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#$Organization organizations
(groups of people acting together)
The collection of all organizations. Each instance
of #$Organization
is a group whose group-members are instances of #$IntelligentAgent.
In each instance of #$Organization,
certain relationships and obligations exist between the
members of the organization, or between the organization and
its members. Instances of #$Organization
include both informal and legally constituted organizations.
Each instance of #$Organization
can undertake projects, enter into agreements, own property,
and do other tasks characteristic of agents; consequently,
#$Organization
is a specialization of the collection #$Agent. Notable
specializations of #$Organization
include #$LegalGovernmentOrganization,
#$CommercialOrganization,
and #$GeopoliticalEntity.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SocialBeing #$Artifact-Generic #$MultiIndividualAgent #$InanimateThing-NonNatural
direct generalization of:
#$OrganizationWithIndividualClients
#$OrganizationWithBusinessClients
#$ConstructionRepairOrMaintenanceOrganization
#$FoodAndBeverageOrganization #$InsuranceOrganization
#$TransportationOrganization #$TravelOrganization
#$GovernmentAgency #$Partnership #$IndependentOrganization
#$AirportOrganization
#$SoleProprietorship #$OrganizationWithBusinessCustomers
#$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers
#$FinancialOrganization
#$Court-Judicial
#$MilitaryOrganization
#$HealthcareOrganization #$AdvocacyOrganization
#$PrivateSectorOrganization #$GovernmentalOrganization #$ServiceOrganization
#$ContactPointSubOrganization
#$ActivityTypeFocusGroup #$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization
#$EducationalOrganization
#$ManufacturingOrganization
#$ResearchOrganization
#$NationalOrganization
#$InternationalOrganization
#$PoliticalOrganization
#$ReligiousOrganization
#$LocalOrganization
#$LawEnforcementOrganization
#$NonProfitOrganization
#$LegalCorporation #$CommercialOrganization
#$SellingOrganization
#$SingleSiteOrganization
#$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly #$GeopoliticalEntity
Parts Of Organizations
#$subOrganizations sub organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$subOrganizations
relates a particular organization to one of its
sub-organizations. (#$subOrganizations
ORG SUBORG) means SUBORG is a sub-organization of ORG,
whether it is at the very next organizational level down,
e.g., (#$subOrganizations
#$NationalLeague-Baseball #$NationalLeagueEast-Baseball), or
several levels down the hierarchy, e.g., (#$subOrganizations
#$NationalLeague-Baseball #$NewYorkMets).
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direct instance of: #$TransitiveBinaryPredicate #$PartPredicate
#$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate #$CotemporalObjectsSlot
direct specialization of:
#$subGroups #$affiliatedWith
#$compositeParts #$hasAgents
#$hasDepartments has departments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasDepartments
relates a particular organization to some particular
department(s) within that organization. (#$hasDepartments
ORG DEPT) means that ORG, an instance of #$Organization,
has DEPT among its #$Departments.
DEPT is a sub-organization of ORG that performs some of the
activity of ORG. In Cyc, the collection #$Department
(q.v.) covers generically what may be called a division,
department, office, bureau, ministry, etc., within an actual
organization. Commercial organizations, for example,
commonly have instances of #$AccountingDepartment,
#$HumanResourcesDepartment, and perhaps #$LegalDepartment,
among others. For example, (#$hasDepartmentTypes
KMartStoreAtParmerLane #$CustomerServiceDepartment).
Government organizations have different specialized
departments to carry out the functions of that government;
e.g., (#$hasDepartments
CityOfAustinTXCityGovernment AustinFireDepartment). Cf. #$hasDepartmentTypes.
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direct instance of: #$AntiTransitiveBinaryPredicate
#$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$subOrganizations
#$hasDepartmentTypes has
department types
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasDepartmentTypes
indicates what kinds of departments a particular
organization has among its sub-organizations. (#$hasDepartmentTypes
ORG DEPTYP) means that a particular instance of #$Organization,
ORG, has some #$Department(s) of the type DEPTYP among its
sub-organizations. Note that DEPTYP in (#$hasDepartmentTypes
ORG DEPTYP) does not represent a particular #$Department
within ORG, but instead refers to a type of #$Department
that ORG has. For example, universities have many #$AcademicDepartments,
and (#$hasDepartmentTypes
#$UniversityOfPittsburgh #$AcademicDepartment)
is true. So is the more specialized assertion (#$hasDepartmentTypes
#$UniversityOfPittsburgh #$PhilosophyDepartment). But
neither assertion names a particular department.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate #$CollectionPredicate
#$Department departments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection #$Department
is a subset of #$Organization.
An element of #$Department
is a major sub-organization of a business, government, or
academic organization. An element of #$Department
is part of the organization to which it belongs, NOT a
separate legal entity (such as a partly or wholly owned
subsidiary company), and it performs some of the activity of
that organization. In Cyc, the collection #$Department
includes generically what may be called a division,
department, office, bureau, ministry, etc., within an actual
organization. Common types of departments include those
represented by the subsets #$LegalDepartment,
#$SecurityDepartment, #$PayrollDepartment,
#$AccountingDepartment, #$HumanResourcesDepartment, #$AcademicDepartment,
and CustomerServiceDepartment (and many others).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByStructuralCharacteristic
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$BuyingGroup buying groups
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of buying groups (also known as
group purchasing organizations, bid groups, or purchasing
groups). Each is a group of independent instititutions (or a
system of institutions) such as hospitals, nursing homes, or
schools, that contracts with suppliers to get good deals in
buying objects or services. Buying groups typically charge
membership fees. Each member is an organization. If a buying
group enters into a sales contract with a manufacturer or
supplier, then any member of the buying group can make
purchases under that contract.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$AcademicDepartment academic departments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of sub-organizations. An element of #$AcademicDepartment
is a major subdivision of an educational institution, with
the primary purpose of research and/or teaching related to a
particular academic discipline or subject-matter.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ResearchOrganization
#$ZoologyDepartment zoology departments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of specialized sub-organizations; a
subset of #$Department.
An instance of #$ZoologyDepartment
is a department (within some #$Organization,
typically an academic or research organization) which is
chiefly concerned with the scientific study of #$Animals.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ResearchOrganization
People Related To Organizations
#$hasMembers member
(cotemporal predicate)
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasMembers
relates a particular organization to the agents who are
members of that organization. This predicate indicates
`generic' membership, although there may be specialized
kinds of membership in the same organization. (#$hasMembers
ORG AGENT) means that AGENT is a member of the #$Organization
ORG; typically, membership eligibility is determined by ORG
and accepted with AGENT's voluntary affiliation. In general,
a member may be any #$Agent, including other
#$Organizations
(such as member countries in the United Nations), although
only instances of #$Person can be
members of instances of #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly. The
truth of an assertion made with #$hasMembers
may be time-dependent and, if so, should be qualified
appropriately. For example, (#$holdsIn (#$YearFn 1975) (#$hasMembers
#$UnitedNationsOrganization
#$Taiwan-RepublicOfChina)
is true, but (#$holdsIn (#$YearFn 1995) (#$hasMembers
#$UnitedNationsOrganization
#$Taiwan-RepublicOfChina)
is not.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
direct specialization of:
#$groupMembers
#$spatiallyRelatedTo #$affiliatedWith
#$hasWorkers employed
The predicate #$hasWorkers
relates two instances of #$Agent. (#$hasWorkers
AGENT1 AGENT2) means that AGENT2 regularly works for AGENT1.
This predicate can be used to relate a business to its
employees, a master craftsman to his apprentices, or an
organization to its subcontractors. Note that (#$hasWorkers
AGENT1 AGENT2) does not necessarily imply that AGENT2 is an
employee of AGENT1, since AGENT2 may be working voluntarily
for AGENT1. Note also that assertions using #$hasWorkers
should usually be temporally qualified, since when one agent
regularly works for another, that agent usually does so only
for a portion of his, her, or its life, rather than for all
of it.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of: #$hasAgents #$worksWith
#$receivesServicesFrom
#$worksWith works with
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$worksWith
relates two agents who in some way work together. The two #$Agents may be people
or organizations. (#$worksWith
AGENT1 AGENT2) means that AGENT1 and AGENT2 work together or
cooperate in some activity for mutual benefit. They may or
may not work for the same employer. Some types of
relationships that provide a basis for assertions using #$worksWith
include: coworkers in a company, an employee and his boss,
organizations affiliated in some endeavor, a professional
and her client, professionals and their representatives.
Examples: a research organization #$worksWith
its shareholding companies; a #$Novelist #$worksWith
his or her #$PublishingCompany;
an #$EntertainmentOrArtsProfessional
#$worksWith
his or her agent (i.e., #$ArtistOrEntertainerRepresentative).
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$SymmetricBinaryPredicate #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
#$employees employee
(human relationship)
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate relates employers to their paid
employees. (#$employees
EMPLOYER WORKER) means WORKER regularly performs work for
EMPLOYER, and EMPLOYER pays WORKER for that work (often by
paycheck). EMPLOYER directs the manner in which WORKER
performs the work and may provide the workplace, tools,
capital, and other assistance for the work. EMPLOYER is
commonly an organization but may be a person. E.g., (#$employees
PerryMason PaulDrake). Uses of this predicate require proper
temporal qualification; e.g. (#$holdsIn (#$YearFn 1999) (#$employees
#$NBC-TVNetwork #$KatieCouric).
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate #$InterPersonalRelationSlot
direct specialization of:
#$affiliatedWith
#$hasWorkers
#$hasPositionIn has
position in
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasPositionIn
is used to relate a particular person to his or her position
in a particular organization. (#$hasPositionIn
PER ORG POS-TYPE) means that the #$Person PER works in
the #$Organization
ORG, in a position of type POS-TYPE. POS-TYPE may or may not
specifically indicate PER's occupational field or training;
that is, one individual occupying a position of #$Manager may
be a #$MarketingPerson, while another is an
#$ElectricalEngineer. In addition, POS-TYPE may or may not
correspond to an official `Job Title' (cf. #$hasTitle) or
be the primary occupation of PER. Contrast, e.g., (#$hasPositionIn
JerryLewis MarchOfDimes #$Spokesman) with (#$hasPositionIn
DellaStreet PerryMasonsLawOffice #$Secretary). Note that
assertions using #$hasPositionIn
should be properly time-constrained, for example with #$holdsIn.
