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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. administration Management The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s in which some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> performs sequences of actions (what those actions are will frequently be constrained by any number of factors, such as codes of conduct (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CodeOfConduct</a>) to which the actor is contractually or otherwise obligated to follow, the judgments of agents who oversee that actor's actions, etc.) designed to allocate multiple resources and coordinate multiple activities for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. management Management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-management-noun-1 The collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv84DxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Management</a> activities the goals of which involve maintaining or increasing the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMeg55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">businessCapital</a> or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi--ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">assets</a> of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Person</a> or an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Organization</a>. capital management CapitalManagement BusinessManagement business management The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a> in which some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> works to maintain an agent's business interests. A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv84DxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Management</a>. Each instance is a bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf. misconduct Misconduct-Management A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv84DxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Management</a>. Each instance is a management that is careless or inefficient. mismanagement Mismanagement This is the collection of activities aimed at eliminating or controlling the local detimental effects of animals considered to be pests. The animals in question are primarily insects, and the effects in question are mostly those on agriculture and places of human habitation or employment. pest control PestManagement handling A sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv84DxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Management</a>. Each instance is the management of someone or something. Handling-Management The collection of project managment events. ProjectManagement project management fuels management proactive fire safety activity FuelsManagement-ProactiveFireSafetyActivity The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv84DxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Management</a> in which the goal is the prevention or minimization of fires in an area by reducing, treating, or safely storing away potential sources of fuel. 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 Management administration The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s in which some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> performs sequences of actions (what those actions are will frequently be constrained by any number of factors, such as codes of conduct (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CodeOfConduct</a>) to which the actor is contractually or otherwise obligated to follow, the judgments of agents who oversee that actor's actions, etc.) designed to allocate multiple resources and coordinate multiple activities for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViN65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanActivity</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQ-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingCareOfSomething</a> is a purposeful action in which an agent acts to maintain, preserve, or promote the health or good condition of someone or something (the thing taken care of is related to the action via the predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVilepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectTakenCareOf</a> (q.v.)). Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQ-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TakingCareOfSomething</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVisApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Exercising</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi6T5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MedicalTreatmentEvent</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVio-JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TeethCleaning</a>. TakingCareOfSomething taking care of 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 Management administration The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s in which some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> performs sequences of actions (what those actions are will frequently be constrained by any number of factors, such as codes of conduct (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CodeOfConduct</a>) to which the actor is contractually or otherwise obligated to follow, the judgments of agents who oversee that actor's actions, etc.) designed to allocate multiple resources and coordinate multiple activities for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Management administration The collection of instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVieP5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulAction</a>s in which some <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVinb5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntelligentAgent</a> performs sequences of actions (what those actions are will frequently be constrained by any number of factors, such as codes of conduct (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViVx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CodeOfConduct</a>) to which the actor is contractually or otherwise obligated to follow, the judgments of agents who oversee that actor's actions, etc.) designed to allocate multiple resources and coordinate multiple activities for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. first-order collection FirstOrderCollection An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtppU5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CollectionType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rNooX_CChEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FixedOrderCollection</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> is the collection of all specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Individual</a> (q.v.) Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHIBS0h_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">FirstOrderCollection</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViq35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalObjectType</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. 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 ControllingSomething controlling event A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvrOVYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PurposefulPhysicalAction</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViMHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ControllingSomething</a> is a purposeful physical action in which an agent intentionally controls an object (i.e. instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi255wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SomethingExisting</a>). It is not necessary that the agent touch the object being controlled (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi9sJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">objectControlled</a>), only that s/he exercise control over some of its movements, functioning, or actions. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViMHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ControllingSomething</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBgG5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GuidingAMovingObject</a> (some instances of which involve a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVlIaZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RemoteControlDevice</a>), <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViMoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandlingAnObject</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViS7pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Braking</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVivYJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SteeringADeviceByHand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjUJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlayingAMusicalInstrument</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPu-YpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CuttingFabric</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViMIpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CarryingWhileLocomoting</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViadpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlushingAToilet</a>. When a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkJe5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ControlDevice</a> (q.v.) is being used by an agent for its primary function, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViMHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ControllingSomething</a> event is typically taking place.