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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. A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgLGxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HistoricTemporalThing</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a> is a location of notable historical interest. historical site HistoricalSite historic site historical sites historic sites (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet Building HistoricalSite)) The collection of all historic buildings. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj7KJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Building</a>. historic building MilitarySite-Historical A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZ_nLHiTfQdeTltEELDWj9Q" class="cyc_term">MilitarySite_Historical</a> is a facility or region formerly used for various aspects of or relating to military activity, and which is currently considered to be of historical interest. Examples include historical battlefields, decomissioned military bases, and shipyards. historical military site member of { structure, historical site } (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet ConstructionArtifact HistoricalSite)) member of { park, historical site } (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet Park HistoricalSite)) AncientSite ancient site A place that had significance during the ancient world - 5000 BC to 476 AD. Cairn cairn A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPuzxZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StationaryArtifact</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvdCO4pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanAccessibleIBO</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvUMewiTaQdePQqzndpwYgw" class="cyc_term">Cairn</a> is a mound of stones piled up as a memorial (and thus is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPJpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SymbolicObject</a>) or to mark a boundary (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r2ZMkMiTVQdeM3st-m9MeyA" class="cyc_term">BoundaryMarker</a>) or path. ceremonial mound A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1rJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MemorialMarker</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwtGpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Landmark</a>. A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r_iI6rP7NEdmAAAACs0x8nw" class="cyc_term">CeremonialMound</a> is usually a man-made mound of earth that serves as a memorial for either the death of an important person or of a significant battle for a particular people or tribe. The ceremonies are religious. CeremonialMound HistoricalBuiltUpArea area with historical buildings An area that constitutes a concentration of historical buildings or other historical structures within a built up area. member of { geographical region, historical site } (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet GeographicalRegion HistoricalSite)) (CollectionIntersectionFn (TheSet BuiltUpArea HistoricalSite)) area with historical buildings The collection of all areas with historical buildings. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a>. This collection may be thought of as consisting of all the entities which are localizable within the context of a geography, in the sense that they might plausibly be represented on a map. This includes both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> entities like <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>s, and also entities that may be wholly <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjjo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Intangible</a>, like territorial borders and boundaries, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>s and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvdq0oZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LongitudeLine</a>s, trajectories of missiles and courses of ships, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzQjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsEquator</a>. GeographicalThing geographical thing The collection of all events, people, objects, periods, etc. which are considered to have historical significance. The membership in this collection depends upon time, place, and culture. HistoricTemporalThing historic thing NonNaturalThing The collection of non-natural individuals. This collection is hard to precisely define but, roughly, something is an instance of this collection just in case it is one of the following: 1) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> acts that are intentionally performed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s, or 2) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a>s that in some significant sense &quot;could only have been the result&quot; of the intentional activities of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a>s (or groups thereof). Positive examples in the first category include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP1F75wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CesareanBirth</a>s, negative examples include eating. Positive examples in the second category include instances of industrial pollution and tire tracks. Negative examples include human vomit and human (bare) footprints. unnatural thing DB pedia OWL class DBPediaOWLClass A collection of collections. Each instance of this collection is a collection that corresponds to one of the classes in the DBPedia ontology. Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" 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/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" 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. prettyString Place A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ro3lluGJHQdiVxrZReHS-jQ" class="cyc_term">EnduringThing_Localized</a> (q.v). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> is a spatial thing which has a relatively permanent location. Thus, in a given microtheory, each <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> is stationary with respect to the frame of reference of that microtheory. place A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgLGxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HistoricTemporalThing</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a> is a location of notable historical interest. historical site HistoricalSite artifactual feature type <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s, as opposed to naturally occuring. Positive examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzt5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WaterReservoir</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rT2uByCTVQdeVZZaE0030Zg" class="cyc_term">Airfield</a>. Negative examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjODZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mountain</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD8VZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mesa</a>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for naturally occuring feature types. ArtifactualFeatureType A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgLGxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HistoricTemporalThing</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a> is a location of notable historical interest. historical site HistoricalSite A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgLGxpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HistoricTemporalThing</a>. An <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rN9lf4CTeQdee4PjuZp8BLw" class="cyc_term">HistoricalSite</a> is a location of notable historical interest. historical site HistoricalSite intermittent collection IntermittentCollection A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwIE23ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TimeDependentCollection</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> (qq.v.). This is the collection of all collections of which something can be an instance during (and only during) several non-overlapping periods. <p/> For example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjma5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FamousHuman</a> is an intermittant collection, as a person might be famous as a child, fade into obscurity as a young adult, and then become famous again as an older adult. CulturalThing cultural thing The collection of all temporal things, including both activities and objects, that are either created or adopted by any culture that has them, and thus can distinguish one culture or set of cultures from another.