; Fri Nov 19 17:48:30 EST 2004 ; ;+ (version "2.1.2") ;+ (build "Build 246") (defclass %3ACLIPS_TOP_LEVEL_SLOT_CLASS "Fake class to save top-level slot information" (is-a USER) (role abstract) (multislot %3AcommentLines ;+ (comment "The individual comment lines found in a SKIF inpout file.") (type STRING) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AinputFile ;+ (comment ":inputFile is the name of the file from which a particular module was derived.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AidenticalTo ;+ (comment ":identicalTo points to other concepts within the ontology that are intended to be the same as the base concept. This is a way to work around the Protege restriction that no frame can be an instanceof more than one class, and no Slot can also be an instance, and no instance can also be a class.") (type STRING) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore4_00393) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AInstanceAssertions ;+ (comment "assertions at the instance level that reference this instance.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AAssertion) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AStartingBlock ;+ (comment "The block number fot the block ich starts this module - which should be the module definition block itself.") (type INTEGER) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AliteralTranscription ;+ (comment ":literalTranscription is a byte-for-byte copy of the input proposition.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ALOAD-SEQUENCE ;+ (comment "LOAD-SEQUENCE is a convenience slot which specifies the sequence in which a logically related block of predicates (or an axiom) was loaded from the input KIF-format file. The sole function is to allow recreation of the original sequence of statements for the convenience of the ontologist. A value of 0 is default for newly created concepts.") (type INTEGER) (range 0 %3FVARIABLE) (default 0) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv019_00333) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AblockLineNumber ;+ (comment "The :blockLineNumber of a comment or unrecognized predicate is its location within the block where it occurs in a SKIF input file.") (type INTEGER) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AargumentList ;+ (comment "The :argumentList is the list of top-level arguments (not breaking parenthesized arguments such as functions into their components)\n") (type STRING) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Adocumentation ;+ (comment "A relation between objects in the domain of discourse and strings of natural language text. The domain of &%documentation is not constants (names), but the objects themselves. This means that one does not quote the names when associating them with their documentation.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AsynonymousTerm ;+ (comment "A string serving as a synonym for the class label.\n The value of the relation :synonymousTerm is a string of characters used as a label for the concept which is represented by the class which has that :Synonym pointed to by the :hasSynonym slot.\n Technically, :synonymousTerm is a slot of the class :Synonym. Instances of the class :Syonym are the values of the relation :SYNONYMS, which is an own slot of the class :SYN-CLASS.\n") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg1 ;+ (comment "argument 1 of a higher-artity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS Entity %3ASTANDARD-SLOT) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg2 ;+ (comment "argument 2 of a higher-artity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-CLASS Entity %3ASTANDARD-SLOT) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg3 ;+ (comment "argument 3 of a higher-artity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-CLASS %3ASTANDARD-SLOT Entity) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg4 ;+ (comment "argument 4 of a higher-artity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-CLASS %3ASTANDARD-SLOT Entity) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg5 ;+ (comment "argument 5 of a higher-arity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-CLASS %3ASTANDARD-SLOT Entity) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3Aarg6 ;+ (comment "argument 6 of a higher-arity relation. The argument can be an instance of Class, Slot, or metaclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-CLASS %3ASTANDARD-SLOT Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AassociatedSlot ;+ (comment ":associatedSlot points to the Slot which is the Slot representation of a reified higher-arity relation. The Slot looks like an ordinary Slot, but has additional facets specifying the allowed classes for each of the arguments. Thus the slot is needed to specify allowed classes, but the reified relation is needed in Protege to specify the instance values for the arguments when an instance of the relation is assertged.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASTANDARD-SLOT) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AAXIOMS ;+ (comment "Axioms from SUMO or other sources, constraining the meaning of the slot.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv014_00277) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AClassPredicates ;+ (comment ":ClassPredicates shows the list of predicates which are asserted on a class but do not have their own facet pane in the class display window. They are given as strings and do not directly point to the classes or instances whjich may be values of the predicate arguments.") (type STRING) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain1Type ;+ (comment "Specifies whether the first domain argument is an instance of the specified class or a subclass.\n In SUMO, this signals whether the proposition describing the domains of the relation use the relation name \"domain\" or \"domainSubclass\".") (type SYMBOL) (allowed-values Instance Class) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018_00290) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain2Class ;+ (comment "The third argument of a higher-arity relation, after usual domain and range.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet SUMO148_00000) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain2Type ;+ (comment "Specifies whether the first domain argument is an instance of the specified class or a subclass.\n In SUMO, this signals whether the proposition describing the domains of the relation use the relation name \"domain\" or \"domainSubclass\".") (type SYMBOL) (allowed-values Instance Class) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018_00288) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain2Value ;+ (comment "The instance value for the third argument of a higher-arity relation. It is an instance of :Domain2Class.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet SUMO152_00100) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain3Class ;+ (comment "The fourth argument of a quaternary or higher-arity slot. Thisis the class of which the value is an instance.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLcore_00000) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain3Type ;+ (comment "The type of the fifth argument, class or instance.\n It specifies whether the first domain argument is an instance of the specified class or a subclass.\n In SUMO, this signals whether the proposition describing the domains of the relation use the relation name \"domain\" or \"domainSubclass\".") (type SYMBOL) (allowed-values Class Instance) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018t_00300) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain3Value ;+ (comment "The instance value for the fourth argument of a higher-arity slot.