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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. MediaProduct Mx4rvXg6i5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaSeriesProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewsArticle" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product media products Superman movie The collection of all Superman movies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>. (IssueOfCWSeriesFn Superman-MovieSeries) NewsArticle The collection of all articles [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Article_PCW" class="cyc_term">Article_PCW</a>] which present <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/News" class="cyc_term">News</a>. news article PeriodicalCopy The collection of all periodicals. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/BooksAndMagazinesMarketCategory" class="cyc_term">BooksAndMagazinesMarketCategory</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TextualMaterial" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterial</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PublishedIBT" class="cyc_term">PublishedIBT</a>. The collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PeriodicalCopy" class="cyc_term">PeriodicalCopy</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TextualMaterialTypeByFunction" class="cyc_term">TextualMaterialTypeByFunction</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SpatiallyDisjointObjectType" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a>. periodical (IssueOfCWSeriesFn Batman-MovieSeries) The collection of all Batman movies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>. Batman movie Movie-CW movie A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/VideoConceptualWork" class="cyc_term">VideoConceptualWork</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Movie_CW" class="cyc_term">Movie_CW</a> is an abstract work whose performances are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MovieShowing" class="cyc_term">MovieShowing</a>. Notable instances are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CitizenKane_TheMovie" class="cyc_term">CitizenKane_TheMovie</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StarWars_TheMovie" class="cyc_term">StarWars_TheMovie</a>. series The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>s that appear as a series of individual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>s. MediaSeriesProduct MP3FileCopy MP 3 file copy A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerFileCopy" class="cyc_term">ComputerFileCopy</a> whose instances contain <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MP3File" class="cyc_term">MP3File</a>s as the encoded data. broadcast media product BroadcastMediaProduct A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ConceptualWork" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s created for the purposes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Broadcasting" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a>. periodical issue PeriodicalIssue The collection of all static textual <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>s that are part of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PeriodicalSeries" class="cyc_term">PeriodicalSeries</a>. Many copies are made of each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PeriodicalIssue" class="cyc_term">PeriodicalIssue</a>, the individual copies being instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PeriodicalCopy" class="cyc_term">PeriodicalCopy</a>. Until the 1990s, the copies were made of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Paper" class="cyc_term">Paper</a>, while since the 1990s copies of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PeriodicalIssue" class="cyc_term">PeriodicalIssue</a> were sometimes also (or solely) being distributed over <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerNetwork" class="cyc_term">ComputerNetwork</a>s. (IssueOfCWSeriesFn StarTrek-MovieSeries) "Star Trek" movie WorldWideWebSite <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> is the subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WebSite" class="cyc_term">WebSite</a>s accessible from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWeb_DynamicIndexedInfoSource" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWeb_DynamicIndexedInfoSource</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> is composed of a homepage and zero or more additional instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WebPage_CW" class="cyc_term">WebPage_CW</a> connected by hyperlinks to the site's homepage. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> is maintained by a single webmaster or group of webmasters, and is thematically unified in some way, often as an individual's or corporation's 'presence' on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWeb_DynamicIndexedInfoSource" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWeb_DynamicIndexedInfoSource</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> is designed with the intention that a visitor will enter the site via its homepage, and navigate to other pages in the site via hyperlinks. web site comic strip ComicStrip The collection of all comic strips as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ConceptualWork" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>s - i.e., those humorous ibo's that appear in newspapers and magazines. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/DickTracy_TheComicStrip" class="cyc_term">DickTracy_TheComicStrip</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComicStrip" class="cyc_term">ComicStrip</a> as are individual day's episodes of Dick Tracy. ComputerGameProgram An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerProgramTypeByFunction" class="cyc_term">ComputerProgramTypeByFunction</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ComputerGameProgram" class="cyc_term">ComputerGameProgram</a> is a computer program which is such that one can play games (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Game" class="cyc_term">Game</a>) with running copies of it. computer game James Bond movie (IssueOfCWSeriesFn JamesBond-MovieSeries) The collection of all Star Wars movies. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a>. star wars movie (IssueOfCWSeriesFn StarWars-MovieSeries) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PublishedMaterial" class="cyc_term">PublishedMaterial</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/VideoRecordedObject" class="cyc_term">VideoRecordedObject</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PartiallyTangibleProduct" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangibleProduct</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a> is a video recording which is one of a class of similar recordings with the same information content. RecordedVideoProduct recorded video product KE clarifying collection type The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ClarifyingCollectionType" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the #$KRAKEN application to resolve natural language ambiguities. KEClarifyingCollectionType InformationStore store of information A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PartiallyIntangibleIndividual" class="cyc_term">PartiallyIntangibleIndividual</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a> is