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direct instance of:
#$FunctionalPredicate
#$TernaryPredicate
#$hasLeaders has leaders
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate is used to identify the
highest-ranking #$Person(s) (or #$Organization(s), if
applied to a group of organizations) directing a particular
group. (#$hasLeaders
GROUP LEADER) means that LEADER is (one of) the leader(s) of
GROUP. If LEADER is a #$Person, s/he is an
instance of #$Leader. If
LEADER is an #$Organization,
it is a member organization of GROUP that to some extent
directs the activities or policies of GROUP.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
direct specialization of: #$spatiallyRelatedTo #$groupMembers
#$affiliatedWith
#$keyMembers key members
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$keyMembers
is used to identify an important member of a particular
organization, i.e., one who plays a crucial role in its
successful operation. (#$keyMembers
ORG PER) means that the #$Person PER holds a
key position in the #$Organization
ORG. A key position in an organization is one whose vacancy
would severely and negatively impact the functioning of the
organization. Common key roles are: a leader (e.g.,
President, C.E.O., Admiral), a senior executive, a board
member, a cabinet member, a junta member, a major owner, or
other important decision-makers. Because #$keyMembers
is closely tied to the functioning of an organization, the
role and characteristics of a key member may be highly
specialized; for example, #$keyMembers
of a professional sports team, or #$keyMembers
of a surgical practice. A key member is, or often gives
input to, the organization's leader and thus may
substantially influence the decisions of the organization.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$hasMembers
#$DirectorOfOrganization committee chairmen
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of people. An instance of #$DirectorOfOrganization
is a person who is among the highest leaders of some
organization. Directors are typically charged with
responsibility for the financial, administrative, and/or
inspirational direction of the #$Organizations
which they lead.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByPositionInOrg
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$Leader
#$CorporateOfficer officers
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A subcollection of #$Administrator.
An instance of #$CorporateOfficer
is a person who is officially recognized as an officer of a
corporation. Common types of #$CorporateOfficer
include #$President-CorporateOfficer,
#$VicePresident-CorporateOfficer, and #$ChiefFinancialOfficer.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByPositionInOrg
direct specialization of:
#$Administrator #$Leader #$OrganizationRepresentative
#$seniorExecutives senior executives
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$seniorExecutives
is used to identify the upper-level managers in a particular
organization. (#$seniorExecutives
ORG PERSON) means PERSON is an employee with a high
executive position in the #$Organization
ORG. #$seniorExecutives
relates an organization to the people who hold its principal
corporate offices (CEO, President, etc.) and also positions
like Chief of Staff, General, Admiral, Chief Corporate
Counsel, Managing Partner, Chief Scientist, Chief Engineer, etc.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
direct specialization of:
#$hasWorkers
#$hasMembers
#$Executive executives (professionals)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of people. An instance of #$Executive
is a person who holds an executive managerial positions in
some #$Organization.
Among the members of #$Executive
are top managers of organizations, including corporate
officers (#$ChiefExecutiveOfficer, etc.), Chiefs of Staff,
Generals, Admirals and others like Chief Corporate Counsel,
Managing Partner, Producer, Chief Scientist, Chief Engineer,
as well as other upper and upper-middle managers.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$Leader #$OrganizationRepresentative
#$hasAdministrators has administrators
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasAdministrators
relates a particular organization to the people who work for
it as administrators. (#$hasAdministrators
ORG PERSON) means PERSON works as an #$Administrator
at the #$Organization
ORG. Work of administrators commonly includes organizational
affairs such as budgeting and accounting, scheduling,
applying and interpreting regulations and policies, and
processing documents related to organizational operations.
Unlike a manager, an administrator may do his or her work
without directing the work of other people. Some
administrators may have supervisory duties and thus also
belong to the collection #$Manager.
E.g., (#$hasAdministrators
#$Cycorp #$MaryShepherd).
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
#$Manager manager (professional)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of people. An instance of #$Manager is a
person whose primary job is to manage other people,
directing their work activity in an #$Organization
or for a #$Project. A #$Manager tells
his or her subordinate workers what to do.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of: #$AdministrativeStaffPerson
direct generalization of: #$Minister-Governmental
#$Leader heads (people)
A collection of persons. Each instance of #$Leader is a
person who heads an instance of #$Organization.
Typically, a leader of an organization makes major decisions
on behalf of the whole organization, has the authority to
direct the organization's personnel to carry out those
decisions, and is empowered to engage or negotiate with
external agents to achieve the organization's goals. This
collection includes leaders of sub-organizations of larger
organizations, such as department heads within larger
organizations. Note that a single person may be a leader in
more than one organization. See also the predicates #$hasLeaders
and #$seniorExecutives,
and the collection #$Manager.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByPositionInOrg
direct specialization of:
#$Person
direct generalization of: #$PresidentOfOrganization
#$CorporateOfficer
#$Executive
#$MilitaryOfficer
#$HeadOfState
#$HeadOfGovernment
#$boardMembers board members
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$boardMembers
relates a particular organization to the persons who serve
on its board of directors. (#$boardMembers
ORG PERSON) means PERSON belongs to that instance of
#$BoardOfDirectors which is responsible for oversight of the
#$Organization
ORG. A member of the Board of Directors of an organization
may or may not be an executive of the organization.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate #$CotemporalPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$hasMembers
#$receivesServicesFrom
#$shareholders shareholders
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$shareholders
identifies particular agents as owners of shares in a
particular organization. (#$shareholders
ORG AGENT) means AGENT owns one or more shares of #$Stock in the
company ORG and hence is an owner of the company and may
receive dividends from the company. #$shareholders
indicates owners of a company's stock generically, whether
they hold common or preferred shares. Voting shareholders
may vote (one vote per share) for the Board of Directors.
Shareholders do not normally participate in the operation of
a company, and they are not personally liable for the debts
of the company.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
#$Holdings holdings
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of sets of objects, tangible or
intangible, which have some special financial, scientific,
cultural, or educational value. An instance of #$Holdings is
a set of objects kept and usually maintained by some agent
for their value, or to preserve the objects, or to make them
available for public display or use (as in a museum's
`holdings' or a library's `holdings'). The elements in a
group of holdings may or may not be all of a similar type
(e.g., books, paintings). An agent's holdings may or may not
all be kept in the same location.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SomethingExisting #$Group
direct generalization of:
#$FinancialAssetHoldings
#$StockHoldings stock holdings
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of partially tangibles; a
subcollection of #$FinancialAssetHoldings.
Each instance of #$StockHoldings
is a group of #$Stock shares
owned by an #$Agent.
It may consist of shares in only one company or different
groups of shares in multiple companies.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$FinancialAssetHoldings
#$FinancialAssetHoldings fidelity investments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of partially tangibles. An instance of
#$FinancialAssetHoldings
is a group of financial assets (e.g., stocks, bonds, ... )
owned by individual or corporate #$Agent(s). As a default,
we assume that the monetary value of each group equals the
sum of the monetary values of the individual assets in that group.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Holdings
direct generalization of:
#$StockHoldings
#$StockInFn stock in fn
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
An instance of #$CollectionDenotingFunction.
When applied to an instance of #$LegalCorporation, #$StockInFn
returns a subcollection of #$Stock
consisting of all shares of stock in that instance of #$LegalCorporation.
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direct instance of: #$UnaryFunction #$ReifiableFunction
#$CollectionDenotingFunction
#$Individual
#$Stock stocks (agreements)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection consisting of all shares of stock. An
instance of #$Stock is a
share of ownership in some instance of #$LegalCorporation;
its owner is an #$Agent who is recorded
as a shareholder in the official records of that
corporation. A company may have several classes of #$Stock, such as
Common, Preferred, Class A, Class B, etc.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$ProductType
direct specialization of:
#$AuthorizedAgreement
#$StockType types of stock
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of collections. An instance of #$StockType
is a collection of all shares of stock of a particular type
in a particular corporation. For example, ``General Motors
Class E Stock''.
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direct instance of: #$SecondOrderCollection
direct specialization of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$ownsShare owns share
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$ownsShare
is used to state how much of some thing is owned by a
particular #$Agent.
(#$ownsShare
AGENT SOMETHING SHARE) means that the #$Agent AGENT has SHARE
#$Percent
(q.v.) ownership of the object or company SOMETHING. Note
that SHARE is a percentage and does not refer directly to a
number of shares of #$Stock.
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direct instance of: #$TernaryPredicate
#$hasOwnershipIn has
ownership in
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate relates agents to things of which
they have part or whole ownership. (#$hasOwnershipIn
AGENT THING) means that AGENT owns a part (or the whole) of
THING. For example, Ted Turner #$hasOwnershipIn
Atlanta's Olympic Stadium; there may be other owners. See
also #$legalOwnerOf and #$ownsShare.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$businessPartners partner
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$businessPartners
indicates that two agents have jointly undertaken some
business project; they are combining resources in some way
to further their interests. (#$businessPartners
AGENT1 AGENT2) means AGENT1 is in partnership with AGENT2 to
engage in business activities. The partners are instances of
#$Agent and may
belong to either #$Person or #$Organization.
The partnership may be formally recognized (e.g., a
#$Partnership or some other form of business) or informal.
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direct instance of: #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
#$SymmetricBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$affiliatedWith
Customer Relations With Organizations
#$customers customer
(cotemporal predicate)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate relates an agent to another agent to
whom the former sells goods or services. (#$customers
SELLER CUSTOMER) means SELLER sells goods and/or services to
CUSTOMER. CUSTOMER must actually buy something from SELLER
in order to be one of SELLER's #$customers.
(Thus, #$customers
has a narrower meaning than `customer' in colloquial
English, which includes potential buyers.) See also #$clients. Cf.
#$buyingAgent (in a particular sales event).
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$clients
#$doesBusinessWith
#$clients client
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate relates two agents. (#$clients
AGENT1 AGENT2) means that AGENT1 provides goods and/or
services to AGENT2. AGENT2 may or may not pay AGENT1 for the
goods/services received. The predicate #$clients can
indicate either a one-time or a more long-term relationship.
See also #$suppliers
and #$customers.
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direct instance of: #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$suppliers provider
(cotemporal predicate)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate relates two generic agents. (#$suppliers
SUPPLIER SUPPLIEE) means that SUPPLIER supplies some goods
or services to SUPPLIEE, usually on an ongoing basis. When
payment is returned for the supplying, consider using the
inverse specialization #$customers.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$doesBusinessWith
#$hasPatients has patients
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$hasPatients
represents a relationship between a medical professional and
a patient (including nonhuman animals). (#$hasPatients
MEDIC PATIENT) means that the #$MedicalCareProvider
MEDIC is treating the recipient-of-care PATIENT. PATIENT may
be a human or a nonhuman animal. An assertion using #$hasPatients
holds only during the time that PATIENT has a condition that
is being treated by MEDIC; it does not represent or imply a
long term doctor-patient relationship.
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direct instance of: #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$clients
#$PersonEnrolledInFn person
enrolled in fn
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
#$PersonEnrolledInFn
is a Cyc function, specifically a #$CollectionDenotingFunction.
It is used to represent a type of #$Person, namely,
people who are enrolled in a specific kind of #$EducationalOrganization.
For example, (#$PersonEnrolledInFn
#$HighSchoolInstitution) returns a collection identical with
the collection #$HighSchoolStudent. In general, (#$PersonEnrolledInFn
ORGTYPE) returns a collection of people who are enrolled at
an educational institution of ORGTYPE. Note that this
function does not return a particular individual enrolled,
but rather a collection of people whose common
characteristic (``type'') is the kind of educational program
they are pursuing. See also #$PersonByActivityType.
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direct instance of:
#$CollectionDenotingFunction
#$UnaryFunction #$ReifiableFunction
#$Individual
#$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers organizations
with individual customers
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of #$Organizations.