\nIt is an instance of :Domain3Class") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet SUMO152_00102) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain4Class ;+ (comment "The class of the fifth argument") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018t_00302) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain4Type ;+ (comment "The type of the fifth argument, class or instance.\n Specifies whether the first domain argument is an instance of the specified class or a subclass.\n In SUMO, this signals whether the proposition describing the domains of the relation use the relation name \"domain\" or \"domainSubclass\".") (type SYMBOL) (allowed-values Class Instance) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018t_00306) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ADomain4Value ;+ (comment "The value of the fifth argument") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018t_00304) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasArguments ;+ (comment ":hasArguments specifies the classes of which the arguments of a :Method must be instances. ") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasClassMethod ;+ (comment ":hasClassMethod points to a Java method that may be atttached to a class. When attached to a class, it is equivalent to a static method. This relation can be used judiciously to allow specifying restrictions on interpretation of classes, and to provide a code that may substitute for certain axioms related to a class.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AMethod) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore_00434) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AhasEquivalentAxiom ;+ (comment ":hasEquivalentAxiom relates a :Method written in the Java language to an axiom which performs the equivalent inferencing. The intention is to permit a programmer to implement a method to accomplish what is intended by the defining axiom(s), and to delete the axiom from the axiom base, reducing the burden on general inferencing procedures. One :Method may replace more than one axiom, but one axiom should not have more than one :Method to implement it.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-AXIOM %3AKIF-AXIOM) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (inverse-slot %3AhasEquivalentMethod) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasEquivalentMethod ;+ (comment ":hasEquivalentMethod is the inverse of :hasEquivalentAxiom. This relation provides a mechanism for the ontologist to (1) restrict interpretations of classes or functions more narrowly than might be possible by axioms alone; and (2) to provide a programming substitute for some axioms, so that the axioms can be disabled in the general axiom inventory, reducing the burden on the general inferencing routines.\n\nIt points from an axiom to a :METHOD written in the Java language, which performs the equivalent inferencing. The intention is to permit a programmer to implement a method to accomplish what is intended by the defining axiom(s), and to delete the axiom from the axiom base, reducing the burden on general inferencing procedures. One :METHOD may replace more than one axiom.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AMethod) ;+ (inverse-slot %3AhasEquivalentAxiom) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AhasFrequency ;+ (comment "The frequency is the fraction of the time that this term refers to the labeled concept. The sum of frequencies onthis list may exceed 1.0, because this is not the freuency with which this concepot is labeled by this term, but the inverse.") (type FLOAT) (range 0.0 1.0) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasInstanceMethod ;+ (comment ":hasInstanceMethod points to a Java method that may be atttached to an instance of a class. Unlike a class method, which is a static method, instance methods should be specific to instances. This relation can be used judiciously to allow specifying restrictions on interpretation of the meanings of instances, and to provide a code that may substitute for certain axioms related to an instance.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AMethod) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasInstanceTypes ;+ (comment ":hasInstanceTypes specfies the instance parent type classes -- useful for instances that have multiple direct types.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents %3ASYSTEM-CLASS Entity) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore_Facet_10001) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AhasJavaCode ;+ (comment ":hasJavaCode points to a string which is the Java encoding of a method that may be associated with a class or function. This provides a mechanism for the ontologist to restrict interpretations of conceptsby minimizing divergent programming implementations.\n Becauseof potential changes in other classes or instances within an ontology, the direct coding should be used only where it appears useful to avoid potential ambiguity which can cause different applications to become non-interoperable if the concepts are freely interpreted in different ways by different programmers.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 1 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasName ;+ (comment "\":hasName relates an instance of an entity to a string of linguistic characters used to reference the entity in linguistic communication. This is the inverse of the SUMO relation 'names', added to allow more flexible representation in Protege. :hasName can be applied to instances or classes, and can take multiple values.\n The :hasName relation is not a necessary relation since not every entity is named by a SymbolicString and not every SymbolicString is the label for an entity.\"") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AAbstractString) ;+ (inverse-slot names) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AhasRequiredAttribute ;+ (comment "\":hasRequiredAttribute is used to assert that every member of a particular class of entities necessarily has a specific attribute.\"") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AhasReturnType ;+ (comment ":hasReturnType specifies the return type for a :Method that is attached to a Function. The value returned will be an instance of a class.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AhasUsage ;+ (comment "This relation records the usage for a synonymous word: one of a list of possibilities.") (type SYMBOL) (allowed-values preferred deprecated technical slang) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AinLanguage ;+ (comment "inLanguage relates a word -- a string of characters -- to the language in which it is a word.\nThe language may be natural or artificial -- e.g. the terms in an ontology are considered a language for this purpose.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AHumanLanguage) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AisaSynonymOf ;+ (comment "The reverse pointer from an instance of :Synonym to the concept of which it is a synonym.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-SLOT %3ASKIF-CLASS %3AFunctionTerm Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (inverse-slot %3AisaSynonymOf) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore_00437) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AisInModule ;+ (comment ":IsInModule is a slot that attaches to both :UBL-SLOT and :UBL-CLASS.\nIt is used to organize the concepts in related groupings. Initially, the modules specified will be those of the SUMO ontology.\n we allow a concpet to be inmore than one module, but in order to reproduce the structure of a particular KIF file, only one module should be specified.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3AModule) ;+ (associated-facet UBLinv018t_00322) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ArowArg ;+ (comment ":rowArg points from a reified Relation which is a variable arity relation to its row variable. A variable arity relation does not have to have a row instance as an argument.