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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. Broadcasting broadcasting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> event, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4NEApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingWavePropagation</a> is converted into radio signals, which are transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a> and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvb33ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioBroadcasting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQHEi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVBroadcasting</a>. airing have broadcast will air broadcast had broadcast air has broadcast will have aired has aired will broadcast aired had aired airs broadcasts have aired will have broadcast Broadcasting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-broadcasting-noun-2 http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-broadcast-noun-1 http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-air-verb-3 http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-air-verb-2 http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-air-noun-4 TVBroadcasting television broadcast A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvXB6qZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVTransmitting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQHEi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVBroadcasting</a> event, an intangible <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> (usually a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQr82JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MovingImageWithSound</a>) is converted into radio signals and transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a> and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwOHJppwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CableTVTransmitting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwHg0N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVMediaProduct</a>. radio broadcasting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvb33ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioBroadcasting</a> event, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a> consisting of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkG_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AudibleSound</a> is converted into radio signals and transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a>, and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. RadioBroadcasting Broadcasting broadcasting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> event, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4NEApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingWavePropagation</a> is converted into radio signals, which are transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a> and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvb33ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioBroadcasting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQHEi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVBroadcasting</a>. 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 MediaTransmitting media transmitting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvXf6cJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransferEvent</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtAG-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Emission</a>. In every instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a>, a collection of intangible <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvkNufpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingThing</a>s are transmitted and received by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwCyIyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicationDevice</a>s. These IBTs are NOT electrical signals, radio waves, or the like, but are constituted of sounds and/or images emitted by individual receiving devices and accessible to human senses. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> (via radio or TV) and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvXB6qZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVTransmitting</a> (via cable or broadcast). Broadcasting broadcasting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> event, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4NEApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingWavePropagation</a> is converted into radio signals, which are transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a> and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvb33ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioBroadcasting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQHEi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVBroadcasting</a>. Broadcasting broadcasting A collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViADZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Event</a>s; a subset of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvzyIYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MediaTransmitting</a>. In every <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> event, an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv4NEApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationBearingWavePropagation</a> is converted into radio signals, which are transmitted by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCID5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BroadcastAntenna</a> and received by a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCHuJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ReceivingAntenna</a>. Subsets of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a> are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvb33ipwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RadioBroadcasting</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQHEi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TVBroadcasting</a>. Wikipedia Article URL (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNv0nbm4TTjOp7yhmnzOyqg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleURL</a> THING URL) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article located at URL wikipediaArticleURL seeAlsoURI <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4riWVFR6HJSpaEaHrcWS3MSA" class="cyc_term">seeAlsoURI</a> <b>THING</b> <b>URI</b>)</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. See Also URI type of temporally stuff-like thing TemporalStuffType A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> (q.v.) whose instances are all and only those collections that are temporally stuff-like. A collection <code><b>COL</b></code> is temporally stuff-like just in case every purely temporal part (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a>) of an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code> is itself an instance of <code><b>COL</b></code>, unless it is a temporal part of a temporal granule of <code><b>COL</b></code> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a>). <p/> More precisely, for a collection <code><b>COL</b></code> to be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a> it is both a necessary and sufficient condition that for any <code><b>OBJ1</b></code> and <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> (with <code><b>OBJ2</b></code> at or above <code><b>COL</b></code>'s temporal granularity level), if <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>COL</b>)</code> and <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> <b>OBJ1</b> <b>OBJ2</b>)</code>, then <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViBBJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">isa</a> <b>OBJ2</b> <b>COL</b>)</code>. <p/> Consider <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. Take an arbitrary instance <code><b>WALK</b></code> of this collection (say Miss America 2000's victory walk down the runway and back); and then take an arbitrary time-slice <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> of <code><b>WALK</b></code> that subsumes at least one instance of (the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">granuleOfTemporalStuff</a> for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYBpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingAStep</a> (say her trip back from the end of the runway). <code><b>SUBWALK</b></code> is itself an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a>. So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi0gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WalkingOnTwoLegs</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>. See <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a> for the disjoint notion of being temporally object-like. Telecommunication A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3Q79JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunicatingUsingADevice</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvvYjcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Telecommunication</a> is a communication event which utilizes an electronic communication device that is designed to convey messages over geographically signficant distances (roughly, one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjBYZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Kilometer</a> or more). Specializations include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvq0n2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SendingInformationByTelephone</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjM2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FaxingADocument</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv0UWi5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Broadcasting</a>. <p/> Note that talking to someone in the next room on a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTBZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Telephone</a> would be an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvvYjcpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Telecommunication</a> even though the communication does not span a geographically significant distance; for the communication uses a device which is <i>designed</i> for communication across such distances. telecommunications wikipediaArticleName (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rTv-jk9SPTXa991kk5mAvHg" class="cyc_term">wikipediaArticleName</a> THING NAME) means that in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtqXA6OC8QdiWC72DuLJdUw" class="cyc_term">Wikipedia_WebSite</a> THING is described by an article with the title NAME Wikipedia Article Name