]> 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. Tibet Tibet: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r4Lv8vphsQdiR_YfP3ntNlg" class="cyc_term">EastAsianCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a>. Tibet most Tibetan Xizang Tibetan more Tibetan

Tibet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibet http://www.w3.org/2006/03/wn/wn20/instances/synset-Tibet-noun-1 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 Planet Earth PlanetEarth Earth 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 Tibet Tibet: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r4Lv8vphsQdiR_YfP3ntNlg" class="cyc_term">EastAsianCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a>. Tibet China China, governed as the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC), is a country which claims to be the government of all of China. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> (ROC) also makes this claim. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rv1aZ05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">controls</a> all of China except Taiwan Province on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVi7OZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Island</a> of Formosa [<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwJQd-pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Formosa_Island</a>] (or 'Taiwan') and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkKRZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QuemoyIsland</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViih5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">MatsuIsland</a> of Fujian Province a few kilometers off the coast. These territories are controlled by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwRbQbpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Tibet</a> is an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a> which is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvfGaTZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">geopoliticalSubdivision</a> of the PRC against its will. China borders on the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj6aJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EastChinaSea</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjWxJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">SouthChinaSea</a>. De facto, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVigv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Taiwan_RepublicOfChina</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVijQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">China_PeoplesRepublic</a> are two separate independent countries each with their own territory, while de jure there is a single <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjk55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IndependentCountry</a> of China, but two governments with separate regions of control. China-PeoplesRepublic autonomous region A collection of geopolitical entities; a sub-collection of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwMAYTJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CountrySubsidiary</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a> is a sub-region of a country that enjoys more powers of political and/or economic self-determination than do normal provinces of the country. AutonomousRegion EasternContinent The <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwT-n15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">TrueContinent</a> (q.v.) in the eastern hemisphere. It includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjtJ5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAfrica</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwQwyMJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurasia</a> (which is further subdivided into the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>) as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjNiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">geographicalSubRegions</a>. the Old World This is an informal group comprised of, at the least, all of the countries in the world (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvViIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Country</a>), and also some international organizations such as <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjlwJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">OPEC</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjhTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">NATO</a>, and the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rwLGwopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WorldTradeOrganization</a>. (Note that all countries being members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVitTpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">InternationalCommunity</a> is true only in the modern world, where countries have sufficient communication in order to form a community.) the international community InternationalCommunity An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. Most of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> lies in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjP15wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EasternHemisphere_Region</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> is bordered on the east by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjgu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PacificOcean</a> (although some groups of islands in the Pacific -- for example, the chain of islands that make up <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkCopwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Japan</a> -- are also part of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>), on the west by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjddJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfEurope</a>, and on the north by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjIeZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArcticOcean</a>. The southern boundary of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a> includes the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjt7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ArabianPeninsula</a>. ContinentOfAsia Asia Tibet Tibet: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r4Lv8vphsQdiR_YfP3ntNlg" class="cyc_term">EastAsianCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a>. Tibet 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. Tibet Tibet: an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4r4Lv8vphsQdiR_YfP3ntNlg" class="cyc_term">EastAsianCountry</a>, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjl2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GeopoliticalEntity</a>, and an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvmBuaJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AutonomousRegion</a>. Tibet An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rVvBTrJhkQdiCKs3GWTcWTg" class="cyc_term">CountryTypeByGeneralRegion</a>. This is the collection of all countries that are located in (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVj7LJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EasternRegionFn</a> <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVjqEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ContinentOfAsia</a>). East Asian country EastAsianCountry Eurasia Eurasia: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/concept/Mx4rvVkLu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Continent</a>. ContinentOfEurasia 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