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ARow) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ASKIF-statement ;+ (comment "The field which holds the Axioms imported from a SKIF file. In versions of Protege earlier than 2.1 axioms were stored in subclasses of PAL-constraint, but new format checking has made that difficult.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3AslotType ;+ (comment ":slotType specifies whether a slot is an ordinary predicate, or a function. If it is a function, the last argument (for whatever arity) serves as the range of the function. The range will show up in a Protege slot as the 'value' of the slot.\n The accepted values are the strings 'Predicate' and 'Function'. The default is Predicate.") (type STRING) (default "Predicate") ;+ (cardinality 1 1) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore_Facet_1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot %3ASUO-name ;+ (comment "The :SUO-name is the name of an instance that is used for display. This is an important element of the ontology as it permits the assignment of instances to multiple classes, a tactic forbidden by the Protege program, which requires that all frame names be unique.\n Thus, if an instance of any concept has a :SUO-name, that name is the one that will appear in \"instance\" propositions that are exported to a KIF data file.") (type STRING) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (associated-facet KIFcore2_00373) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3ASYNONYMS ;+ (comment "A list of synonyms in natural or formal languages for the concept represetned by this class.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASynonym) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore4_00382) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3AuncInstList ;+ (comment "The insatance(s) created from an instance block, saved for convenience in later procesing of unclassified instance propositions.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3C%3D%3E ;+ (comment "The truth-functional connective of bi-implication.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot %3D%3E ;+ (comment "The truth-functional connective of implication.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot AbsoluteValueFn ;+ (comment "The value of (&%AbsoluteValueFn ?NUMBER) is the absolute value of the &%RealNumber ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NonnegativeRealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot AbstractionFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%Class into the instance of &%Attribute that specifies the condition(s) for membership in the &%Class.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Attribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot abstractionLevel ;+ (comment "QOS ontology from Tekknowledge") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes AbstractionLevelAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot accountHolder ;+ (comment "(&%accountHolder ?Account ?Agent) means that ?Agent is the account holder of the &%FinancialAccount ?Account.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of agreementMember) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot address ;+ (comment "(&%address ?AGENT ?ADDRESS) means that ?ADDRESS is an address or part of an address for the &%Agent ?AGENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Address) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot AddressFn ;+ (comment "(&%AddressFn ?FILE) returns as its value the physical address of the &%ComputerFile ?FILE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PhysicalAddress) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot administrativeCenter ;+ (comment "(&%administrativeCenter ?CENTER ?REGION) means that ?CENTER is the &%City (or other area) from which the larger &%GeopoliticalArea ?REGION is administered.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeopoliticalArea) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geopoliticalSubdivision) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot age ;+ (comment "Simply relates an &%Object to a &%ConstantQuantity specifying the age of the &%Object.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot agent ;+ (comment "(&%agent ?PROCESS ?AGENT) means that ?AGENT is an active determinant, either animate or inanimate, of the &%Process ?PROCESS, with or without voluntary intention. For example, water is the &%agent of erosion in the following proposition: the water eroded the coastline. For another example, Eve is an &%agent in the following proposition: Eve bit an apple.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot agreementMember ;+ (comment "(&%agreementMember ?Agreement ?Agent) means that ?Agent is one of the participants of the &%Contract ?Agreement.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot ancestor ;+ (comment "The transitive closure of the &%parent predicate. (&%ancestor ?DESCENDANT ?ANCESTOR) means that ?ANCESTOR is either the &%parent of ?DESCENDANT or the &%parent of the &%parent of &%DESCENDANT or etc.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (subslot-of familyRelation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot angleOfFigure ;+ (comment "(&%angleOfFigure ?ANGLE ?FIGURE) means that the &%TwoDimensionalAngle ?ANGLE is part of the &%GeometricFigure ?FIGURE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeometricFigure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geometricPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot angularMeasure ;+ (comment "(&%angularMeasure ?ANGLE ?MEASURE) means that the two-dimensional geometric angle ?ANGLE has the &%PlaneAngleMeasure of ?MEASURE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PlaneAngleMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot arcWeight ;+ (comment "This predicate indicates the value of a &%GraphArc in a &%Graph. This could map to the length of a road in a road network or the flow rate of a pipe in a plumbing system.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot atomicNumber ;+ (comment "(&%atomicNumber ?ELEMENT ?NUMBER) means that the &%ElementalSubstance ?ELEMENT has the atomic number ?NUMBER. The atomic number is the number of &%Protons in the nucleus of an &%Atom.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of protonNumber) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot attends ;+ (comment "(&%attends ?DEMO ?PERSON) means that ?PERSON attends, i.e. is a member of the audience, of the performance event ?DEMO.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Human) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of experiencer) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot attribute ;+ (comment "(&%attribute ?OBJECT ?PROPERTY) means that ?PROPERTY is a &%Attribute of ?OBJECT. For example, (&%attribute &%MyLittleRedWagon &%Red).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Attribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot authors ;+ (comment "(&%authors ?AGENT ?TEXT) means that ?AGENT is creatively responsible for ?TEXT. For example, Agatha Christie is author of Murder_on_the_Orient_Express.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Text) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot average ;+ (comment "A partial function that relates a &%List to a &%RealNumber, provided that the &%List only has list elements that are &%RealNumbers. The &%RealNumber associated with the &%List is equal to the mathematical average of the &%RealNumbers in the &%List divided by the total number of list elements.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot BackFn ;+ (comment "A &%Function that maps an &%Object to the side that is opposite the &%FrontFn of the &%Object. Note that this is a partial function, since some &%Objects do not have sides, e.g. apples and spheres. Note too that the &%range of this &%Function is indefinite in much the way that &%ImmediateFutureFn and &%ImmediatePastFn are indefinite. Although this indefiniteness is undesirable from a theoretical standpoint, it does not have significant practical implications, since there is widespread intersubjective agreement about the most common cases.