An instance of #$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers
sells goods and/or services to #$customers,
most of whom are individual #$Persons, rather
than businesses or other #$Organizations.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByCustomers
direct specialization of: #$OrganizationWithIndividualClients
direct generalization of:
#$RetailStore
#$Restaurant-Organization
#$OrganizationWithBusinessCustomers organizations
with business customers
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of #$Organizations.
An instance of #$OrganizationWithBusinessCustomers
sells goods and/or services to #$customers,
most of whom are businesses or other #$Organizations,
rather than individual #$Persons.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByCustomers
direct specialization of: #$OrganizationWithBusinessClients
direct generalization of:
#$SupplyCompany
#$ContactPointSubOrganization customer
contact points
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
that are #$subOrganizations
of another #$Organization
and are an important (within the larger #$Organization)
contact point between the public and that #$Organization
or between the #$Organization's #$clients and
the #$Organization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
#$pointOfContact point
of contact
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This predicate is used for specifying locations, of
various types, where particular agents can be contacted. (#$pointOfContact
AGENT LOCTYPE LOC) means that AGENT has as its LOCTYPE (a #$ContactLocationType,
such as #$Workplace,
#$HumanResidence,
or #$BillingLocation)
the particular #$ContactLocation
(q.v.) LOC. Thus, AGENT can be contacted at LOC. Typically,
LOC will correspond to a specific street address, as opposed
to being a more generic location like #$CityOfAustinTX.
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direct instance of: #$TernaryPredicate
Relationships Among Organizations
#$IndependentOrganization independent organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$IndependentOrganization
is an organization which is not affiliated with any instance
of #$ChainOrganization
(q.v.), and is not a sub-organization of any other #$Organization.
An independent organization is neither the top-level
organization of a chain, nor a lower level organization in a
chain, nor is it an instance of #$ChainOrganization.
Note, however, that an instance of #$IndependentOrganization
may have several locations within a small geographical
region; e.g., Texas French Bread (a single, independent
business) has multiple locations in Austin, TX.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByStructuralCharacteristic
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$parentCompany parent company
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$parentCompany
relates an organization to the business which is its parent
company. (#$parentCompany
ORG1 ORG2) means that ORG1 is a (partly or wholly owned)
subsidiary of ORG2. ORG2 is the parent company that owns and
substantially controls ORG1. E.g., (#$parentCompany
TheLAWeekly TheVillageVoice).
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direct instance of:
#$FunctionalSlot
#$siblingOrganizations sibling organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$siblingOrganizations
relates two organizations which are immediate #$subOrganizations
of a common (unspecified) parent organization. (#$siblingOrganizations
ORG1 ORG2) means that the #$Organizations
ORG1 and ORG2 are sister organizations within some
hierarchically structured organization; ORG1 and ORG2 are at
the same `level' from the top.
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direct instance of: #$CoEquivalenceBinaryPredicate
#$headquarters headquarters
(cotemporal predicate)
The predicate #$headquarters
relates a particular organization to the construction
artifact(s) which serve as its headquarters. (#$headquarters
ORG HEADQUARTERS) means that the #$ConstructionArtifact
HEADQUARTERS (which typically will be a group of buildings,
rooms, or offices) houses the main administrative and
decision-making bodies of the #$Organization ORG.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
direct specialization of:
#$physicalQuarters
#$hasHeadquartersInCountry has
headquarters in country
The predicate #$hasHeadquartersInCountry
identifies a country in which a particular organization has
one of its headquarters. (#$hasHeadquartersInCountry
ORG COUNTRY) means that the #$Organization
ORG has one of its headquarters and places of primary
central control in the #$Country COUNTRY.
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direct instance of: #$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of: #$officeInCountry
#$basedInRegion
#$ChainOrganization chains (businesses)
A specialization of #$LargeIncorporatedBusiness.
Each instance of #$ChainOrganization
is a parent business which comes into contact with its
customers or clients primarily through its geographically
dispersed sub-organizations, which typically are (mostly)
homogeneous in product line, style of physical quarters, and
local organizational structure. Examples include the parent
organizations of McDonald's and Starbuck's.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByStructuralCharacteristic
direct specialization of: #$LargeIncorporatedBusiness
#$RetailStore-ParentCompany retail
store parent company
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of businesses; a subset of #$ChainOrganization.
An element of #$RetailStore-ParentCompany
is a multi-location business with branches or franchises
which are (all or mostly) retail stores; e.g., KMart or
Penneys. This is distinct from chain service businesses,
such as H&R Block and JiffyLube, as well as from single-site
retail businesses.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ChainOrganization #$RetailOrganization
#$dealerFor dealer for
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$dealerFor
relates a retailer to the manufacturer(s) whose products are
sold by that retailer. (#$dealerFor
RETAILER MANUF) means that the #$RetailOrganization
RETAILER is a dealer for products made by the #$ManufacturingOrganization
MANUF. RETAILER may be only one of many dealers. RETAIL
sells MANUF's products to the final consumers.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
#$doesBusinessWith does
business with
(#$doesBusinessWith
AGENT1 AGENT2) means that AGENT1 does some business with
AGENT2. Minimally, (#$doesBusinessWith
AGENT1 AGENT2) implies that AGENT1 and AGENT2 at least
occasionally negotiate to buy or sell products or services
from one other. The two agents may or may not complete the
sale or purchase, or enter into any actual contracts.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$SymmetricBinaryPredicate #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
#$businessPartners partner
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$businessPartners
indicates that two agents have jointly undertaken some
business project; they are combining resources in some way
to further their interests. (#$businessPartners
AGENT1 AGENT2) means AGENT1 is in partnership with AGENT2 to
engage in business activities. The partners are instances of
#$Agent and may
belong to either #$Person or #$Organization.
The partnership may be formally recognized (e.g., a
#$Partnership or some other form of business) or informal.
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direct instance of: #$IrreflexiveBinaryPredicate
#$SymmetricBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$affiliatedWith
Organizations By Business Profit Nature
#$NonProfitOrganization non-profit organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all instances of #$Organization
that are not operated with the purpose of making a profit.
Instances of #$NonProfitOrganization
have members, rather than owners. Charities, clubs, schools,
political action groups, political parties and churches are
usually instances of #$NonProfitOrganization.
Instances of #$NonProfitOrganizations
are often exempt from certain taxes in particular
jurisdictions. Specific examples of elements of #$NonProfitOrganization
are #$RedCrossSociety-National and #$RomanCatholicChurch.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of: #$NonProfitCorporation
#$Business businesses
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of #$Organizations
intended to make profits, i.e., make money for agents that
own them. All #$Businesses are #$CommercialOrganizations
(they must buy or sell something), but not all #$CommercialOrganizations
are #$Businesses. In a franchise #$Organization,
the #$parentCompany
is regarded as a #$Business,
while the #$subOrganizations
are merely instances of #$CommercialOrganization.
#$Businesses are typically #$LegalAgents,
while #$CommercialOrganizations
need not be.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$CommercialOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$AirlineCompany
#$PubliclyHeldCorporation #$ServiceEstablishment
#$ConstructionCompany
#$AutoDealership
#$LargeIncorporatedBusiness
#$CommercialOrganization commercial organizations
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$CommercialOrganization
is an organization whose primary goal is to generate a
profit for its owners, usually through the buying and
selling of goods or services. A given instance of #$CommercialOrganization
may also be an instance of #$Business, or
it may merely be a sub-organization of some instance of #$Business.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization #$LegalAgent
direct generalization of: #$PrivatelyHeldOrganization
#$PubliclyHeldOrganization #$FoodServiceOrganization
#$ManufacturingOrganization
#$Business #$CommercialServiceOrganization
Government Organizations
#$LegalGovernmentOrganization government organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$GovernmentalOrganization.
Each instance of #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
is an organization which is a part of, and funded by, the
government of a geopolitical entity. Examples include the #$InternalRevenueService,
#$UnitedStatesNavy,
and #$CityCouncilOfAustin (TX). Some instances of #$LegalGovernmentOrganizations
have legal standing in courts.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$GovernmentalOrganization #$LegalAgent
direct generalization of: #$PostalService #$NationalTaxAgency
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$DiplomaticMission-ThePost #$GovernmentMilitaryOrganization
#$RegionalGovernment
#$LocalGovernmentOrganization
#$government government
(anti transitive binary predicate)
The predicate #$government
identifies the political entity which has governing
authority over a particular geopolitical region. (#$government
GEOPOL GOV) means that the #$RegionalGovernment
GOV is the government of the #$GeopoliticalEntity
GEOPOL. That is, GOV claims to be the government of GEOPOL,
is recognized as such at least informally, and effectively
functions as such (by administering the internal and
external affairs of GEOPOL), whether or not GOV has formal
diplomatic recognition. Effectively functioning as a #$government
includes having the power to settle disputes, collect
revenue, and provide services.
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direct instance of: #$AntiTransitiveBinaryPredicate
#$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate #$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$FunctionalSlot
direct specialization of: #$governingBody
#$governmentType government
type (attribute predicate)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$governmentType
indicates what kind of system of government a geopolitical
entity has. (#$governmentType
REGION GOVSYSTEM) means that the government of the #$GeopoliticalEntity
REGION is an instance of the #$SystemOfGovernment
GOVSYSTEM. For example, the #$governmentType
of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica
is a #$FederalRepublic and a #$RepresentativeDemocracy.
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direct instance of:
#$IntangibleObjectPredicate
#$BinaryAttributePredicate
direct specialization of:
#$hasAttributes
#$RegionalGovernment regional governments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$LegalGovernmentOrganization.
Each instance of #$RegionalGovernment
is a government organization which controls a particular
geopolitical region (e.g., a country, state, city, or
county). Specializations of #$RegionalGovernment
include #$CountyGovernment
and #$GovernmentOfCountry.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LegalGovernmentOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$CountyGovernment
#$GovernmentOfCountry
#$citizens citizen
(intensional representation predicate)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate relates a #$Person to a #$GeopoliticalEntity.
(#$citizens
GEOPOL PERSON) means that PERSON is a citizen of GEOPOL.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$CollectionPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$affiliatedWith
#$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries international
organization member countries
This predicate relates international organizations
to countries that belong to them. (#$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
ORG NATION) means that NATION (as represented by its
national government or other legally designated body) is a
member of the #$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries
ORG. For example, #$Bahrain is an #$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
of the #$LeagueOfArabStates and of the #$UnitedNationsOrganization,
and #$China-PeoplesRepublic
is a #$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
of the #$UnitedNationsOrganization
but #$Taiwan-RepublicOfChina
is not.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$IntangibleObjectPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$hasMembers
#$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries organizations
of countries
A collection of organizations; a specialization of
#$InternationalOrganization.
Each instance of #$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries
is an organization whose members are countries (as
represented by their goverments). Examples include the
United Nations, NATO, SEATO, OAU, the League of Arab States,
and OPEC.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$InternationalOrganization
#$UnitedNationsOrganization the
United Nations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant represents the United Nations (U.N.)
-- the international organization founded at the end of
World War II and now comprising almost all of the countries
in the world (with some exceptions, e.g., Taiwan).
