]> 2009/04/07 OpenCyc Knowledge Base Copyright© 2001-2009 Cycorp, Inc., http://www.cyc.com/, Austin, TX, USA This file contains an OWL representation of information contained in the OpenCyc Knowledge Base. The content of this OWL file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license whose text can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode. The content of this OWL file, including the OpenCyc content it represents, constitutes the "Work" referred to in the Creative Commons license. The terms of this license equally apply to, without limitation, renamings and other logically equivalent reformulations of the content of this OWL file (or portions thereof) in any natural or formal language, as well as to derivations of this content or inclusion of it in other ontologies. 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 collection of physical devices, namely all the slender stringlike pieces of metal, with or without insulative casing. Various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a> are designed for and serve many different functions: connecting, carrying electrical power and/or electrically coded information, heat or light radiation, etc. Pieces of wire may be coated with insulation (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InsulatingCover</a>). Wires not intended to carry electricity are still instances of this collection; e.g., wires that are used in a piano, in a person's dental braces, etc. Wire wire wires

Wire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-wire-noun-1 StandingRigging The collection of all standing riggings. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCE5JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Rigging</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCA3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BoatOrShipPart</a>. standing rigging barbed wire A collection of physical devices. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcBgqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BarbedWire</a> are pieces of wire with barbs, or sharp bits, at regular intervals. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvcBgqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BarbedWire</a> are primarily used to surround an area (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVapwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Fence</a>) and to discourage the entry of animals (often including humans) into that area. BarbedWire PaperClip The collection of paper clips. This includes only the familiar wire objects, not the larger spring clips. paper clip light bulb filament Filament-LightBulb The metal part inside of a light bulb that glows when the bulb is turned on. Not a part of flourescent light bulbs. Wire used as an electrical conductor, usually housed in insulation of some sort. ElectricalWire electrical wire razor wire A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rkUY_QgezEduAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">RazorWire</a> are pieces of wire with continuous cutting surfaces, like razors. RazorWire BrakeCable brake cable The collection of all brake cables. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjyPZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BrakeCable</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rejmDbrF_QdeIENT1qpbYzQ" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a>. A collection of physical devices, namely all the slender stringlike pieces of metal, with or without insulative casing. Various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a> are designed for and serve many different functions: connecting, carrying electrical power and/or electrically coded information, heat or light radiation, etc. Pieces of wire may be coated with insulation (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InsulatingCover</a>). Wires not intended to carry electricity are still instances of this collection; e.g., wires that are used in a piano, in a person's dental braces, etc. Wire wire 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> 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. See Also URI A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPmpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SolidTangibleArtifact</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmfXlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectWithUse</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a> is an artifact with a relatively rigid, set shape, designed for a specific use or to perform a specific function. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a> thus include (among others) <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjT95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RoadVehicle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjXLZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Motorboat</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVig-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HandTool</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1epwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlumbingFixture</a>. Note that artifacts which are only to be viewed or can only be "used" in a very loose or metaphorical sense, such as instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgD3u5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Buoy</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVis2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sculpture</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVicQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FlowerBed</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViflJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Billboard</a>, are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. Moreover, artifacts which have a specific use or function, but which do not have a relatively rigid, set shape are not instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>; for this reason, neither <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjxdpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GasolineFuel</a> nor <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVifm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AntiFreeze</a> are specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjHL5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalDevice</a>. device PhysicalDevice specializations of physical device device topic SpecializationsOfPhysicalDevice-Device-Topic cordlike artifact CordlikeArtifact A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> (q.v.). Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4raSi3TOpsEdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">CordlikeArtifact</a> is both cordlike (i.e., it is relatively thin and has ends) and is an artifact. An important specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4raSi3TOpsEdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">CordlikeArtifact</a> is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rsMFskBRKEdaKEwCQJ5pcGA" class="cyc_term">Cord</a>, which is the collection of artifacts that are not only cordlike, but which are actual cords. For example, a chain (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNfZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Chain</a>) is cordlike and an artifact (hence an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4raSi3TOpsEdqAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">CordlikeArtifact</a>) but chains are not actually cords. A collection of physical devices, namely all the slender stringlike pieces of metal, with or without insulative casing. Various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a> are designed for and serve many different functions: connecting, carrying electrical power and/or electrically coded information, heat or light radiation, etc. Pieces of wire may be coated with insulation (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InsulatingCover</a>). Wires not intended to carry electricity are still instances of this collection; e.g., wires that are used in a piano, in a person's dental braces, etc. Wire wire 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 A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> is a partially tangible non-fluid object (so <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> is disjoint with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjR45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FluidTangibleThing</a>) whose length is significantly greater than either its height or width. Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> has a high degree of flexibility. Notable specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1gZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CordlikeObject</a> include the collections <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwP3lkpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nerve</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBeS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tape</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCNY5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Cable</a>. cord-like object CordlikeObject A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a> (q.v.). Moreover, each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a> is a collection that is temporally stuff-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitN5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TemporalStuffType</a>) but physically-spatially object-like (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>) -- i.e. object-like with respect to some physical-spatial part-whole predicate (e.g. some specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r8a2smPXcQdiEoJhcx65EiQ" class="cyc_term">properPhysicalDecompositions</a>). Consider the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj27ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PartiallyTangible</a>. Further, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is temporally stuff-like: any one of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWn4OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">timeSlices</a> of a given copy <code>COPY</code> of (say) "Moby Dick" is still a copy of "Moby Dick". (Most collections of tangible objects are temporally stuff-like in this way.) But <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is spatially object-like: if we take a scalpel and slice <code>COPY</code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of "Moby Dick". So <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> is an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvWXYgJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingObjectType</a>. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVir35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">StuffType</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVny6pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ExistingStuffType</a>. ExistingObjectType type of object signal transport medium type The collection of types of media by which a signal can be carried. eg wire, fiber optic cable, space (for electromagnetic waves, sound, etc). SignalTransportMediumType An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a> and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwO3H5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArtifactType</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rejmDbrF_QdeIENT1qpbYzQ" class="cyc_term">ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory</a> is a collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s grouped together according to some feature(s) other than brand or model. kind of artifact not distinguished by brand or model ArtifactTypeByGenericCategory 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 non-agentive artifact An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirnZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ObjectType</a>, and a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvjSBSZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_Generic</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> is the collection of all artifacts that are _not_ agents (i.e., that are _not_ instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvsaaeJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_Generic</a>). Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvY5LhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact_NonAgentive</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjo0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Bicycle</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPvIyJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pants</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjzcZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canal</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNzpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FoodUtensil</a>. Artifact-NonAgentive A collection of physical devices, namely all the slender stringlike pieces of metal, with or without insulative casing. Various instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj1w5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wire</a> are designed for and serve many different functions: connecting, carrying electrical power and/or electrically coded information, heat or light radiation, etc. Pieces of wire may be coated with insulation (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjQlJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InsulatingCover</a>). Wires not intended to carry electricity are still instances of this collection; e.g., wires that are used in a piano, in a person's dental braces, etc. Wire wire