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SelfConnectedObject) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot bandwidthOf ;+ (comment "(&%bandwidthOf ?NET ?BANDWIDTH) holds if ?BANDWIDTH is the amount of data which can be sent through an instance of a &%ComputerNetwork ?NET, measured in bits per second.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Bandwidth) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot barometricPressure ;+ (comment "(&%barometricPressure ?AREA ?PRESSURE) means that the atmospheric pressure measured at ?AREA is ?PRESSURE. Barometric pressure is typically expressed in units of &%InchMercury or &%MmMercury. For example, standard sea level pressure is 29.92 inches (760 mm) of mercury: (&%barometricPressure &%SeaLevel (&%MeasureFn 29.92 &%InchMercury)).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PressureMeasure) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot batchInterArrival ;+ (comment "(&%batchInterArrival ?PATH ?TIME) holds if ?TIME is the maximum allowable time between processing of a particular element of a continuous or quasicontinuous path's data stream in successive cycles.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot batchLatency ;+ (comment "(&%batchLatency ?PATH ?TIME)holds if ?TIME is the maximum allowed latency for all cycles of a quasicontinuous path.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot before ;+ (comment "(&%before ?POINT1 ?POINT2) means that ?POINT1 precedes ?POINT2 on the universal timeline.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimePoint) ;+ (subslot-of beforeOrEqual) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot beforeOrEqual ;+ (comment "(&%beforeOrEqual ?POINT1 ?POINT2) means that ?POINT1 is identical with ?POINT2 or occurs before it on the universal timeline.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimePoint) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot BeginFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimeInterval to the &%TimePoint at which the interval begins.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimePoint) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot BeginNodeFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%GraphPath to the &%GraphNode that is the beginning of the &%GraphPath. Note that, unlike &%InitialNodeFn (which relates a &%GraphArc to a &%GraphNode), &%BeginNodeFn is a total function - every &%GraphPath has a beginning.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GraphNode) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot believes ;+ (comment "The epistemic predicate of belief. (&%believes ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT believes the proposition expressed by ?FORMULA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot bottom ;+ (comment "(&%bottom ?BOTTOM ?OBJECT) holds if ?BOTTOM is the lowest or deepest maximal superficial part of ?OBJECT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SelfConnectedObject) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of superficialPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot brother ;+ (comment "The general relationship of being a brother. (&%brother ?MAN ?PERSON) means that ?MAN is the brother of ?PERSON.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Human) ;+ (subslot-of sibling) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot capacity ;+ (comment "(&%capacity ?OBJ ?QUANTITY) means that ?OBJ can contain something that has the &%measure of ?QUANTITY. This predicate denotes maximal capacity, i.e. ?OBJ can hold no more than ?QUANTITY. Note, however, that this does not mean that &%capacity is a &%SingleValuedRelation, since an object may have various maximal capacities across different dimensions, e.g. a particular box may have a &%capacity of 3 pounds and a &%capacity of 1 liter.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ConstantQuantity) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot capitalCity ;+ (comment "(&%capitalCity ?CITY ?REGION) means that the &%City ?CITY is the capital of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?REGION.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeopoliticalArea) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of administrativeCenter) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CardinalityFn ;+ (comment "(CardinalityFn ?CLASS) returns the number of instances in the &%SetOrClass or &%Collection ?CLASS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Number) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot causes ;+ (comment "The causation relation between instances of &%Process. (&%causes ?PROCESS1 ?PROCESS2) means that the instance of &%Process ?PROCESS1 brings about the instance of &%Process ?PROCESS2, e.g. (&%causes &%Killing &%Death).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Process) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot causesSubclass ;+ (comment "The causation relation between subclasses of &%Process. (&%causesSubclass ?PROCESS1 ?PROCESS2) means that the subclass of &%Process ?PROCESS1 brings about the subclass of &%Process ?PROCESS2, e.g. (&%causes &%Killing &%Death).") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Process) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CeilingFn ;+ (comment "(&%CeilingFn ?NUMBER) returns the smallest &%Integer greater than or equal to the &%RealNumber ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot checkAccount ;+ (comment "(&%checkAccount ?Check ?Account) means that ?Account is the &%FinancialAccount from which the amount specifed on the check is paid.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FinancialAccount) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot citizen ;+ (comment "(&%citizen ?PERSON ?NATION) means that the &%Human ?PERSON is a citizen of &%Nation ?NATION.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Nation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CitizenryFn ;+ (comment "(&%CitizenryFn ?AREA) denotes the &%GroupOfPeople who are legal and permanent residents of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GroupOfPeople) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of ResidentFn) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot cityAddress ;+ (comment "(&%cityAddress ?CITY ?ADDRESS) means that the &%City ?CITY is part of the address ?ADDRESS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Address) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of address) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot claimedTerritory ;+ (comment "(&%claimedTerritory ?AREA ?POLITY) means that some right over the &%GeographicArea ?AREA is claimed by the &%Agent or &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. If two politically independent states or agents claim the same area, that area is a 'disputed territory'.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot closedOn ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryFunction is closed on a &%SetOrClass if it is defined for all instances of the &%SetOrClass and its value is always an instance of the &%SetOrClass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot collectRate ;+ (comment "(&%collectRate ?System ?Period) holds if ?Period is the period at which &%ComputationalSystem ?System collects data.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of frequency) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot commandLineArguments ;+ (comment "(&%commandLineArguments ?PROGRAM ?LIST) means that the application ?PROGRAM requires command line arguments, as specified in ?LIST.