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direct instance of:
#$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries
#$Entity #$Individual
#$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries international
organization member countries
This predicate relates international organizations
to countries that belong to them. (#$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
ORG NATION) means that NATION (as represented by its
national government or other legally designated body) is a
member of the #$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries
ORG. For example, #$Bahrain is an #$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
of the #$LeagueOfArabStates and of the #$UnitedNationsOrganization,
and #$China-PeoplesRepublic
is a #$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries
of the #$UnitedNationsOrganization
but #$Taiwan-RepublicOfChina
is not.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
#$IntangibleObjectPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$hasMembers
#$Country countries
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of geopolitical entities. An instance
of #$Country
is a nation-state having its own territory, population, and
government, whether or not it is fully independent. For
example, #$Scotland is an element of #$Country, even
though it is a part of the #$UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland.
Cf. #$IndependentCountry.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$GeopoliticalEntity
direct generalization of:
#$IndependentCountry
#$IndustrializedCountry
#$GovernmentOfCountry national governments
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$RegionalGovernment.
Each instance of #$GovernmentOfCountry
is the government of some instance of #$Country. A
notable instance of #$GovernmentOfCountry
is #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$RegionalGovernment
#$residenceOfOrganization residence
of organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$residenceOfOrganization
indicates the geographical location of a particular
organization's main offices. (#$residenceOfOrganization
ORG GEOGAGENT) means that the #$Organization
ORG has its chief office on the territory of GEOGAGENT.
GEOGAGENT is typically a #$City but may be
a larger or smaller #$GeographicalAgent. For example, the #$residenceOfOrganization
of the #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment is the #$CityOfWashingtonDC.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$objectFoundInLocation
#$GovernmentMilitaryOrganization government
military organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$MilitaryOrganization
and #$LegalGovernmentOrganization.
Each instance of #$GovernmentMilitaryOrganization
is a military organization belonging to, and directed by,
the governing body of a geographical region or international
organization. The governing body in question may be a
national government, a state or provincial government, or an
international governing body such as the #$UnitedNationsOrganization.
Important specializations of this collection include
#$Army-BranchOfService, #$Navy, and #$AirForce.
This collection excludes private armies and mercenary forces.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryOrganization #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
direct generalization of: #$BranchOfMilitaryService
#$Court-Judicial courts (organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$Organization
and #$JudicialAgent.
Each instance of #$Court-Judicial
is an established judicial court, i.e., an enduring
governmental organization whose primary function is to
settle disputes by means of legal reasoning by one or more
#$Judges (q.v.). Typically, a court's orders are enforced by
some other agency belonging to the government of which that
court is a part. The collection #$Court-Judicial
includes federal, state, county, and municipal courts,
appellate and chancery courts, tax courts, courts of claims,
courts-martial (if non-temporary), admiralty courts, courts
of chivalry, American Indian tribal courts, and the
Permanent Court of International Justice. It excludes
Gypsy/Rom Kris courts, nonjudicial administrative county
courts, stannaries, and temporary #$Tribunals (q.v.).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$JudicialAgent #$GovernmentAgency
#$JudicialAgent adjudicator
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$SocialBeing.
Each instance of #$JudicialAgent
is a person or organization whose responsibility it is to
judge or evaluate. Instances of #$JudicialAgent
include officials at sporting events (see the collection
#$SportsOfficial), judges of various competitions, as well
as judges in the legal sense (see the collection #$Judge).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SocialBeing
direct generalization of:
#$Court-Judicial
#$JudicialAgent adjudicator
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$SocialBeing.
Each instance of #$JudicialAgent
is a person or organization whose responsibility it is to
judge or evaluate. Instances of #$JudicialAgent
include officials at sporting events (see the collection
#$SportsOfficial), judges of various competitions, as well
as judges in the legal sense (see the collection #$Judge).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SocialBeing
direct generalization of:
#$Court-Judicial
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization federal
government organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of government organizations. An
instance of #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
is an instance of #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
which is part of the #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment . This
collection includes the U.S. military, Federal courts, U.S.
Congress, U.S. territorial governments, Federal departments
and independent agencies, and the city of Washington, D.C.;
it does NOT include U.S. states, interstate compacts, and
cities (other than Washington, D.C.).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LegalGovernmentOrganization
#$USJudicialBranch the
Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the U.S. Federal court system
considered as a whole. This is the entire judicial
sub-organization of the #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment, the
system within which cases are adjudicated and laws are
decided by Federal judges. NOT included are military
courts-martial and tribunals, non-court administrative
review boards, and Native American tribal courts.
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direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$USLegislativeBranch legislature
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the legislative (lawmaking,
policy-formulating) branch or #$subOrganizations
(q.v.) of the #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment. This includes
the #$USCongress
(House, Senate, and their joint committees), its staff, and
certain subordinate agencies.
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direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$USCongress Congress
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the U.S. Congress --
consisting of the House, Senate, joint House-Senate
committees, and their staffs -- which operates mainly from
the Capitol complex in Washington, D.C. (with subordinate
functions conducted at legislators's district offices).
guid: c0fd56d8-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$USExecutiveBranch the
Executive Branch of the U.S. Government
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the executive (law-enforcing,
policy-enforcing) branch or #$subOrganizations
of the #$UnitedStatesFederalGovernment. It includes the U.S.
military forces, Federal Departments and independent
Agencies, and the President and White House staff.
guid: c1005a58-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$UnitedStatesMilitaryOrganization
is the atomic form of (#$MilitaryFn
#$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)(#$MilitaryFn #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of military organizations; a subset of
#$ModernMilitaryOrganization.
This collection includes the (contemporary) U.S. military
forces, i.e., the #$UnitedStatesArmy,
#$UnitedStatesNavy,
#$UnitedStatesAirForce,
#$UnitedStatesMarineCorps,
and, during wartime, the #$UnitedStatesCoastGuard,
as well as all of their #$subOrganizations.
Those organizations are all #$subOrganizations
of the #$USExecutiveBranch.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ModernMilitaryOrganization #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization #$GovernmentMilitaryOrganization
#$UnitedStatesArmy is the
atomic form of (#$ArmyFn #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)(#$ArmyFn
#$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Army, which
includes the largest military ground force of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica,
together with the U.S. Army air and sea elements and
ballistic missile forces.
guid: bd58f277-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of: #$Army-BranchOfService #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Entity #$Individual
#$UnitedStatesNavy is the
atomic form of (#$NavyFn #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)(#$NavyFn
#$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Navy, which
includes the chief seaborne military force of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica,
together with U.S. Navy air and land forces.
guid: bd58f174-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$Navy #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Entity #$Individual
#$UnitedStatesAirForce the
United States Air Force
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Air Force,
the chief military air force of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
It includes air and land elements and some missile launch
forces. The #$UnitedStatesArmy,
#$UnitedStatesNavy,
and #$UnitedStatesMarineCorps
also have airborne forces.
guid: bd58f22f-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$AirForce #$Entity #$Individual
#$UnitedStatesMarineCorps
is the atomic form of (#$MarineCorpsFn
#$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)(#$MarineCorpsFn #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Marine
Corps (USMC), which is a military force under the Department
of the Navy of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica,
often involved in special foreign operations,
amphibious/parachute landings, embassy defense, and rapid
military response.
guid: c0fdfcf4-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$MarineCorps
#$Entity #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$UnitedStatesCoastGuard United
States Coast Guard
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Coast
Guard, which is the military service responsible for
defending the coastline and waterways of the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
In peacetime, it is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce;
in wartime, it is part of the U.S. Department of Defense. It
performs anti-smuggling, search, rescue and navigation-aid functions.
guid: c10c3593-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Entity
#$BranchOfMilitaryService #$Individual
#$InternalRevenueService Internal
Revenue Service
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant dentoes the United States Internal
Revenue Service (I.R.S.), the federal organization which
collects taxes.
guid: bd588ed2-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$NationalTaxAgency
#$Individual
#$USBureauOfLandManagement US
Bureau Of Land Management
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Bureau of
Land Management (B.L.M.), a Federal agency that manages land
belonging to the U.S. government.
guid: bd58ec71-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$UnitedStatesForestService United
States Forest Service
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Forest
Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
which manages the U.S. National Forests and performs other
forestry- and timber-related functions.
guid: bd58a111-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$LawEnforcementOrganization
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$UnitedStatesSpaceProgram United
States Space Program
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the ongoing effort by the
U.S. government to do research on, and undertake, space
travel, exploration, and exploitation. In addition to the
work of NASA, #$UnitedStatesSpaceProgram
also denotes various U.S. military and intelligence
organizations engaged in space projects.
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direct instance of:
#$SocialOccurrence
#$Individual
#$USBureauOfIndianAffairs US
Bureau Of Indian Affairs
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Bureau of
Indian Affairs (B.I.A.), a part of the U.S. Department of
the Interior which deals with Native Americans and with
`Indian' reservations within the USA.
guid: bd58f74e-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$FoodAndDrugAdministration the
Food and Drug Administration
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
This constant denotes the United States Food and
Drug Administration (F.D.A.), a federal agency which
regulates the food and drug industries in the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
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direct instance of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$Individual
#$USStateGovernment state governments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of regional governments. An element of
#$USStateGovernment
is a State government of one of the fifty states of the
United States of America.
guid: c10aef00-9c29-11b1-9dad-c379636f7270
direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$RegionalGovernment
#$USStateGovernmentOrganization us
state government organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of government organizations. An
element of #$USStateGovernmentOrganization
is an organization that is part of the state government of a
particular state of the United States; e.g., PennDOT (the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) or the Texas
Employment Commission.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LegalGovernmentOrganization
#$USStatePark state parks
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of parks. An element of #$USStatePark
is a park which is managed by the state government of the
U.S. state in which it is located; e.g., Presque Isle Park
in Erie, PA, and Point State Park in Pittsburgh.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OutdoorLocation
#$State-Geopolitical states
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$CountrySubsidiary.
Each instance of #$State-Geopolitical
is a geopolitical entity whose government is at the very
next administrative level down from the national level. In
different countries, instances of #$State-Geopolitical
may be called `regions', `states', `provinces',
`prefectures', `departments', `parishes', or something else.
In the U.S.A., instances are called `states'. See also #$Province.
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direct instance of: #$GeographicalEntityByHierarchy
direct specialization of:
#$CountrySubsidiary
direct generalization of:
#$State-UnitedStates
#$CanadianProvince Canadian provinces
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all the #$Provinces of #$Canada.
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direct instance of:
#$SpatiallyDisjointRegionType
direct specialization of:
#$State-Geopolitical
#$LocalGovernmentOrganization local
government organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
and #$LocalOrganization.
Each instance of #$LocalGovernmentOrganization
is any government organization -- whether federal, state,
county, or municipal -- that is specific to, i.e., has
jurisdiction and/or services generally limited to, one
(local) location. For example, a Board of Education of a
particular school district is a #$LocalGovernmentOrganization,
because its authority extends to schools in a limited
(local) area; in the U.S., such a Board answers to another
#$LocalGovernmentOrganization,
typically a city or township government. In another example,
an instance of #$VeteransAdministrationMedicalCenter is a
local organization in terms of its service area, but
bureaucratically it belongs to the U.S. Federal government;
thus, #$VeteransAdministrationMedicalCenter is a
specialization of both #$LocalGovernmentOrganization
and #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LegalGovernmentOrganization #$LocalOrganization
#$County counties
A specialization of #$GeopoliticalEntity.
