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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. ocean A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a> is one of the oceans of the world. This includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>, the interconnected expanse of salt water covering 71% of the Earth's surface, and of which the other oceans are subregions. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkB0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtlanticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>. Ocean main mains oceans Ocean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-main-noun-1 the ocean EarthsOceanSea The interconnected expanse of sea water that encircles the continents and makes up 71% of the Earth's surface area. SouthernOcean The main body of salt water encircling the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViPRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAntarctica</a>, consisting of the waters of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a> south of 60 degrees south latitude. As of the year 2000, the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) considers the Southern Ocean to be the fourth largest of the five main divisions of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>. the Southern Ocean IndianOcean An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a> is an ocean in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj5j5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthernHemisphere_Region</a> lying south of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>, east of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a>, and west of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a>. the Indian Ocean the Arctic Ocean ArcticOcean The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a> is a body of salt water in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, and it borders on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwyMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurasia</a>. The <font color="#ff0000">#$NorthPoleOfEarth</font> is located in this ocean. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a> is the main body of salt water in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjP15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EasternHemisphere_Region</a>, and it borders on five instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a> (the western coast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfSouthAmerica</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv9tl95wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAustralia</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViPRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAntarctica</a>, and the eastern coast of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>). the Pacific Ocean PacificOcean the Atlantic Ocean AtlanticOcean The main body of salt water primarily in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternHemisphere_Region</a>, bordering on five <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>s (or three <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a>s -- the Western coasts of Europe and Africa, Antarctica, and the Eastern coasts of North and South America). An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQsP1F2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Topic</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rgQuFAV2xEdif1wACs2IMlQ" class="cyc_term">Geography_Topic</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA9JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Thing</a> which (in some significant sense) has to do with the topic of geography. Geography-Topic geography-topic ocean A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a> is one of the oceans of the world. This includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>, the interconnected expanse of salt water covering 71% of the Earth's surface, and of which the other oceans are subregions. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkB0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtlanticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>. Ocean <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rummjkLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">NaturalFeatureType</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a>s which naturally occur on the surface of the Earth. Positive 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>. Negative 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>. Also see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ru-8ymLHtEdmAAAACs6hO_g" class="cyc_term">ArtifactualFeatureType</a>, the corresponding collection for feature types which are <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkH_ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Artifact</a>s. natural feature type NaturalFeatureType 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 ocean A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a> is one of the oceans of the world. This includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>, the interconnected expanse of salt water covering 71% of the Earth's surface, and of which the other oceans are subregions. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkB0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtlanticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>. Ocean ocean A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjktpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Ocean</a> is one of the oceans of the world. This includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBWdJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsOceanSea</a>, the interconnected expanse of salt water covering 71% of the Earth's surface, and of which the other oceans are subregions. Examples: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkB0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtlanticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViH35wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndianOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>. Ocean 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 sea Sea A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvftLRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater_Large</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkFGZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SeaWater</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a> is a body of salt water as large as (or larger than) a lake. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViDaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IonianSea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj6aJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EastChinaSea</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVirjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BlackSea</a>. 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>). <p/> 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><b>COPY</b></code> of (say) &quot;Moby Dick&quot; is still a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. (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 <i>object-like</i>: if we take a scalpel and slice <code><b>COPY</b></code> into ten pieces, each piece is not a copy of &quot;Moby Dick&quot;. 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>. <p/> 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 A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ret7qgOKgEdmAAAACs6hfSg" class="cyc_term">ConceptTypeByDomain</a> (q.v.). Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rrwTJ-v7BEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">WaterBodyConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with bodies of water. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>, and relations used for describing the parts, sizes, locations, uses, and other features of various types of water-bodies are instances of this collection. WaterBodyConcept concept related to bodies of water 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 type of region RegionType A collection of collections. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjk05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionType</a> is a subcollection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwS68M5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SpatialThing_Localized</a> each of whose instances is an identifiable subregion of some object, but not itself an independent object. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjk05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RegionType</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkDKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PalmOfHand</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj5FJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Doorway</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjfapwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Wall_GenericBarrier</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkE3pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorkSurface</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPUJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Handle</a>.