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes List) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ComplementFn ;+ (comment "The complement of a given &%SetOrClass C is the &%SetOrClass of all things that are not instances of C. In other words, an object is an instance of the complement of a &%SetOrClass C just in case it is not an instance of C.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot completelyFills ;+ (comment "(&%completelyFills ?OBJ ?HOLE) means that some &%part of the &%Object ?OBJ fills the &%Hole ?HOLE. Note that if (&%completelyFills ?OBJ1 ?HOLE) and (&%part ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2), then (&%completelyFills ?OBJ2 ?HOLE).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Hole) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of partiallyFills) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot complexity ;+ (comment "(&%complexity ?System ?Attribute) holds if ?Attribute is a &%TimingRequirementAttribute which describes the &%RealtimeSystem ?System.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimingRequirementAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot component ;+ (comment "A specialized common sense notion of part for heterogeneous parts of complexes. (&%component ?COMPONENT ?WHOLE) means that ?COMPONENT is a component of ?WHOLE. Examples of component include the doors and walls of a house, the states or provinces of a country, or the limbs and organs of an animal. Compare &%piece, which is also a subrelation of &%part.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CorpuscularObject) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot computerRunning ;+ (comment "(&%computerRunning ?Process ?Computer) means that the ComputerProcess ?Process is running on ?Computer.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Computer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of instrument) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot conclusion ;+ (comment "(&%conclusion ?ARGUMENT ?PROPOSITION) means that the &%Proposition ?PROPOSITION is the conclusion explicitly drawn from the &%Argument ?ARGUMENT. Note that it may or may not be the case that ?ARGUMENT &%entails ?PROPOSITION.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot conjugate ;+ (comment "(&%conjugate ?COMPOUND1 ?COMPOUND2) means that ?COMPOUND1 and ?COMPOUND2 are identical &%CompoundSubstances except that one has one more &%Proton than the other.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CompoundSubstance) ;+ (inverse-slot conjugate) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot connected ;+ (comment "(connected ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 &%meetsSpatially ?OBJ2 or that ?OBJ1 &%overlapsSpatially ?OBJ2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (inverse-slot connected) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot connectedEngineeringComponents ;+ (comment "This is the most general connection relation between &%EngineeringComponents. If (&%connectedEngineeringComponents ?COMP1 ?COMP2), then neither ?COMP1 nor ?COMP2 can be an &%engineeringSubcomponent of the other. The relation &%connectedEngineeringComponents is a &%SymmetricRelation; there is no information in the direction of connection between two components. It is also an &%IrreflexiveRelation; no &%EngineeringComponent bears this relation to itself. Note that this relation does not associate a name or type with the connection.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes EngineeringComponent) ;+ (inverse-slot connectedEngineeringComponents) ;+ (subslot-of connected) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot considers ;+ (comment "(&%considers ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT considers or wonders about the truth of the proposition expressed by ?FORMULA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot consistent ;+ (comment "(&%consistent ?PROP1 ?PROP2) means that the two &%Propositions ?PROP1 and ?PROP2 are consistent with one another, i.e. it is possible for both of them to be true at the same time.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) ;+ (inverse-slot consistent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot contains ;+ (comment "The relation of spatial containment for two separable objects. When the two objects are not separable (e.g. an automobile and one of its seats), the relation of &%part should be used. (&%contains ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that the &%SelfConnectedObject ?OBJ1 has a space (i.e. a &%Hole) which is at least partially filled by ?OBJ2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (subslot-of partlyLocated) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot containsInformation ;+ (comment "A subrelation of &%represents. This predicate relates a &%ContentBearingObject to the &%Proposition that is expressed by the &%ContentBearingObject. Examples include the relationships between a physical novel and its story and between a printed score and its musical content.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of represents) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot contestParticipant ;+ (comment "(&%contestParticipant ?CONTEST ?AGENT) means that ?AGENT is one of the sides in the &%Contest ?CONTEST. For example, if the ?CONTEST is a football game, then ?AGENT would be one of the opposing teams. For another example, if ?CONTEST is a &%Battle, then ?AGENT would be one of the sides fighting each other.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot cooccur ;+ (comment "(&%cooccur ?THING1 ?THING2) means that the &%Object or &%Process ?THING1 occurs at the same time as, together with, or jointly with the &%Object or &%Process ?THING2. This covers the following temporal relations: is co-incident with, is concurrent with, is contemporaneous with, and is concomitant with.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Physical) ;+ (inverse-slot cooccur) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot copy ;+ (comment "relates an &%Object to an exact copy of the &%Object, where an exact copy is indistinguishable from the original with regard to every property except (possibly) spatial and/or temporal location.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (inverse-slot copy) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CosineFn ;+ (comment "(&%CosineFn ?DEGREE) returns the cosine of the &%PlaneAngleMeasure ?DEGREE. The cosine of ?DEGREE is the ratio of the side next to ?DEGREE to the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot couponInterest ;+ (comment "(&%couponInterest ?BOND ?INTEREST) means that ?INTEREST is the periodic interest payment made to bondholders during the life of the ?BOND.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CurrencyMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CPUUtilizationFn ;+ (comment "(&%CPUUtilizationFn ?PROGRAM) refers to the percentage of time the CPU is used by an application ?PROGRAM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ConstantQuantity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot criticalityLevel ;+ (comment "(&%criticalityLevel ?PROGRAM ?INTEGER) holds just in case ?INTEGER indicates the relative priority of ?PROGRAM with respect to other applications within the &%SoftwareSystem.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot crosses ;+ (comment "(crosses ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that &%Object ?OBJ1 &%traverses Object ?OBJ2, without being &%connected to it.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of traverses) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot currencyType ;+ (comment "(&%currencyType ?AREA ?UNIT) means that the official currency used in the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA is the &%UnitOfMeasure ?UNIT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot customer ;+ (comment "A very general relation that exists whenever there is a &%CommercialService between an &%Agent and an &%Organization. (&%customer ?AGENT ?ORG) means that ?AGENT is a customer of the &%Corporation ?ORG.