Each instance of #$County is a
geopolitical region having an area typically larger than
that of a #$City, but
smaller than that of a #$State-Geopolitical.
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direct instance of:
#$SpatiallyDisjointRegionType
#$GeographicalEntityByHierarchy
direct specialization of:
#$GeopoliticalEntity
#$CountyGovernment county governments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$County governments.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization #$RegionalGovernment
#$City cities
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of geopolitical entities. An instance
of #$City is a
local human settlement which has its own government. This
includes cities, towns, suburbs, villages, hamlets, and
townships, as long as they have their own governments. A
city government is usually mostly autonomous from the
governments of its surrounding regions, rather than being a
sub-organization of them.
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direct instance of:
#$SpatiallyDisjointRegionType
#$GeographicalEntityByHierarchy
direct specialization of:
#$UrbanArea #$GeopoliticalEntity
direct generalization of:
#$USCity #$CapitalCityOfRegion
#$CityNamedFn city
named fn
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The Cyc function #$CityNamedFn
is an #$IndividualDenotingFunction.
(#$CityNamedFn
STRING GEOPOL) applied to a (quoted) #$ProperNameString
STRING which is the name of a city in region GEOPOL returns
the #$City in
that region with that name. Examples: (#$CityNamedFn
`New York City' #$NewYork-State); (#$CityNamedFn
`Columbus' #$FranklinCountyOhio); (#$CityNamedFn
`Taipei' #$Taiwan-RepublicOfChina).
Note the assumption that there is only one so-named city in
the region specified.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryFunction #$IndividualDenotingFunction
#$ReifiableFunction
#$Individual
#$CityGovernment city governments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$City governments.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization #$RegionalGovernment
#$CityCouncil city councils
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of local government organizations. An
element of #$CityCouncil
is a governing board which manages an element of #$City. In
democratic countries, the members of a city council are
elected. A city council may govern a city either directly,
through a #$Mayor, or through a City Manager.
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalStuffType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalGovernmentOrganization
#$USCity is the atomic form of
(#$CityInCountryFn
#$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)(#$CityInCountryFn #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$City. Each
instance of #$USCity is a city,
town, or village in the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
Instances of #$USCity include
#$CityOfAustinTX, #$CityOfGainesvilleFL,
#$CityOfLongBeachCA, #$CityOfWashingtonDC,
#$CityOfEssexJunctionVermont, #$CityOfCambridgeMA,
#$CityOfPaloAltoCA, and #$CityOfRedmondWA.
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direct instance of:
#$SpatiallyDisjointRegionType
direct specialization of:
#$City
#$LocalPoliceOrganization police departments
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of law enforcement organizations. An
element of #$LocalPoliceOrganization
is a local police department, not state or national police organizations.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization
#$CountyPoliceOrganization county
police organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of law enforcement organizations. An
element of #$CountyPoliceOrganization
is a county police force which is a sub-organization of the
government of some #$County, with
that county being in its jurisdictional territory for #$LawEnforcementActivity.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization
#$CityPoliceOrganization city
police organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
#$CityPoliceOrganization
is a subOrganization of the government of some City. They
have that City as a territory for #$LawEnforcementActivity.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization
#$PostOffice post offices
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of local government organizations. An
element of #$PostOffice
is a particular Post Office organization -- postal station,
mailing facility, or branch office -- having a particular
location. Note that this collection includes only government
post offices, not non-government commercial shippers who
offer various kinds of shipping services, sometimes
including Postal services.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ShippingOrganization #$LocalGovernmentOrganization
#$NationalPostalService national
postal services
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of national postal services run by the
governments of their particular countries. The United States
Postal Service would be an example, but United Parcel
Service, since it is a private business, wouldn't be.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$PostalService
#$NationalTaxAgency national
tax agencies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$LegalGovernmentOrganization.
Each instance of #$NationalTaxAgency
is a revenue agency that is part of the government of a #$Country, and
which is concerned primarily with collecting tax money (from
national taxes) from the residents of that #$Country. This
collection does _not_ include customs agencies and agencies
that collect minor fees only.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$NationalOrganization #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
#$LawEnforcementOrganization law-enforcement organizations
A specialization of both #$Organization
and #$LegalAgent. Each
instance of #$LawEnforcementOrganization
is an official organization whose purpose is to support or
perform law enforcement. Instances of #$LawEnforcementOrganization
include organizations which are legally empowered to enforce
laws (see the specialization #$PoliceOrganization), as well
as information agencies (such as #$INTERPOL) whose purpose
is to assist and coordinate police activities.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization #$LegalAgent
#$CrimeDetection crime detection
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$LawEnforcementActivity. In
each instance of #$CrimeDetection,
an authorized law enforcement agent detects a crime (i.e.,
some instance of #$CriminalAct).
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalObjectType
direct specialization of: #$LawEnforcementActivity
#$BorderCheckpointOrganization border
checkpoint organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of local organizations, often but not
necessarily located directly at a border between two
countries. An element of #$BorderCheckpointOrganization
is any organization through whose installations and
procedures people and goods must pass when entering a #$Country. This
collection includes all such checkpoint organizations,
whether their facilities be on roads, at airports, or at seaports.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization
#$BorderPoliceOrganization border
police organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of law enforcement organizations. An
element of #$BorderPoliceOrganization
is a sub-organization of the government of a #$Country which
has responsibility for policing that country's borders.
Their patrol area includes the border of the #$Country by
which they are employed. Examples: #$USCustomsService, #$USBorderPatrol.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
Generic Military Organizations
#$MilitaryOrganization military organizations
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$MilitaryOrganization
is an organization whose function (and expertise) is the use
of armed force, or the threat of such use, against enemies,
especially other organized, armed enemies. A military
organization includes its fighting forces and their command
structure, together with dedicated support services
controlled by that military command. Typically, there are
special conditions in the relationships between a #$MilitaryOrganization
and its workers, going beyond what is expected in work
agreements in civilian settings, including strict sanctions
to enforce obedience. This collection includes #$GovernmentMilitaryOrganizations
such as the armies, navies, and air forces of the world's
governments, and in addition private armies, rebel armies,
and organized mercenary units.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$GovernmentMilitaryOrganization
#$ModernMilitaryOrganization
#$MilitaryPerson military personnel
A specialization of #$MilitaryAgent. Each instance
of #$MilitaryPerson
is a person belonging to one of the national military
services (see the collection #$BranchOfMilitaryService) of
some instance of #$Country.
Notable specializations of #$MilitaryPerson
include #$ArmyPersonnel,
#$NavyPersonnel,
and #$MarinePersonnel.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$NationalGovernmentEmployee
direct generalization of:
#$Soldier
#$NavyPersonnel
#$MilitaryOfficer
#$MarinePersonnel
#$AirForcePersonnel
#$EnlistedPerson
#$Soldier soldiers
An instance of #$PersonTypeByOccupation,
and a specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$Soldier is a
person who serves in some military organization that
operates primarily or exclusively on land (as opposed to on
the water or in the air).
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryPerson
direct generalization of:
#$ArmyPersonnel
#$MilitaryOfficer officers
(military personnel)
A subcollection of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of this collection is a person who is a
(commissioned or non-commissioned) officer in some #$MilitaryOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
#$PersonTypeByPositionInOrg
direct specialization of:
#$Leader #$MilitaryPerson
#$EnlistedPerson enlisted people
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$EnlistedPerson
is somebody who is an enlisted person (such as a private) in
some instance of #$MilitaryOrganization (q.v.).
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryPerson
#$ModernMilitaryOrganization modern
military organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$MilitaryOrganization.
Each instance of #$ModernMilitaryOrganization
is a military organization of current (or recent) times,
having modern equipment and methods. Generally includes
organizations making at least some use of high-tech military technology.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryOrganization #$GeographicalThing
direct generalization of: #$BranchOfMilitaryService
#$AirForce
#$MilitaryBase-Organization military
bases (military organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$MilitaryOrganization.
Each instance of #$MilitaryBase-Organization
is a military organization which is typically a
sub-organization (see the predicate #$subOrganizations)
of a larger force, and is associated with and in control of
one of that force's military bases (where such a base is an
instance of #$MilitaryBase-Grounds).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryOrganization
#$ArmyPersonnel army people
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$ArmyPersonnel
is a person who is a member of some instance of #$Army-BranchOfService.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$Soldier
#$Navy navies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$BranchOfMilitaryService. Each
instance of #$Navy is a
military organization (contemporary or historical) composed
mainly of seaborne forces, and/or forces responsible for
military operations on water and adjacent coastal areas.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$BranchOfMilitaryService
#$NavyPersonnel naval people
A specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$NavyPersonnel
is a person who is a member of some instance of #$Navy.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryPerson
#$MarineCorps Marine corps
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A subcollection of #$BranchOfMilitaryService. Each
instance of #$MarineCorps
is a military branch, modern or historical, composed mainly
of soldiers (i.e. combat personnel) who serve on ships or in
conjunction with naval forces, and whose purpose is to
defend or attack coastal areas.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$BranchOfMilitaryService
#$MarinePersonnel marines
(military personnel)
A specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$MarinePersonnel
is a person who is a member of some instance of #$MarineCorps (q.v.).
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryPerson
#$AirForce air forces
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A subcollection of #$BranchOfMilitaryService. Each
instance of #$AirForce is
a modern military organization composed mainly of airborne
forces (such as bombers, fighters, torpedo planes, parachute
troops, surveillance aircraft, etc.) and which has the
function of defending or attacking air space, ships, or
ground targets.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$BranchOfMilitaryService
#$AirForcePersonnel air
force people
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$MilitaryPerson.
Each instance of #$AirForcePersonnel
is a person who is a member of some instance of #$AirForce.
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direct instance of:
#$PersonTypeByOccupation
direct specialization of:
#$MilitaryPerson
Organizations By Function
#$MainFunction main function
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
One of the attributes which characterize the
capacity in which some agent does a kind of action. #$MainFunction
indicates that an agent does a certain type of action as its
main function (rather than, say, as a hobby). #$MainFunction
can be used to indicate the function that an organization
was created to do; e.g., the #$MainFunction
of the #$USBorderPatrol is #$Patrolling the U.S. border. See
#$actsInCapacity.
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direct instance of:
#$AttributeValue
#$Individual
#$affiliatedOrganizations affiliated organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$affiliatedOrganizations
indicates the organizations which are concerned with a
certain `thing'. (#$affiliatedOrganizations
THING ORG) means ORG is one of (presumably, a set or
possible set of) #$Organizations
that have THING as a major focus of interest or activity.
THING can be anything, from a particular person,
organization, place, event, type of event, work of art,
game, intellectual endeavor, etc. E.g., (#$affiliatedOrganizations
ProtectingHumanRights #$AmnestyInternational); (#$affiliatedOrganizations
ProtectingHumanRights #$SouthernPovertyLawCenter).
