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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. Meme meme <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are cognitive or behavioral patterns which may be replicated from one mind or mental substrate to another. As genes are thought to be the instructional building blocks of life, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to be an analogously fundamental part of culture. Like organisms, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to compete with each other for mental resources. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s include neologisms, fads, and email viruses. memes Meme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme information about Cyc InformationAboutCyc The collection of all information about Cyc. A type of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvrXnQpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Information_Content</a>. Meme meme <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are cognitive or behavioral patterns which may be replicated from one mind or mental substrate to another. As genes are thought to be the instructional building blocks of life, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to be an analogously fundamental part of culture. Like organisms, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to compete with each other for mental resources. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s include neologisms, fads, and email viruses. 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 Meme meme <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are cognitive or behavioral patterns which may be replicated from one mind or mental substrate to another. As genes are thought to be the instructional building blocks of life, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to be an analogously fundamental part of culture. Like organisms, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to compete with each other for mental resources. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s include neologisms, fads, and email viruses. 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>. Meme meme <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are cognitive or behavioral patterns which may be replicated from one mind or mental substrate to another. As genes are thought to be the instructional building blocks of life, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to be an analogously fundamental part of culture. Like organisms, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s are said to compete with each other for mental resources. Examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviIj0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Meme</a>s include neologisms, fads, and email viruses. 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 AspatialInformationStore information A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r6-GNDEkIQdeTPvxS8JnCLA" class="cyc_term">AspatialThing</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjj45wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IntangibleIndividual</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvu__KJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InformationStore</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvf9sZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a> is the collection of all information stores that have no spatial location. Specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvf9sZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwClAZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ConceptualWork</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Microtheory</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQGTzJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AbstractInformationStructure</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi3N5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">FieldOfStudy</a>. Although no instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvf9sZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a> has a spatial location, some instances can have multiple spatio-temporal &quot;embodiments&quot;. For example, an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAqJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PropositionalInformationThing</a> may be the content of several concrete documents, such as several instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJaXepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BookCopy</a> (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvtEvQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">containsInfoPropositional_IBT</a>); and several distinct events, such as spoken utterances, may have a certain unique <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViA7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Proposition</a> as their content (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjCQJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">containsInformation</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