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Corporation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot CutSetFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that assigns a &%Graph the &%Class of &%GraphPaths that partition the graph into two separate graphs if cut. There may be more than one cutset for a given graph.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents GraphPath) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot dataID ;+ (comment "(&%dataID ?PROGRAM ?NUMBER) holds if ?NUMBER is a small number associated with an instance of &%MonitoringProgram.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SymbolicString) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot dataProcessed ;+ (comment "The data being processed during a &%ComputerProcess.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerData) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of patient) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot dataStreamSlack ;+ (comment "(&%dataStreamSlack ?PATH ?N) means that a continuous or quasicontinuous path ?PATH should be able to process ?N additional data items at any time.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot date ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryPredicate that specifies a &%TimePosition in absolute calendar time, at the resolution of one day, for a particular &%Object or &%Process.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Day) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of time) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot daughter ;+ (comment "The general relationship of daughterhood. (&%daughter ?CHILD ?PARENT) means that ?CHILD is the biological daughter of ?PARENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Human) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of parent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot decreasesLikelihood ;+ (comment "One of the basic &%ProbabilityRelations. (&%decreasesLikelihood ?FORMULA1 ?FORMULA2) means that ?FORMULA2 is less likely to be true if ?FORMULA1 is true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot defaultNetwork ;+ (comment "(&%defaultNetwork ?SYSTEM ?NET) holds if ?NET is the default network of the &%HardwareSystem ?SYSTEM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerNetwork) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot DenominatorFn ;+ (comment "(&%DenominatorFn ?NUMBER) returns the denominator of the canonical reduced form of the &%RealNumber ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot dependencyDelay ;+ (comment "if the dependency type is &%StartupBlock, then (&%dependencyDelay ?PROGRAM ?TIME) means that the application ?PROGRAM can only be started after a dependency delay of ?TIME after the startup of the application. If the dependency type is &%ShutdownBlock, then (&%dependencyDelay ?PROGRAM ?TIME) means that the application ?PROGRAM can only be stopped after a dependency delay of ?TIME after the application is stopped.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot dependencyType ;+ (comment "(&%dependencyType ?PROGRAM ?TYPE) means that ?PROGRAM has a dependency type ?TYPE, where ?TYPE can be either &%StartupBlock or &%ShutdownBlock.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents ComputerProgram) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot dependentGeopoliticalArea ;+ (comment "(&%dependentGeopoliticalArea ?AREA1 ?AREA2) means that ?AREA1 is a geopolitical possession of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA2 and is not a &%geopoliticalSubdivision of ?AREA2. For example, (&%dependentGeopoliticalArea &%Guam &%UnitedStates), because Guam is a territory of the &%UnitedStates, not one of the fifty U.S. states. Contrast &%primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeopoliticalArea) ;+ (subslot-of claimedTerritory) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot DescendantsFn ;+ (comment "(&%DescendantsFn ?PERSON) denotes all and only the descendants of ?PERSON, i.e. the &%Group consisting of ?OFFSPRING who satisfy the following formula: (&%ancestor ?OFFSPRING ?PERSON).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FamilyGroup) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot designPattern ;+ (comment "(&%designPattern ?System ?Attribute) holds if ?Attribute is a &%DesignPatternAttribute which describes the &%RealtimeSystem ?System.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes DesignPatternAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot desires ;+ (comment "(&%desires ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT wants to bring about the state of affairs expressed by ?FORMULA. Note that there is no implication that what is desired by the agent is not already true. Note too that &%desires is distinguished from &%wants only in that the former is a &%PropositionalAttitude, while &%wants is an &%ObjectAttitude.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot destination ;+ (comment "(destination ?PROCESS ?GOAL) means that ?GOAL is the target or goal of the Process ?PROCESS. For example, Danbury would be the destination in the following proposition: Bob went to Danbury. Note that this is a very general &%CaseRole and, in particular, that it covers the concepts of 'recipient' and 'beneficiary'. Thus, John would be the &%destination in the following proposition: Tom gave a book to John.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot developmentalForm ;+ (comment "(&%developmentalForm ?OBJECT ?FORM) means that ?FORM is an earlier stage in the individual maturation of ?OBJECT. For example, tadpole and caterpillar are &%developmentalForms of frogs and butterflies, respectively.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes DevelopmentalAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot diameter ;+ (comment "&%BinaryPredicate that is used to state the measure of a circular &%Object from side to side. (&%diameter ?CIRCLE ?LENGTH) means that the diameter of the &%Circle ?CIRCLE has a length of ?LENGTH.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LengthMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of width) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot direction ;+ (comment "(&%direction ?PROC ?ATTR) means that the &%Process ?PROC is moving in the direction ?ATTR. For example, one would use this &%Predicate to represent the fact that Max is moving &%North.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes DirectionalAttribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot directoryOf ;+ (comment "(&%directoryOf ?FILE ?DIRECTORY) means that the &%ComputerFile ?FILE is in the &%ComputerDirectory ?DIRECTORY.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerDirectory) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot disapproves ;+ (comment "(&%disapproves ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT has a feeling of antipathy to the state of affairs represented by ?FORMULA, i.e. ?AGENT believes that the realization of ?FORMULA will thwart one of his/her goals. Note that there is no implication that what is disapproved of by an agent is not already true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot disjoint ;+ (comment "&%Classes are &%disjoint only if they share no instances, i.e. just in case the result of applying &%IntersectionFn to them is empty.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASKIF-CLASS %3ASetOrClass) ;+ (inverse-slot disjoint) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot dislikes ;+ (comment "(&%dislikes ?AGENT ?OBJECT) means that ?AGENT has a feeling of antipathy to ?OBJECT, i.e. ?AGENT believes that ?OBJECT will thwart one of his/her goals. Note that there is no implication that what is hated by an agent is not already possessed by the agent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot distributes ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryFunction ?FUNCTION1 is distributive over another &%BinaryFunction ?FUNCTION2 just in case (?FUNCTION1 ?INST1 (?FUNCTION2 ?INST2 ?INST3)) is equal to (?FUNCTION2 (?FUNCTION1 ?INST1 ?INST2) (?FUNCTION1 ?INST1 ?INST3)), for all ?INST1, ?INST2, and ?INST3.