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Mappings between OpenCyc terms and Wikipedia article names provided by Olena Medelyan and Catherine Legg, University of Waikato, NZ under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. 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. Egypt Mx4rvViTg5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt EGY the Arab Republic of Egypt Egypt http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-Egypt-noun-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ConceptTypeByDomain" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a>. Generally speaking, instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Analyst_PertinentConcept" class="cyc_term">Analyst_PertinentConcept</a> are concepts and relations such as are used by intelligence analysts reasoning about threat situations. Specifically, all core concepts in this domain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/coreConceptOfDomain" class="cyc_term">coreConceptOfDomain</a>) are either 1) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BinaryPredicate" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 2) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TernaryPredicate" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 3:)<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/argIsa" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/BinaryPredicate" class="cyc_term">BinaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 4) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/argIsa" class="cyc_term">argIsa</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TernaryPredicate" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, 5) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/FirstOrderCollection" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a>s that are asserted to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/argGenl" class="cyc_term">argGenl</a>s of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TernaryPredicate" class="cyc_term">TernaryPredicate</a>s referenced in AKB Fact Entry Templates, or 6) concepts or relations that are instances of instances of #$TKBInterfaceCollection. the intelligence analyst reasoning domain Analyst-PertinentConcept seeAlsoURI See Also URI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/seeAlsoURI" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> THING URI)</code> means that a description of the resource identified by URI is likely to contain information pertinent to THING. This predicate is roughly equivalent to rdfs:seeAlso. InternationalCommunity the international community This is an informal group comprised of, at the least, all of the countries in the world (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Country" class="cyc_term">Country</a>), and also some international organizations such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OPEC" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/NATO" class="cyc_term">NATO</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/WorldTradeOrganization" class="cyc_term">WorldTradeOrganization</a>. (Note that all countries being members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalCommunity" class="cyc_term">InternationalCommunity</a> is true only in the modern world, where countries have sufficient communication in order to form a community.) Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt Earth The Planet Earth PlanetEarth ArabBankForEconomicDevelopmentInAfrica the Arab Bank For Economic Development In Africa An international organization whose aim is to promote economic development in Arab Africa. AfricanDevelopmentBank An international organization whose aim is to to promote economic and social development in African countries. African Development Bank The international coalition formed in late 1990 with the purpose of forcing the Iraqi army to abandon territory seized in the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. The efforts of the coalition culminated in Operation Desert Storm. DesertShieldCoalition the Desert Shield coalition prettyString Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/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/2009/04/07/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. Africa An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Continent" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a> is the second largest continent, located north and south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/EarthsEquator" class="cyc_term">EarthsEquator</a> in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/EasternHemisphere_Region" class="cyc_term">EasternHemisphere_Region</a>. Africa is connected to Asia by the narrow Isthmus of Suez; it includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Madagascar" class="cyc_term">Madagascar</a> and other offshore islands. ContinentOfAfrica The collection of countries in southwest Asia or, in the case of Egypt, northeast Africa, in the vicinity of the eastern Mediterranean or the Persian Gulf. Admittedly, a certain amount of arbitrariness is inevitable in specifying which countries are Middle Eastern; still, we've sought a serviceable delimitation based on geography and common usage. Specifically, the members of this collection are Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. MiddleEasternCountry Middle Eastern country the United Arab Republic UnitedArabRepublic InternationalMonetaryFund An international organization whose aim is to promote world monetary stability and economic development. the International Monetary Fund Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt ARABSAT Arab Satellite Communications Organization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ARABSAT" class="cyc_term">ARABSAT</a> (Arab Satellite Communications Organization) is an organization funded and managed by Arab states for the purpose of developing state-of-the-art telecommunications services for its member countries. An international organization whose aim is to promote international cooperation in customs matters. Customs Cooperation Council CustomsCooperationCouncil The U.N. Security Council is the organ of the United Nations responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. The Council may decide on enforcement measures, economic sanctions (such as trade embargoes), or collective military action. the Security Council UNSecurityCouncil independent country IndependentCountry A collection of geopolitical entities and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Country" class="cyc_term">Country</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> is a distinct, independent geopolitical entity generally recognized by the international community. An independent country typically has a relatively stable government, enforced borders, its own currency, laws, and culture. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Germany" class="cyc_term">Germany</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Liberia" class="cyc_term">Liberia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Mongolia" class="cyc_term">Mongolia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/India" class="cyc_term">India</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Taiwan_RepublicOfChina" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Honduras" class="cyc_term">Honduras</a>. OAPEC The aim of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, established in January 1968, is to promote cooperation in the petroleum industry. the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries BT <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/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/2009/04/07/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/2009/04/07/concept/en/broaderTerm" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. broaderTerm Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt InternationalHydrographicOrganization International Hydrographic Organization An international organization whose goal is to train hydrographic surveyors and nautical cartographers to achieve standardization in nautical charts and electronic chart displays provide advice on nautical cartography and hydrography develop the sciences in the field of hydrography and techniques used for descriptive oceanography Organization of African Unity OrganizationOfAfricanUnity The international organization founded to provide unity, felowship, and defense of African states An international organization whose aim is to promote economic development as a regional commission for the UN's Economic and Social Council. the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia EconomicAndSocialCommissionForWesternAsia SomeCountries-Geography-Topic some countries geography topic InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency the International Atomic Energy Agency The agency of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/UnitedNationsOrganization" class="cyc_term">UnitedNationsOrganization</a> that is concerned with the cooperative scientific and technical development of atomic power and with verifying that nuclear resources are used for peaceful ends. AfricanUnion African Union (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/wikipediaArticleName" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Wikipedia_WebSite" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME wikipediaArticleName Wikipedia Article Name The aim of The International Criminal Police Organization is to promote international cooperation among police authorities in fighting crime. INTERPOL INTERPOL OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference the Organization of the Islamic Conference The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference" class="cyc_term">OrganizationOfTheIslamicConference</a> (OIC) is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> established in May 1971 which promotes cooperation in cultural, economics, scientific and social areas among Islamic nations. LeagueOfArabStates An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/InternationalOrganizationOfCountries" class="cyc_term">InternationalOrganizationOfCountries</a> founded in 1945 which fosters cultural, economic, political, social, defense, and communication ties and mediates disputes among the Arab states. the League of Arab States The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/TrueContinent" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a> (q.v.) in the eastern hemisphere. It includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfEurasia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurasia</a> (which is further subdivided into the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAsia" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfEurope" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>) as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/geographicalSubRegions" class="cyc_term">geographicalSubRegions</a>. the Old World EasternContinent Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt CountriesInTheSurroundingRegion-HormuzArea-Topic countries in the surrounding region hormuz area topic The World Trade Organization, founded 1 January 1995, administers WTO trade agreements, provides a forum for trade negotiations and disputes, monitors national trade policies, and provides assistance for developing countries. WorldTradeOrganization the World Trade Organization Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt Egypt Egypt is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/IndependentCountry" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> in the northeast part of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/ContinentOfAfrica" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>; Egypt is east of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Libya" class="cyc_term">Libya</a>, north of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Sudan" class="cyc_term">Sudan</a>, south of the eastern <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/MediterraneanSea" class="cyc_term">MediterraneanSea</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/RedSea" class="cyc_term">RedSea</a>. Egypt wikipediaArticleURL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/wikipediaArticleURL" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2009/04/07/concept/en/Wikipedia_WebSite" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL Wikipedia Article URL