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direct instance of: #$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate
#$ServiceOrganization service organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$ServiceOrganization
is an organization whose main function is to provide some
service or services. A service organization may be a
subsidiary or department in some larger organization, or an
independent organization. A service organization may or may
not be a for-profit organization; for-profit service
organizations are instances of the subcollection #$CommercialServiceOrganization
(q.v.). Notable specializations of #$ServiceOrganization
include #$MedicalCareOrganization,
#$ShippingOrganization,
and #$Restaurant-Organization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByActivityType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$ShippingOrganization
#$ContactPointSubOrganization
#$TransportationCompany
#$MedicalCareOrganization
#$InsuranceProvider
#$CommercialServiceOrganization
#$CommercialServiceOrganization service companies
A specialization of #$CommercialOrganization.
Each instance of #$CommercialServiceOrganization
is a commercial organization which sells some service(s),
rather than tangible goods, as its main product. Some
tangible goods may accompany or supplement the main service
sold, but only as side products; for example, some instances
of #$HairSalon sell hair care products.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$CommercialOrganization #$ServiceOrganization
direct generalization of: #$FinancialCompany #$AirlineCompany
#$Pharmacy
#$FoodServiceOrganization
#$ServiceEstablishment
#$ConstructionCompany
#$MedicalCareOrganization medical
care organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$MedicalCareProvider
and #$ServiceOrganization.
Each instance of #$MedicalCareOrganization
is an organization that provides some kind of medical care
(note that an instance of #$MedicalCareOrganization
may be a sub-organization of a larger organization). Notable
specializations of #$MedicalCareOrganization
include #$MedicalCareInstitution, #$Hospital, and #$VeterinaryHospital.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$MedicalCareProvider #$HealthcareOrganization #$ServiceOrganization
direct generalization of: #$MedicalCareInstitution
#$VeterinaryHospital
#$ResearchOrganization research organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$ResearchOrganization
is an organization that carries out basic or applied
research as its #$MainFunction
(or one of its #$MainFunctions).
A given instance of #$ResearchOrganization
may or may not be a commercial, or a governmental,
organization. Examples of #$ResearchOrganizations
include #$UnitedStatesSpaceProgram,
Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratory at #$IBMInc, and the
Hoover Institute.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByActivityType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$University
#$Research investigations
(information transfers)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
What some members of #$ResearchOrganizations
do. Students are often supposed to perform elements of #$Research
before they write term papers. Doers of #$Research
events aim to learn things that they did not previously
know. In some cases, they (e.g., professional scientists)
aim to learn things that no one knows, in other cases they
(e.g., high school students) aim to merely find published
knowledge which they did not know before. In some cases
research may involve doing experiments (see
#$Experimenting), building systems (see #$ResearchProject),
in other cases it may involve strictly document search.
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direct instance of:
#$DefaultDisjointScriptType
#$TemporalStuffType
direct specialization of: #$InformationGathering #$SkilledActivity #$Investigation
#$ShippingOrganization shipping companies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$ServiceOrganization.
Each instance of #$ShippingOrganization
is an organization whose main function is to ship objects
for its customers.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$TransportationCompany-Provider
direct generalization of: #$PostalService
#$DistributionOrganization distribution organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of #$ServiceOrganization.
An element of #$DistributionOrganization
is an organization that distributes things (in #$DistributionEvents)
as a service for (and normally paid for by) their customers.
An element of #$DistributionOrganization
may be among the #$subOrganizations
of a larger #$Organization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByActivityType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$ImportExportOrganization import
export organization
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$ImportExportOrganization
is a #$DistributionOrganization
whose #$MainFunction
is to import and/or export goods. It may also sell the goods
(see specializations of #$SellingOrganization),
or it may simply sell its services as a distributor.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$TransportationCompany transportation companies
A specialization of both
#$TransportationOrganization and #$ServiceOrganization.
Each instance of #$TransportationCompany
is an organization that provide transportation (of goods or
persons) to customers for a fee. Specializations of #$TransportationCompany
include the collections #$ShippingOrganization
and #$AirlineCompany.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceOrganization #$TransportationOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$TransportationCompany-Provider
#$RailwayOrganization railways (organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of rail transportation companies. An
element of #$RailwayOrganization
is a particular #$TransportationCompany
that operates trains to transport people or goods, or makes
its tracks available for use by trains, in exchange for money.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$TransportationCompany-Provider
#$AirlineCompany airlines
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all air transportation companies.
An instance of #$AirlineCompany
is a #$TransportationCompany
that operates airplanes to transport goods or people in
exchange for money.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$TransportationCompany-Provider #$CommercialServiceOrganization #$Business
#$AirportOrganization airports (organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$AirportOrganization
is an organization that manages and controls particular
airports and their appurtenant facilities; e.g., #$LaGuardiaAirport-Organization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$TravelOrganization
#$StorageOrganization storage organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$StorageOrganization
is an organization that has as a #$MainFunction
the storage of goods. A storage organization may also be
(but is not necessarily) a #$DistributionOrganization.
It may or may not be among the #$subOrganizations
of a larger organization, either a #$Business or
a government organization. Examples: instances of #$FederalSupplyDepot
or a #$PrivateCompany engaged in, e.g., moving and storage
of goods.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByIndustry
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$FederalSupplyDepot federal
supply depots
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of both #$StorageOrganization
and #$USFederalGovernmentOrganization.
An element of #$FederalSupplyDepot
is a United States Federal government supply depot. Federal
supply depots are collection, storage, and distribution
organizations which supply some goods to other government
organizations. They may be located inside or outside the #$UnitedStatesOfAmerica.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$USFederalGovernmentOrganization
#$WarehouseChain warehouse chains
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of commercial service organizations; a
subset of #$StorageOrganization.
An element of #$WarehouseChain
is a #$CommercialServiceOrganization
which stores goods in exchange for money. Each element of #$WarehouseChain
owns or controls (perhaps leases) several instances of #$Warehouse.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$PrivateSectorOrganization #$CommercialServiceOrganization #$ChainOrganization
#$FoodServiceOrganization food
service companies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A subcollection of #$CommercialServiceOrganization.
An instance of #$FoodServiceOrganization
is a business which prepares and/or serves food as its major
function(s). Important subcollections of #$FoodServiceOrganization
include #$Restaurant-Organization
and #$CateringCompany. Note that grocery stores -- and
airlines -- are not themselves considered elements of #$FoodServiceOrganization,
even though some of those may have #$subOrganizations
or sub-contractors which are #$FoodServiceOrganizations.
Bars or taverns, in contrast to #$Restaurant-Organizations
that also prepare and serve food, are also not considered #$FoodServiceOrganizations.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$FoodAndBeverageOrganization #$CommercialServiceOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$Restaurant-Organization
#$FinancialOrganization financial organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
that are primarily or significantly engaged in the
#$FinancialIndustry or whose activities focus on that
industry. Instances of both #$CommercialServiceOrganizations
(e.g., banks and brokerage houses) and #$NonProfitOrganizations
(e.g., #$InternationalMonetaryFund) may be instances of #$FinancialOrganization.
Specializations of #$FinancialOrganization
include #$BankCompany,
#$FinancialExchange, and #$InvestmentOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByIndustry
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of: #$FinancialCompany
#$BankCompany banks
(commercial organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
that are in the banking business. An instance of #$BankCompany
may be as large and as multinational in character as
#$BankOfAmerica or as small and local as the branch of the
UT Federal Credit Union located on Guadalupe Street.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$FinancialCompany
#$HoldingCompany holding companies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of #$LegalAgent. An
element of #$HoldingCompany
is an organization which exists primarily to own controlling
interests in other #$Organizations.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization #$LegalAgent
#$InformationProvidingOrganization information-providing organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of #$ServiceOrganization.
An element of #$InformationProvidingOrganization
is an organization that gathers and provides information.
This includes: news services, credit-checking companies,
stock wire services, data sources, publishing companies, etc.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceOrganization
#$PublishingCompany publishing companies
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of #$CommercialServiceOrganization.
An element of #$PublishingCompany
has as its primary function publishing information (either
hardcopy or software, but not solely broadcasting) for
particular customers or for the general public. Note: this
collection does not include companies that merely provide
manuals as #$includedItems with other products.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$CommercialServiceOrganization
#$SellingOrganization selling organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$SellingOrganization
is an organization whose main function is to sell things by
conducting sales activities. Notable specializations of #$SellingOrganization
include #$SalesDepartment, #$AdvertisingAgency, and #$RetailOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByActivityType
direct specialization of: #$Vendor #$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$RetailOrganization
#$UtilityCompany public utilities
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all businesses that provide
access to and/or sell electricity, gas, water and/or sewer
service, telephone service, garbage collection service and
similar services to the public. Many instances of #$UtilityCompany
are government-regulated.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByIndustry
direct specialization of:
#$SellingOrganization #$CommercialServiceOrganization
#$PoliticalOrganization political organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$PoliticalOrganization
is an organization whose members share some common
political, social, or economic values and goals, and whose
main function is to achieve those goals by influencing
governmental powers, or by helping persons who favor the
views and interests of its members to win elections or
otherwise obtain governmental power. The collection #$PoliticalOrganization
includes instances of #$PoliticalParty
and also instances of #$PoliticalInterestGroup. Note that
governmental bodies (such as a #$CityCouncil)
are not considered instances of #$PoliticalOrganization.
Although such governmental bodies often act in political
arenas, that is not their primary function.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$AdvocacyOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$PoliticalParty
#$PoliticalParty political parties
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$PoliticalOrganization.
Each instance of #$PoliticalParty
is an organization that primarily seeks to elect candidates
to public office or have members continue holding public
office, and which is identified as a party affiliation by
persons holding or seeking public office.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$PoliticalOrganization
#$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization entertainment organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization
is an organization whose #$MainFunction
is to provide personal entertainment to customers. This
collection includes organizations that perform or provide
other forms of entertainment, as well as organizations which
provide spaces in which entertainment is scheduled or
provided. Specific types of #$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization
include: #$TelevisionStation, #$TelevisionNetwork, #$NightClub,
#$TheaterCompany, #$Cinema-Organization, #$AmusementPark, #$Band-MusicGroup.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByIndustry
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of: #$SportsOrganization
#$MusicPerformanceOrganization musical groups
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$MusicPerformanceOrganization
is a group whose main function is the members playing music
together. The collection #$MusicPerformanceOrganization
includes popular music bands, orchestras, choirs, and
marching bands; it does not include record companies, music
publishers, etc.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly
#$Band-MusicGroup bands
(entertainment organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of music performance organizations. An
element of #$Band-MusicGroup
is a (small or large) group of musicians who play
non-Classical music together on either a regular or
intermittent schedule. For example, the #$RollingStones or
the University of Texas marching band -- but not the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly #$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization
#$SkiArea ski areas
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of named, local geographic regions. An
element of #$SkiArea is
located in a (partially, at least) developed mountainous
area, where slopes are cleared for skiing and snowboarding,
with lodges, ski-lifts, and other accompanying
skiing-related facilities and businesses nearby. Some #$SkiAreas
include one or more entire towns. Examples: Snowmass, Taos
Ski Valley, Buttermilk, St. Moritz, Malbun.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OutdoorLocation
#$NightClub nightclubs
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of businesses. An element of #$NightClub
is a business that runs a nighttime social-gathering place
where some form of entertainment (usually live music) is
offered and alcoholic beverages are served. Besides music,
#$NightClub
establishments may also have dance floors, DJs, go-go
dancers, comedy acts, stage presentations, or sex shows.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$EntertainmentOrRecreationOrganization
#$SportsTeam teams
(sports organizations)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$SportsTeam
is a group of people who regularly play on one team during
(more-or-less frequent) team sports games. A sports team may
be a commercial, professional team supported by a large
full-time staff, or it may be semi-pro or amateur. Only #$Athletes are
members of the team itself; staff would belong to a related
team organization. Examples of #$SportsTeam
include: #$PittsburghSteelers, #$PittsburghPirates, #$PittsburghPenguins.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$SportsOrganization #$Team
#$SportsLeague sports leagues
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$SportsLeague
is an organization of sports team organizations, specialized
by sport. Important types of #$SportsLeague
are #$MajorLeague, #$MinorLeague, and college sports league.