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes BinaryFunction) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot documentation ;+ (comment "A relation between objects in the domain of discourse and strings of natural language text. The domain of &%documentation is not constants (names), but the objects themselves. This means that one does not quote the names when associating them with their documentation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SymbolicString) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot DocumentFn ;+ (comment "(&%DocumentFn ?PROP) denotes the class of &%ContentBearingObjects that contain the information ?PROP.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Text) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot doubts ;+ (comment "(&%doubts ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT is unsure about the truth of ?FORMULA, in particular ?AGENT does not believe that ?FORMULA is true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot duration ;+ (comment "(&%duration ?POS ?TIME) means that the duration of the &%TimePosition ?POS is ?TIME. Note that this &%Predicate can be used in conjunction with the &%Function &%WhenFn to specify the duration of any instance of &%Physical.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot during ;+ (comment "(&%during ?INTERVAL1 ?INTERVAL2) means that ?INTERVAL1 starts after and ends before ?INTERVAL2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (subslot-of temporalPart overlapsTemporally) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot earlier ;+ (comment "(&%earlier ?INTERVAL1 ?INTERVAL2) means that the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL1 ends before the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL2 begins.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot economyType ;+ (comment "(&%economyType ?POLITY ?TYPE) means that the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY has an economic system of &%TYPE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes EconomicAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot editor ;+ (comment "(&%editor ?AGENT ?TEXT) means that ?AGENT is an editor of ?TEXT.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Text) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot electionForPosition ;+ (comment "(&%electionForPosition ?ELECTION ?POSITION) means that in the &%Election ?ELECTION, candidates run for election to the role(s) ?POSITION.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SocialRole) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot electronNumber ;+ (comment "(&%electronNumber ?SUBSTANCE ?NUMBER) means that the &%PureSubstance ?SUBSTANCE has the number of &%Electrons ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot element ;+ (comment "(element ?ENTITY ?SET) is true just in case ?ENTITY is contained in the &%Set ?SET. An &%Entity can be an &%element of another &%Entity only if the latter is a &%Set.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Set) ;+ (subslot-of instance) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot employs ;+ (comment "(&%employs ?ORG ?PERSON) means that ?ORG has hired ?PERSON and currently retains ?PERSON, on a salaried or contractual basis, to provide services in exchange for monetary compensation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot EndFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimeInterval to the &%TimePoint at which the interval ends.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimePoint) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot EndNodeFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%GraphPath to the &%GraphNode that is the end of the &%GraphPath. Note that, unlike &%TerminalNodeFn (which relates a &%GraphArc to a &%GraphNode), &%EndNodeFn is a total function - every &%GraphPath has a end.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GraphNode) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot engineeringSubcomponent ;+ (comment "(&%engineeringSubcomponent ?SUB ?SUPER) means that the &%EngineeringComponent ?SUB is structurally a &%properPart ?SUPER. This relation is an &%AsymmetricRelation, since two &%EngineeringComponents cannot be subcomponents of each other.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes EngineeringComponent) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of properPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot enjoys ;+ (comment "(&%enjoys ?AGENT ?PROCESS) means that the &%CognitiveAgent ?AGENT tends to enjoy actions of type ?PROCESS, i.e. tends to enjoy being the &%agent or &%experiencer of such actions.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes IntentionalProcess) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot entails ;+ (comment "The operator of logical entailment. (&%entails ?FORMULA1 ?FORMULA2) means that ?FORMULA2 can be derived from ?FORMULA1 by means of the proof theory of SUO-KIF.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot environmentAttributes ;+ (comment "(&%environmentAttributes ?Program ?Attribute) holds if ?Attribute is an &%EnvironmentSoftwareAttribute which describes the &%ComputerProgram ?Program.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes EnvironmentSoftwareAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot equal ;+ (comment "(equal ?ENTITY1 ?ENTITY2) is true just in case ?ENTITY1 is identical with ?ENTITY2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (inverse-slot equal) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot equivalenceRelationOn ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryRelation is an &%equivalenceRelationOn a &%SetOrClass only if the relation is &%reflexiveOn the &%SetOrClass and it is both a &%TransitiveRelation and a &%SymmetricRelation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot equivalentContentClass ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryPredicate that relates two subclasses of &%ContentBearingObject. (&%equivalentContentClass ?CLASS1 ?CLASS2) means that the content expressed by each instance of ?CLASS1 is also expressed by each instance of ?CLASS2, and vice versa. An example would be the relationship between English and Russian editions of Agatha Christie's 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Note that (&%equivalentContentClass ?CLASS1 ?CLASS2) implies (&%subsumesContentClass ?CLASS1 ?CLASS2) and (&%subsumesContentClass ?CLASS2 ?CLASS1).") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents ContentBearingObject) ;+ (inverse-slot equivalentContentClass) ;+ (subslot-of subsumesContentClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot equivalentContentInstance ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryPredicate relating two instances of &%ContentBearingObject. (&%equivalentContentInstance ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that the content expressed by ?OBJ1 is identical to the content expressed by ?OBJ2. An example would be the relationship between a handwritten draft of a letter to one's lawyer and a typed copy of the same letter. Note that (&%equivalentContentInstance ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) implies (&%subsumesContentInstance ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) and (&%subsumesContentInstance ?OBJ2 ?OBJ2).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ContentBearingObject) ;+ (inverse-slot equivalentContentInstance) ;+ (subslot-of subsumesContentInstance) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot exactlyLocated ;+ (comment "The actual, minimal location of an Object. This is a subrelation of the more general &%Predicate &%located.