a tangible or intangible, concrete or abstract repository of information. The information stored in an information store is stored there as a consequence of the actions of one or more agents. Wholly intangible instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a> include instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/AspatialInformationStore" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/PropositionalInformationThing" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a>. Some instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a> -- namely, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationBearingObject" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingObject</a>, such as copies of a newspaper at a newsstand -- are only partially intangible. type of object The collection of all collections that are "object-like" in at least one respect. A collection <code>COL</code> is object-like just in case there is some sense of 'part' according to which any (or nearly any) given proper part of an instance of <code>COL</code> is not itself an instance of <code>COL</code>; when this happens <code>COL</code> is said to be object-like with respect to that sense of 'part'. More precisely, for a collection <code>COL</code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> it is sufficient that there be some specialization <code>PARTPRED</code> of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/properParts" class="cyc_term">properParts</a> such that, for any <code>OBJ1</code> and <code>OBJ2</code>, if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/isa" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ1 COL)</code> and <code>(PARTPRED OBJ1 OBJ2)</code> both hold, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/isa" class="cyc_term">isa</a> OBJ2 COL)</code> does not hold. (Also sufficient for <code>COL</code>'s being an object-type is that there be some specialization <code>INVPARTPRED</code> of the inverse of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/properParts" class="cyc_term">properParts</a> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/genlInverse" class="cyc_term">genlInverse</a>) such that <code>(INVPARTPRED OBJ2 OBJ1)</code>, with everything else remaining the same as above.) Note that neither of the above sufficient conditions for <code>COL</code>'s being an object-type is strictly necessary: some exceptions are allowed. Thus as long as either one of the above conditionals holds in nearly all cases, <code>COL</code> should be considered an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. Here are two examples. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Automobile" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a>. Take an instance of that, say my car. Now consider one of the proper <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/physicalParts" class="cyc_term">physicalParts</a> of my car, say the steering wheel. The steering wheel is not an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Automobile" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a>. And the same would be true for any proper physical part of any car. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Automobile" class="cyc_term">Automobile</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CalendarYear" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a>. No proper <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/timeSlices" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a year is itself a year. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/CalendarYear" class="cyc_term">CalendarYear</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/ObjectType" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StuffType" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> for the contrasting (though not disjoint) notion of being stuff-like. ObjectType MediaProduct A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaSeriesProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewsArticle" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product MediaProduct A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaSeriesProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewsArticle" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product (ConceptNodesForTaskTypeFn IntelligenceAnalysisTask-Allotment) Concept Nodes For Task Type Fn intelligence analysis task MediaProduct A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaSeriesProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewsArticle" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product 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 TemporallyExistingThing A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporalThing" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a>. This is the collection of all things that exist (or occur or obtain) in or at a time. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporallyExistingThing" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a> thus includes all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporalThing" class="cyc_term">TemporalThing</a> except <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TimeInterval" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a>s. Its specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/SomethingExisting" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/Situation" class="cyc_term">Situation</a>. Here's arough-and-ready test for membership in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporallyExistingThing" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a>: If it makes sense to ask of a given temporal thing whether it could have had a different <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/temporalExtent" class="cyc_term">temporalExtent</a> (q.v.) than it actually has, then (and only then) it is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TemporallyExistingThing" class="cyc_term">TemporallyExistingThing</a>. Tangible objects, events, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/StaticSituation" class="cyc_term">StaticSituation</a>s all pass this test, while dates and other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/TimeInterval" class="cyc_term">TimeInterval</a> fail. It would be absurd to suppose (e.g.) that the day of 27 July 1947 might have taken place a year later than it actually did. Unlike temporally existing things, time intervals instances are differentiated solely on the basis of their duration and location on the time line. temporally existing thing MediaProduct A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/InformationStore" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> is an information store created for the purposes of media distribution (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaTransferEvent" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaProduct</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/RecordedVideoProduct" class="cyc_term">RecordedVideoProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/MediaSeriesProduct" class="cyc_term">MediaSeriesProduct</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/WorldWideWebSite" class="cyc_term">WorldWideWebSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/NewsArticle" class="cyc_term">NewsArticle</a>. media product 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