In many cases, sports leagues are further specialized by
region (continent, country, or region). Examples:
#$NationalFootballLeague, #$NationalHockeyLeague,
#$CentralDivision-NBA, #$NationalLeagueEast-Baseball.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$SportsOrganization
#$EducationalOrganization schools
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$EducationalOrganization
is an organization whose primary function is to provide
teaching and/or training as a service for students.
Instances of #$EducationalOrganization
may be either public or private institutions. Instances of
this collection include #$AustinISD (the #$CityOfAustinTX
Independent School District), #$StanfordUniversity,
#$BrynMawrCollege,
#$UniversityOfPennsylvaniaSchoolOfMedicine, and many other institutions.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByIndustry
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$HigherEducationInstitution #$University
#$SchoolInstitution-KThrough12
#$Teaching teaching events
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
One agent imparting learned knowledge to another.
This may have #$subEvents of the
student asking or responding to questions, but the teacher
is the primary performer.
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direct instance of:
#$DefaultDisjointScriptType
#$TemporalObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Communicating #$ServiceEvent #$SkilledActivity
#$University universities
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of educational organizations. An
element of #$University
is an organization, usually (but not always) called
`University', which does university-level teaching and/or
research. Some universities comprise multiple `colleges' and
professional schools. Some universities lie within a more or
less local and spatially contiguous campus (e.g.
#$UniversityOfTexasAtAustin) while others consist of a
system of campuses (e.g. #$UniversityOfTexas).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$GeographicalAgent #$DegreeGrantingHigherEducationInstitution #$ResearchOrganization
#$SchoolInstitution-KThrough12 k-12s
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$EducationalOrganization.
Each instance of #$SchoolInstitution-KThrough12
is an educational institution which provides instruction in
all or some of the grades from kindergarten (K) through high
school (12th-grade) education. Notable specializations of #$SchoolInstitution-KThrough12
include #$ElementarySchoolInstitution,
#$MiddleSchoolInstitution, and #$HighSchoolInstitution.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$EducationalOrganization
#$ReligiousOrganization religious organizations
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A subcollection of both #$Organization
and #$BeliefSystemFocusGroup. An instance of #$ReligiousOrganization
is an organization whose members share religious beliefs and
participate in meetings, rituals, or practices related to
those beliefs. Religious organizations include #$LocalReligiousCongregations
such as local churches, temples, mosques and shrines (qua
organizations), as well as worldwide religious organizations
such as the #$RomanCatholicChurch.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
#$LocalReligiousCongregation churches
(organizations of people)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of local organizations. An element of
#$LocalReligiousCongregation
is a group of religious believers and worshippers associated
with a single religious building or site which is used for
their meetings. This collection includes all religious
denominations. Commonly, local congregations are affiliated
with some larger religious organization having the same
belief system. Examples: St. Martin's Lutheran Church of
Austin, TX, or Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh,
PA. But a large national or interstate religious
association, such as the Southern Baptist Church, would NOT
be an instance of #$LocalReligiousCongregation.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ReligiousOrganization #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly #$LocalOrganization
#$ManufacturingOrganization manufacturer
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$ManufacturingOrganization
is an organization whose #$MainFunction
is the manufacture or production of goods. Instances of #$ManufacturingOrganization
may be departments, suborganizations, companies, or
conglomerate enterprises.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByActivityType
direct specialization of:
#$CommercialOrganization
#$ManufacturingCompany Manufacturing (business)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subset of #$ManufacturingOrganization.
An element of #$ManufacturingCompany
is a manufacturer that is also a company in its own right.
(See #$Business.)
This collection excludes manufacturers which are #$subOrganizations
of some larger #$ManufacturingOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Business #$ManufacturingOrganization #$PrivateSectorOrganization
#$SupplyCompany supply companies
A specialization of both
#$PrivateSectorOrganization and #$OrganizationWithBusinessCustomers.
Each instance of #$SupplyCompany
is an organization whose main function (see the constant #$MainFunction)
is selling supplies to other organizations. Instances of #$SupplyCompany
include all instances of #$ElectricalSupplyCompany, as well
as grocery wholesalers (see the collection #$Wholesaler).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$PrivateSectorOrganization #$OrganizationWithBusinessCustomers
#$ConstructionCompany construction companies
A specialization of both #$CommercialServiceOrganization
and #$PrivateSectorOrganization. Each instance of #$ConstructionCompany
is an organization whose main function (see the constant #$MainFunction)
is constructing or remodeling buildings, houses, dams,
bridges, or other construction artifacts (see the collection
#$ConstructionArtifact).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$CommercialServiceOrganization #$Business #$ConstructionRepairOrMaintenanceOrganization #$PrivateSectorOrganization
#$InsuranceProvider insurances
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations; a subcollection of
#$ServiceOrganization.
An instance of #$InsuranceProvider
is an organization whose #$MainFunction
is to provide financial and material protection to its
clients in the event of sickness, death, natural disaster,
loss, theft, lawsuits, etc. (Insurers may specialize in one
or more of those areas.) Instances of #$InsuranceProvider
may belong to either #$CommercialServiceOrganization
or #$NonProfitOrganization
(including insurance providers belonging to #$LegalGovernmentOrganization).
Example instances include State Farm Insurance Co., Aetna
Casualty Co., Lutheran Brotherhood, and all fifty members of
U.S. #$StateMedicaidAdministrationOrganizations.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceOrganization #$InsuranceOrganization
#$AlumniOrganization alumni organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$AlumniOrganization
is a social organization that offers membership to persons
who have attended a particular #$EducationalOrganization,
usually a college or university or professional school.
Social events for alumni, including reunion gatherings, are
organized by a school's #$AlumniOrganization.
Another function of an #$AlumniOrganization
is to raise money for the alma mater that sponsors it.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly
#$CommunityOrganization community organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$LocalOrganization
and #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly. Each instance of #$CommunityOrganization
is a group that consists of residents of a #$Neighborhood
(q.v.) or apartment building or condominium complex, and
which is concerned with issues affecting the #$Neighborhood
or complex.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly
#$TelevisionCrew television crews
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of groups of people. An element of #$TelevisionCrew
is a group of #$MediaProfessionals
who work together to create, shoot, or broadcast particular
television shows or scenes.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly #$ActivityTypeFocusGroup
Organizations By Geographical Scope
#$InternationalOrganization international organizations
A collection of organizations. Each instance of #$InternationalOrganization
is an organization with international `scope' -- that is,
one which has substantial operations, physical facilities,
or substantial membership in multiple countries.
International organizations may have persons, other
organizations, or countries as members. They may be
political or commercial in nature. International
organizations with countries as members belong to the
specialization #$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries.
Instances of #$InternationalOrganization
include #$UnitedNationsOrganization,
#$OPEC, and #$IBMInc. See also #$internationalOrganizationMemberCountries.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByGeographicReach
direct specialization of:
#$LegalAgent #$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$InternationalOrganizationOfCountries
#$NationalOrganization national organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
whose scope of operations and ownership or membership is
primarily confined to a particular #$Country (but
to no smaller subdivision within that country - see
#$StateOrProvinceWideOrganization and #$LocalOrganization).
Examples of #$NationalOrganization
are the Daughters of the American Revolution and the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
in the United States, and the Red Guards and the Young
Pioneers in China (PROC).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByGeographicReach
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$NationalTaxAgency
#$LocalOrganization local organizations
A specialization of #$Organization.
Each instance of #$LocalOrganization
is an organization having local `scope' -- that is, its
members are distributed in a local area (for example, in a
#$Neighborhood, #$City, or rural
region), or it has a local (as opposed to national or
international) area of activity and concern.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$OrganizationByGeographicReach
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$CountyGovernment
#$CommunityOrganization
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
#$LocalGovernmentOrganization
#$SingleSiteOrganization single-site organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An instance of #$SingleSiteOrganization
is an organization which has a single location as its #$physicalQuarters.
For example, the #$KMartStore at Parmer Lane, Simon & David
at the Arboretum, and Great Hills #$FireStation Number 2
would be positive instances. But the #$KMart-TheCompany,
#$TomThumbTheCompany, and the Austin City Fire Department
are negative examples, since those `parent' organizations
have several sites as their #$physicalQuarters.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization
direct generalization of:
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
#$LocalChainOrganization local
chain organizations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. An element of #$LocalChainOrganization
is an organization which is among the #$subOrganizations
of a larger #$ChainOrganization
with wider geographic scope. A local chain organization may
be a corporation in its own right while still being a
sub-organization of the larger organization whose
franchising agreements control or constrain the business
operations of the local organization. Note that a #$LocalChainOrganization
need not be a #$SingleSiteOrganization.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$LocalOrganization
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients local
customer contact points
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of both #$SingleSiteOrganization
and #$LocalOrganization.
Each instance of #$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
is a single-site organization serving customers in a local
area, working from a particular store, office, or other
physical quarters where customers (or their agents) go in
person to speak with company representatives about the
services or products offered. Instances of #$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
may be either stand-alone organizations or sub-organization
of a larger company. Notable specializations
of#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients include #$Pharmacy,
#$AutoDealership,
and #$Hospital.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ContactPointSubOrganization #$LocalOrganization #$SingleSiteOrganization
direct generalization of: #$VeterinaryHospital #$Pharmacy
#$Hospital #$ProfessionalOffice
#$ServiceEstablishment
#$Restaurant-Organization restaurants
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
that operate individual restaurants. For example, the group
of individuals that operates the Threadgills on Lamar in
Austin (and no other restaurants) is an instance of #$Restaurant-Organization,
while the #$Organization
that owns and operates both Threadgills (the one on Lamar
and the one on Barton Springs) is not an instance of this
collection (that organization would be an instance of #$FoodServiceOrganization).
Instances of #$Restaurant-Organization
operate out of #$Restaurant-Objects.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceEstablishment #$FoodServiceOrganization #$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers
#$RetailStore stores
(commercial service establishments)
A specialization of #$RetailOrganization.
