]> 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. the Bay area The land surrounding the SanFranciscoBay. Refer to its geographicalSubRegions to see the many great cities contained in this area. SanFranciscoBayArea San Francisco Bay area

San Francisco Bay Area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area (TerritoryFn California-State) California (TerritoryFn UnitedStatesOfAmerica) the United States The United States: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rviE6a5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalRegion</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4ryv-kvNWOEdyAAADggVbxzQ" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion_Declared</a>. 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 the Western Hemisphere The half of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkL_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetEarth</a> from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRFVJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PrimeMeridian_Greenwich</a> westward to 180 degrees west longitude. WesternHemisphere-Region the Bay area The land surrounding the SanFranciscoBay. Refer to its geographicalSubRegions to see the many great cities contained in this area. SanFranciscoBayArea The United States of America, a large <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> located mostly in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a> south and west of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVimZ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Canada</a> and north of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Mexico</a> (but also having a state on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwEFGhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HawaiianIslands</a>). It was founded in 1776 by emigrants from Europe and their descendants. As with all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a>, this is the USA as a country qua political and historical entity (and also qua geographical entity in "dualist" microtheories). the United States UnitedStatesOfAmerica The Planet Earth PlanetEarth Earth cultural region GeoculturalRegion A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> is a region united by economic, cultural, political, or religious ties. The exact boundaries for such regions are sometimes difficult to determine, and sometimes it is unclear whether a region ought to count as one. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvoEFu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanRegion</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. Non-examples of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a>, where there is only a geographical commonality shared by the areas subsumed by the region, and the area of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViTRpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Nicaragua</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVioIZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CostaRica</a> combined, which does not by itself form a natural grouping, but is subsumed by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a>. Another non-example of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> would be 'Spanish-speaking countries,' which are too geographically scattered to form a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a>. Note that one country may be subsumed by more than one <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv3aRYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeoculturalRegion</a> : for example, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVifKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Norway</a> is in both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv41zCJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternEurope</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv7CFKJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Scandinavia</a>. USDAFS Pacific Southwest Region USDAFSPacificSouthwestRegion 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 Physical: Washington-State, Oregon, California; the actual land of the region of the WestCoast U.S. states the West Coast WestCoast-USRegion ContinentOfNorthAmerica North America An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a> lies in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternHemisphere_Region</a>. It is bounded on the west by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a>, on the east by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkB0pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AtlanticOcean</a>, and on the south by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViXy5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CaribbeanSea</a>, and on the north by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>. North America includes <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkCE5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CentralAmerica</a> as well as the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjB0JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WestIndies_Archipelago</a> as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">geographicalSubRegions</a>. Pacific Standard Time PacificUSATimeZone Western United States the actual land of the region of the contiguous United States west o f the Mississippi, including Minnesota which is both east and west WesternUS-Region the Americas The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a> in the western hemisphere. It includes both the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj4gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfNorthAmerica</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkAS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfSouthAmerica</a> as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">geographicalSubRegions</a>. WesternContinent The northern half of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkL_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PlanetEarth</a>. The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjPjpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NorthernHemisphere_Region</a> is the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj2hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalHemisphere</a> that includes all of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjowpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Spain</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkCopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Japan</a>, in the area between the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzQjJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EarthsEquator</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwPzRiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AxialNorthPoleOfEarth</a>. NorthernHemisphere-Region the Northern Hemisphere 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. human residence HumanResidenceArea A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjKq5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">HumanResidenceArea</a> is a region in which a number of people live semi-permanently (that is, for a duration of at least a year or more). Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQr_A5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SanFranciscoBayArea</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwql5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ResearchTrianglePark</a>, research stations at the #$SouthPole, and radar posts in the Aleutians. High Sierra HighSierra-RegionCalifornia NorthernCalifornia northern California Northwestern United States Northwest-USRegion the Bay area The land surrounding the SanFranciscoBay. Refer to its geographicalSubRegions to see the many great cities contained in this area. SanFranciscoBayArea The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rtoF0SgrMEdaAAABQ2rksLw" class="cyc_term">Occident</a> includes the territories of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwHKBVJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternContinent</a>. It is distinguished from the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> also called the "Orient". Occident the Occident GeographicalAgent geographical agent A specialization of both <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvZGAFpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MultiIndividualAgent</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLjlAJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalThing</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> is a group of people and/or organizations cohesive enough to be treated as an agent (see the collection <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViAB5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Agent_PartiallyTangible</a>, of which <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> is also a specialization), and which occupies a particular instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>. Important specializations of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjjvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">University</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi4_pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Neighborhood</a>. Note that instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwTccApwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalAgent</a> are viewed in two significantly different ways with respect to two different types of geography-related microtheories. In a "physical" geography microtheory (i.e. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvydXJJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhysicalGeographyMt</a> and its submicrotheories), geographical agents are clearly distinguished from the regions they occupy. (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvYkdfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerritoryFn</a> GEO-AGENT) is used in these contexts to denote the land mass (an instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>) occupied by a given geographical agent GEO-AGENT. In a "dualist" geography microtheory (i.e. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvnCA15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DualistGeopoliticalMt</a> and its submicrotheories), on the other hand, geographical agents are viewed as being both agents and land masses (instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViACZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeographicalRegion</a>). Thus, there is little need for <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvYkdfpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TerritoryFn</a> in the latter sort of context. (Despite their somewhat paradoxical flavor, dualist microtheories arguably allow Cyc to mimic commonsense reasoning about geographical agents and regions more closely than do the stricter physical microtheories.) There are also some "generic" geography microtheories (e.g. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv6rAIJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldGeographyMt</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvr3x_5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesGeographyMt</a>) which are neutral with respect to the physical and dualist views. Also see the shared-note #$Dualist-Physical-AndGenericGeographyMtNote. The state of California, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvfGaTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">geopoliticalSubdivision</a>s of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. California-State California ContiguousUnitedStates This physical region includes 48 states - all of those on the North American continent with the exception of Alaska. the contiguous United States PacificNorthwest-USRegion the Pacific Northwest 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