerformance dance performance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentEvent" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a> such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PerformingFn" class="cyc_term">PerformingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>) returns, among other things, a set which is the union of the collection, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Dancing_Human" class="cyc_term">Dancing_Human</a>, and all of which instances are done either live, in front of an audience, or for a camera, as part of the production of a film for television or the movies. musical performance MusicalPerformance A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/LiveEntertainment" class="cyc_term">LiveEntertainment</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingPerformance" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingPerformance</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> (q.v.) in which one or more agents produce music, either by singing or playing musical instruments, for a (public or private) audience. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalDrama" class="cyc_term">MusicalDrama</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ClassicalMusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">ClassicalMusicalPerformance</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/JazzMusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">JazzMusicalPerformance</a>. drama DramaticPerformance <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DramaticPerformance" class="cyc_term">DramaticPerformance</a> is the collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> such that (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PerformingFn" class="cyc_term">PerformingFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DramaticPerformance" class="cyc_term">DramaticPerformance</a>) returns a collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DramaticActing" class="cyc_term">DramaticActing</a> - these may be subevents of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, Play-Dramatic, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Play_Musical_CW" class="cyc_term">Play_Musical_CW</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/OperaPerformance" class="cyc_term">OperaPerformance</a>, as in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DramaticActing_Live" class="cyc_term">DramaticActing_Live</a>, or they may be instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DramaticActingForFilm" class="cyc_term">DramaticActingForFilm</a>.--Huffer, Dec. 2, 1998 A specialization (in fact the most general common specialization) of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) that carries or conveys information. The information conveyed need not be in the form of propositional content (we are agnostic on whether non-propositional content exists). Salient examples are plays, musical performance lyrics, but specializations include the whole of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, conceptual art performance, mime, etc. InformationBearingPerformance information bearing performance A specialization (in fact the most general common specialization) of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) that carries or conveys information. The information conveyed need not be in the form of propositional content (we are agnostic on whether non-propositional content exists). Salient examples are plays, musical performance lyrics, but specializations include the whole of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, conceptual art performance, mime, etc. InformationBearingPerformance information bearing performance The only current (Jan 1996) motivation for this collection is to enforce sibling disjointness between specs of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentEvent" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. type of entertainment event EntertainmentEventType information-bearing thing InformationBearingThing A collection of spatially-localized individuals, including various actions and events as well as physical objects. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> (or "IBT") is an item that contains information (for an agent who knows how to interpret it). Examples: a copy of the novel Moby Dick; a signal buoy; a photograph; an elevator sign in Braille; a map; a US dollar bill; a resume; a musical score; copies of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CycProgram" class="cyc_term">CycProgram</a>. For representations of the propositional content of information bearing things, see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a>; but note that not all IBTs have a propositional content (cf. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArtObject" class="cyc_term">ArtObject</a>). An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>, which comprises all of those IBTs that are also physical objects (i.e. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PartiallyTangible" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>s). Though often a subtle task in particular contexts, it is important to distinguish the various specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> from those of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AspatialInformationStore" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a> (whose instances are the chunks of information instantiated in particular IBTs; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/instantiationOfAIT" class="cyc_term">instantiationOfAIT</a>) and from those of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ConceptualWork" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a> (whose instances are the conceptual or artistic creations that are instantiated in particular IBTs; see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/instantiationOfWork" class="cyc_term">instantiationOfWork</a>). For instance, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TextString" class="cyc_term">TextString</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AspatialInformationStore" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TextualMaterial" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TextualPCW" class="cyc_term">TextualPCW</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ConceptualWork" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>; to conflate any of these with another would be to make a "category error". Also note that events in which information is transferred (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">InformationTransferEvent</a>) are not considered instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Rather, such transfer events have as one of their participants (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/actors" class="cyc_term">actors</a>) some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>; though in cases where IBTs are themselves events this will require distinguishing very finely between the event that encodes the information and the event that is the information transfer. See also the sense-modality-based specializations, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SoundInformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">SoundInformationBearingThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/VisualInformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">VisualInformationBearingThing</a>. A specialization (in fact the most general common specialization) of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) that carries or conveys information. The information conveyed need not be in the form of propositional content (we are agnostic on whether non-propositional content exists). Salient examples are plays, musical performance lyrics, but specializations include the whole of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, conceptual art performance, mime, etc. InformationBearingPerformance information bearing performance SocialEvents-Social-Topic social events social topic A specialization (in fact the most general common specialization) of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentPerformance" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentPerformance</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingThing" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) that carries or conveys information. The information conveyed need not be in the form of propositional content (we are agnostic on whether non-propositional content exists). Salient examples are plays, musical performance lyrics, but specializations include the whole of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MusicalPerformance" class="cyc_term">MusicalPerformance</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DancePerformance" class="cyc_term">DancePerformance</a>, conceptual art performance, mime, etc. InformationBearingPerformance information bearing performance EntertainmentPerformance A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentEvent" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. Each instance of this collection is a public or private performance with artistic or entertainment value (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/performedBy" class="cyc_term">performedBy</a> instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Artist_Performer" class="cyc_term">Artist_Performer</a>) arranged in order for some audience to witness and enjoy it. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PlayPerformance" class="cyc_term">PlayPerformance</a>s, street performances, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BalletDancePerformance" class="cyc_term">BalletDancePerformance</a>s, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MovieShowing" class="cyc_term">MovieShowing</a>s. Note: Movies are included even though the performers aren't performing at the same point in space-time as the performance is occurring. But still photographs are not included, since one would not generally call the viewing of a photograph an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/EntertainmentEvent" class="cyc_term">EntertainmentEvent</a>. program