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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. BlueGreenAlgae The collection of (mostly dark blue-green in bulk) aquatic organisms called Blue-green Algae or sometimes Cyanobacteria. The elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a> are also elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Autotroph</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProkaryoticCell</a>, and they carry out processes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvofLqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Photosynthesis_Bacterial</a>. The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a>, also called Cyanophyta, is one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a>s of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a>. (Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bacterium</a>.) blue-green algae Cyanobacteria Cyanophycota Cyanobacteria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanobacteria BlueGreenAlgae The collection of (mostly dark blue-green in bulk) aquatic organisms called Blue-green Algae or sometimes Cyanobacteria. The elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a> are also elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Autotroph</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProkaryoticCell</a>, and they carry out processes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvofLqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Photosynthesis_Bacterial</a>. The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a>, also called Cyanophyta, is one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a>s of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a>. (Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bacterium</a>.) blue-green algae 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 biological division A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVji6JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalTaxon</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a> is a main taxonomic subdivision of some instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalKingdom</a> (or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYV5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalSubkingdom</a>) for the members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a> (i.e., prokaryotes), <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViZCZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fungus</a> Kingdom, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjG4ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plant</a> Kingdom, and for the plant-like organisms within the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVimKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProtistaKingdom</a>. In the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViwMZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Animal</a> Kingdom, however, the main taxonomic subdivisions are instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalPhylum</a> (q.v.), rather than <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a>. BiologicalDivision 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 A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. OrganismByTaxonomicKingdom-Biology-Topic organism by taxonomic kingdom biology topic BlueGreenAlgae The collection of (mostly dark blue-green in bulk) aquatic organisms called Blue-green Algae or sometimes Cyanobacteria. The elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a> are also elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Autotroph</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProkaryoticCell</a>, and they carry out processes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvofLqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Photosynthesis_Bacterial</a>. The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a>, also called Cyanophyta, is one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a>s of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a>. (Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bacterium</a>.) blue-green algae SpatiallyDisjointObjectType type of object whose instances do not physically overlap A collection of collections and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is a collection C of spatial things (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjpUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing</a>), where each of the spatial things in C is spatially disjoint with the other spatial things in C. <p/> For example, the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjaoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Dog</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a>, since dogs do not spatially overlap. Even pregnant dogs do not spatially overlap the pups they bear; rather, pregnant dogs contain their unborn pups. Other instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwVGrQ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LatitudeLine</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvW4n1pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CompactDisc_Audio</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwR7UWZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetaryBody</a>. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rpPHhAOB1EdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointObjectType</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatiallyDisjointRegionType</a> (a collection of specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>, such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjnZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">City</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</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 MoneraKingdom An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViYmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalKingdom</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProkaryoticCell</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a> is a one-celled prokaryotic organism (so each instance lacks a nuclear membrane, as well as other internal organelles). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bacterium</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJzoVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PseudomonasMallei</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv-S2cpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EscherichiaColi</a>. Monera BlueGreenAlgae The collection of (mostly dark blue-green in bulk) aquatic organisms called Blue-green Algae or sometimes Cyanobacteria. The elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a> are also elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtFZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Autotroph</a> and of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjVN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProkaryoticCell</a>, and they carry out processes of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvofLqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Photosynthesis_Bacterial</a>. The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViFLpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlueGreenAlgae</a>, also called Cyanophyta, is one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXj5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BiologicalDivision</a>s of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjLS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MoneraKingdom</a>. (Compare with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjU-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bacterium</a>.) blue-green algae