]> 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. beach Beach A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a> is a sandy or pebbly region along an edge of a large body of water such as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. See the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv2NrtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SandyBeach</a>. beaches

Beach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-beach-noun-1 Beaches are sandy regions along the edge of a large body of water such as a river, a lake, or a sea. SandyBeach sandy beach The collection of all <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a>es where it is permitted for women to be <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rAanGdG6hEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">ToplessPerson</a>. ToplessBeach topless beach cartographic feature type CartographicFeatureType A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rHQdVmB_TEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">SecondOrderCollection</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6-wc8BKxEdeIXwCgydofLQ" class="cyc_term">CartographicFeatureType</a> is a specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjTtJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Place</a> whose instances are often displayed on maps or conceptualized cartographically. ClimateConcept climate concept 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/Mx4rS3Jbwv7CEdmAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">ClimateConcept</a> are collections and relations having to do with climate. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkBopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AnnualClimateCycle</a>, those specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a> that are closely associated with particular climates, and relations used for describing the locations, meteorological features, inhabitants, and other features of regions in various types of climates are instances of this collection. 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 beach Beach A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a> is a sandy or pebbly region along an edge of a large body of water such as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. See the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv2NrtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SandyBeach</a>. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjOh5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LandTopographicalFeature</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a> is a region along an edge of a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViE_JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BodyOfWater</a>. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQCQD5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Seacoast</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQtjpJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Riverbank</a>. Shoreline shoreline beach Beach A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a> is a sandy or pebbly region along an edge of a large body of water such as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. See the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv2NrtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SandyBeach</a>. BT broaderTerm <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> means that <code>TERM2</code> is broader than <code>TERM1</code>, in an extremely general sense of "broader". For example, <code>TERM2</code> is, in the relevant sense, broader than <code>TERM1</code> if any of the following hold: <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that subsumes <code>TERM1</code>; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection that has <code>TERM1</code> as an instance; <code>TERM2</code> is a collection, instances of which have instances of the collection <code>TERM1</code> as parts; <code>TERM2</code> has <code>TERM1</code> as a part; This list of reasons for why <code>(<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> TERM1 TERM2)</code> could hold is not exhaustive, but it should give a good indication of how general the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rZOAVeiYGEdqAAAACs2IMmw" class="cyc_term">broaderTerm</a> relation actually is. A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rjXL9znS-EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">FlatRegion</a> are regions that are level, without substantial hills flat terrain FlatRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rRIiuNHS9EdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">InorganicSoilRegion</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4raXRCMnTAEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">CoarseGrainedSoilRegion</a> is the collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>s where the soil consists of at least 50% gravel or sand. coarse grained soil region CoarseGrainedSoilRegion 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 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 beach Beach A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEVpZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Shoreline</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjvKZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Beach</a> is a sandy or pebbly region along an edge of a large body of water such as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkHM5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">River</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4IpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Lake</a>, or <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjMf5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Sea</a>. See the specialization <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv2NrtpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SandyBeach</a>. Instances are the spatial regions (usually 3d) depicted or displayed in a visual image. scene ImageSpace 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 A collection of geographical regions. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjKJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EcologicalRegion</a> is a region having one or more characteristic ecosystems. From knowledge of those ecosystems, we can posit whether certain organisms can forage, reproduce, and live successfully there. Information about ecological regions typically also includes what kinds of organisms are in fact found there. In theory, any arbitrary continuous region could be analyzed as an ecological region, but most regions identified in practice have some kind of sameness or systematic interconnection in their topology, climate, and biology. Examples: the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQBnu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternDesertOfEgypt</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvr5ZE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GreatBarrierReef</a>, the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvgEX1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Amazon_Region</a>. EcologicalRegion ecological region