Each instance of #$RetailStore
is a local single-site organization (but not necessarily a
stand-alone business, since it might be part of a chain of
retail stores) which sells goods directly to consumers at
the organization's #$physicalQuarters.
Note that the parent company in a chain of retail stores
(such as #$KMart-TheCompany) is _not_, in general, an
instance of #$RetailStore,
but a local store in a chain generally is (for example, all
instances of #$KMartStore are instances of #$RetailStore).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceEstablishment #$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers #$RetailOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$AutoDealership
#$RetailOutletCategoryType types
of retail outlet category
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of collections. Each element of #$RetailOutletCategoryType
is a collection of #$RetailStores
which all sell products in the same market category. The
collections #$GroceryStore, #$RecordedMusicStore,
#$BookStore, and #$SportingGoodsStore are elements of #$RetailOutletCategoryType.
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direct instance of:
#$SiblingDisjointCollection
#$SecondOrderCollection
direct specialization of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$ProfessionalOffice professional offices
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. Each instance of #$ProfessionalOffice
is a #$SingleSiteOrganization
comprising one or more professionals (physicians, dentists,
lawyers, accountants, etc.) and their support staff.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
#$SchoolDistrict school districts
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of geographical regions. An element of
#$SchoolDistrict
is typically a town-, township-, or city-sized area whose
public schools (for grades K-12) are controlled by a single
governing body, such as a Board of Education or School
Board. Minor-aged residents of the district attend schools
within that district. Typically, district schools are funded
by property taxes on residents of the district.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$EducationalOrganization #$GeopoliticalEntity #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
Examples Of Local Organizations
#$Restaurant-Organization restaurants
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The collection of all #$Organizations
that operate individual restaurants. For example, the group
of individuals that operates the Threadgills on Lamar in
Austin (and no other restaurants) is an instance of #$Restaurant-Organization,
while the #$Organization
that owns and operates both Threadgills (the one on Lamar
and the one on Barton Springs) is not an instance of this
collection (that organization would be an instance of #$FoodServiceOrganization).
Instances of #$Restaurant-Organization
operate out of #$Restaurant-Objects.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceEstablishment #$FoodServiceOrganization #$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers
#$RetailStore stores
(commercial service establishments)
A specialization of #$RetailOrganization.
Each instance of #$RetailStore
is a local single-site organization (but not necessarily a
stand-alone business, since it might be part of a chain of
retail stores) which sells goods directly to consumers at
the organization's #$physicalQuarters.
Note that the parent company in a chain of retail stores
(such as #$KMart-TheCompany) is _not_, in general, an
instance of #$RetailStore,
but a local store in a chain generally is (for example, all
instances of #$KMartStore are instances of #$RetailStore).
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$ServiceEstablishment #$OrganizationWithIndividualCustomers #$RetailOrganization
direct generalization of:
#$AutoDealership
#$RetailOutletCategoryType types
of retail outlet category
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of collections. Each element of #$RetailOutletCategoryType
is a collection of #$RetailStores
which all sell products in the same market category. The
collections #$GroceryStore, #$RecordedMusicStore,
#$BookStore, and #$SportingGoodsStore are elements of #$RetailOutletCategoryType.
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direct instance of:
#$SiblingDisjointCollection
#$SecondOrderCollection
direct specialization of:
#$ExistingObjectType
#$ProfessionalOffice professional offices
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. Each instance of #$ProfessionalOffice
is a #$SingleSiteOrganization
comprising one or more professionals (physicians, dentists,
lawyers, accountants, etc.) and their support staff.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$SingleSiteLocalOrganizationWithClients
#$SchoolDistrict school districts
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of geographical regions. An element of
#$SchoolDistrict
is typically a town-, township-, or city-sized area whose
public schools (for grades K-12) are controlled by a single
governing body, such as a Board of Education or School
Board. Minor-aged residents of the district attend schools
within that district. Typically, district schools are funded
by property taxes on residents of the district.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$EducationalOrganization #$GeopoliticalEntity #$LegalGovernmentOrganization
Organizations Related To Products Or Services
#$objectTypeInCommercialActivity object
type in commercial activity
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$objectTypeInCommercialActivity
is used to indicate the type of product involved in a
particular commercial activity. (#$objectTypeInCommercialActivity
COMACT PRODTYP) means that in the instance COMACT of
#$CommercialActivity, a central and focal `participant' is
the #$ProductType PRODTYP (the type, not an instance of it).
This kind of information is important in such
product-related commercial activities as advertising,
specifying (e.g., for a bid), or recalling a product.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
#$makesProductType makes
product type
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
The predicate #$makesProductType
is used to indicate that a particular company makes a
specific (i.e., type of) product. (#$makesProductType
ORG PRODTYP) means that the #$CommercialOrganization
ORG manufactures the #$ProductType PRODTYP. Cf. #$madeBy,
#$mainProductType and #$soleProductType.
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direct instance of: #$BinaryPredicate
#$madeBy made by
The predicate #$madeBy is used
to indicate that a particular product was made by a
particular company (or companies). (#$madeBy PROD
COMORG) means that PROD, an instance of #$Product, was made
by the #$CommercialOrganization
COMORG. See also the predicate #$makesProductType.
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direct instance of: #$AsymmetricBinaryPredicate
direct specialization of:
#$temporallyIntersects
#$startsAfterStartingOf
#$createdBy
Events About Changes Of Organization Membership
#$OrganizationalTransfer organizational transfer
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$PurposefulPhysicalAction.
Each instance of #$OrganizationalTransfer
is an event in which an agent (an instance of #$IntelligentAgent)
changes membership with respect to an organization (an
instance of #$Organization).
So instances of #$OrganizationalTransfer
include a particular person's becoming a member of some
organization, ceasing to be a member of some organization,
or switching from one organization to another. Instances of
#$OrganizationalTransfer
may be voluntarily undertaken by the transferee, but they
may also be done by some other agent (perhaps against the
transferee's will). Notable specializations of #$OrganizationalTransfer
include #$EmployeeHiring,
#$EmploymentTermination,
and #$GraduatingEvent.
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalObjectType
direct specialization of: #$PurposefulPhysicalAction #$GroupTransfer #$ChangeOfStatusEvent
direct generalization of:
#$OrganizationalTransferOut
#$OrganizationalTransferIn
#$OrganizationalTransferIn joining (transfer)
A subcollection of #$OrganizationalTransfer.
In each instance of #$OrganizationalTransferIn,
an agent (an instance of #$IntelligentAgent)
gains membership in some organization. Note that the agent
may also, but need not, lose membership in some other
organization. Instances of #$OrganizationalTransferIn
would include hiring someone at a company or admitting a
nation to NATO. Note that any event in which an agent leaves
one organization to join another would be an instance of
both #$OrganizationalTransferIn
and #$OrganizationalTransferOut (q.v.).
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OrganizationalTransfer #$GroupTransferIn
direct generalization of:
#$EmployeeHiring
#$OrganizationalTransferOut organizational
transfer out
A specialization of #$OrganizationalTransfer.
Each instance of #$OrganizationalTransferOut
is an event in which some agent (an instance of #$IntelligentAgent)
loses membership in some organization. Instances of #$OrganizationalTransferOut
would thus include lay-offs, expulsions, and
excommunications. Note that any event in which an agent
leaves one organization to join another would be an instance
of both #$OrganizationalTransferIn
(q.v.) and #$OrganizationalTransferOut.
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OrganizationalTransfer #$GroupTransferOut
direct generalization of:
#$EmploymentTermination
Miscellaneous Organization Constants
#$GroundsOfOrganization headquarters (properties)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$GeographicalRegion.
Each instance of #$GroundsOfOrganization
is an area which contains buildings inhabited by some
organization. Notable specializations of #$GroundsOfOrganization
include #$Campus and #$MilitaryBase-Grounds.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$OutdoorLocation #$RealEstate
direct generalization of: #$MilitaryBase-Grounds
#$physicalQuarters quarters
(cotemporal predicate)
The predicate relates an organization to the
building(s) or other #$ConstructionArtifact(s) it occupies.
(#$physicalQuarters
ORG QUARTERS) means that the ORG is (wholly or partly)
located in QUARTERS, which may consist of one or more
buildings, rooms, offices, etc. A given organization will
have more than one physical quarters if it has multiple
divisions, branches, plants, local offices, or the like in
various locations.
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direct instance of:
#$CotemporalObjectsSlot
direct specialization of:
#$positiveVestedInterest
#$ableToControl
#$parts
#$permanentLocationOfObject
#$ProfessionalAssociation professional associations
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. Each element of
#$ProfessionalOrganization is a group consisting of
professionally trained, white-collar workers as members.
Usually, the members of a particular professional
organization belong to a single profession (or a related
group of professions). Examples:
#$AmericanMedicalAssociation, #$AmericanOsteopathyAssociation.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of: #$AdvocacyOrganization #$OrganizationOfPeopleOnly
#$CohabitationUnit households
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Group. Each instance
of #$CohabitationUnit
is a group of humans or other animals all living together in
the same place at the same time, where the place in question
may be a house, nest, warren, or other dwelling. As a
default, the cohabitants in the group are assumed to be all
of the same species.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Group
#$Family-SocialEntity family units
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A specialization of #$Group. Each instance
of #$Family-SocialEntity
is a group of people or of other animals related by birth
and mating. The kinship relation between group-members of an
instance of #$Family-SocialEntity
is closer than simply being members of the same species.
Instances of #$Family-SocialEntity
may (but need not) function together as an #$Organization
(q.v.). See also the specialization #$Family-Human.
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direct instance of:
#$ObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Group
#$Tribunal tribunals
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of organizations. Each instance of #$Tribunal is
a collective #$JudicialAgent,
consisting of a group of people who are appointed, sometimes
on a temporary basis (as opposed to the permanent nature of
a #$Court-Judicial),
to judge special matters and determine punishment or order
restitution or other remedies.
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direct instance of:
#$ExistingObjectType
direct specialization of:
#$Organization #$JudicialAgent
#$JointVentureActivity joint
ventures (activities in a business relationship)
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of events. Each instance of #$JointVentureActivity
is a business activity in which two or more independent
companies cooperate to work on a business project mutually
beneficial to all. During the venture, each participant is a
partner to the others (see #$businessPartners).
Joint ventures are always governed by at least one explicit
#$Agreement.
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalStuffType
direct specialization of:
#$BusinessRelationshipActivity
#$BusinessRelationshipActivity activities
in a business relationship
**COMMENT NOT REVIEWED**
**GAFs NOT REVIEWED**
A collection of events; a subcollection of #$BusinessEvent.
Each instance of #$BusinessRelationshipActivity
is a (usually long-term) social activity whose participants
are related by some business relationship. The social events
constituting a #$BusinessRelationshipActivity
further, either directly or indirectly, the (usually mutual)
business interests of the participants. A #$BusinessRelationshipActivity
is typically carried out over multiple social occasions and
may consist of many #$subEvents.
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direct instance of:
#$TemporalStuffType
direct specialization of:
#$BusinessEvent
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