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of located) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ExecutiveBranchFn ;+ (comment "(&%ExecutiveBranchFn ?ORG) denotes the executive branch of ?ORG, with all its officials and agencies, considered as a whole.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organization) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot exists ;+ (comment "The existential quantifier of predicate logic.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot expects ;+ (comment "Any belief about the future. (&%expects ?AGENT ?BELIEF) means that (&%believes ?AGENT ?BELIEF) and, if ?BELIEF happens, it will happen in the future, i.e. after the expectation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of believes) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot experiencer ;+ (comment "(&%experiencer ?PROCESS ?AGENT) means that ?AGENT experiences the &%Process ?PROCESS. For example, Yojo is the &%experiencer of seeing in the following proposition: Yojo sees the fish. Note that &%experiencer, unlike &%agent, does not entail a causal relation between its arguments.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot exploits ;+ (comment "(&%exploits ?OBJ ?AGENT) means that ?OBJ is used by ?AGENT as a &%resource in an unspecified instance of &%Process. This &%Predicate, as its corresponding axiom indicates, is a composition of the relations &%agent and &%resource.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot expressedInLanguage ;+ (comment "(&%expressedInLanguage ?EXPRESS ?LANG) means that ?EXPRESS is expressed in &%Language ?LANG.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Language) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ExtensionFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps an &%Attribute into the &%Class whose condition for membership is the &%Attribute.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Class) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot faces ;+ (comment "(&%faces ?OBJ ?DIRECTION) means that the front of ?OBJ (see &%FrontFn) is positioned towards the compass direction ?DIRECTION. More precisely, it means that if a line were extended from the center of ?DIRECTION, the line would intersect with the front of ?OBJ before it intersected with its back (see &%BackFn).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes DirectionalAttribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot familyRelation ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate for biological relationships. (&%familyRelation ?ORGANISM1 ?ORGANISM2) means that ?ORGANISM1 and ?ORGANISM2 are biologically derived from a common ancestor.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (inverse-slot familyRelation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot father ;+ (comment "The general relationship of fatherhood. (&%father ?CHILD ?FATHER) means that ?FATHER is the biological father of ?CHILD.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of parent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot fears ;+ (comment "(&%fears ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT fears that the proposition ?FORMULA will be true, i.e. he/she believes that it will come to pass in the future and that it will be undesirable for ?AGENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of expects) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot fills ;+ (comment "Holes can be filled. (&%fills ?OBJ ?HOLE) means that the &%Object ?OBJ fills the &%Hole ?HOLE. Note that &%fills here means perfectly filled.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Hole) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of completelyFills properlyFills) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot financialAccount ;+ (comment "A formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions. (&%accountAt ?ACCOUNT ?ORG) means that ?ACCOUNT is a financial account opened at the &%FinancialOrganization ?ORG.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FinancialOrganization) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of agreementMember) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot financialAsset ;+ (comment "A predicate that relates an &%Agent to any item of economic value owned by the &%Agent. Examples of financial assets are cash, securities, accounts receivable, inventory, office equipment, a house, a car, and other property.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of possesses) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot finishes ;+ (comment "(&%finishes ?INTERVAL1 ?INTERVAL2) means that ?INTERVAL1 and ?INTERVAL2 are both &%TimeIntervals that have the same ending &%TimePoint and that ?INTERVAL2 begins before ?INTERVAL1.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot FirstFn ;+ (comment "(&%FirstFn ?LIST) returns the first item in the &%List ?LIST. For example, (&%FirstFn (&%ListFn &%Monday &%Tuesday &%Wednesday)) would return the value of &%Monday.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot fiscalYearPeriod ;+ (comment "The predicate &%fiscalYearPeriod indicates the period that an &%Agent or &%Organization uses as its 12-month accounting period. (&%fiscalYearPeriod ?AGENT &%Year) means that ?AGENT observes its 12-month accounting period during the regular calendar year (CY), from &%January to &%December. For fiscal years with other beginning and ending months (FYs), use (&%fiscalYearPeriod ?AGENT (&%RecurrentTimeIntervalFn ?STARTMONTH ?ENDMONTH)). For example, (&%fiscalYearPeriod (&%GovernmentFn &%UnitedStates) (&%RecurrentTimeIntervalFn &%October &%September)). For FYs that begin or end mid-month, days may be specified within &%RecurrentTimeIntervalFn.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents TimeInterval) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot FloorFn ;+ (comment "(&%FloorFn ?NUMBER) returns the largest &%Integer less than or equal to the &%RealNumber ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot forall ;+ (comment "The universal quantifier of predicate logic.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot formOfAdaptation ;+ (comment "(&%formOfAdaptation ?System ?Attribute) holds if ?Attribute is a &%FormOfAdaptationAttribute which describes the &%RealtimeSystem ?System.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FormOfAdaptationAttribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot frequency ;+ (comment "(frequency ?PROC ?TIME) means that the &%Process type of ?PROC recurs after every interval of ?TIME.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot FrontFn ;+ (comment "A &%Function that maps an &%Object to the side that generally receives the most attention or that typically faces the direction in which the &%Object moves. Note that this is a partial function, since some &%Objects do not have sides, e.g. apples and spheres. Note too that the &%range of this &%Function is indefinite in much the way that &%ImmediateFutureFn and &%ImmediatePastFn are indefinite. Although this indefiniteness is undesirable from a theoretical standpoint, it does not have significant practical implications, since there is widespread intersubjective agreement about the most common cases.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SelfConnectedObject) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot FutureFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimePosition to the &%TimeInterval which it meets and which ends at &%PositiveInfinity.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot GeneralizedIntersectionFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that takes a &%SetOrClass of &%Classes as its single argument and returns a &%SetOrClass which is the intersection of all of the &%Classes in the original &%SetOrClass, i.e. the &%SetOrClass containing just those instances which are instances of all instances of the original &%SetOrClass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot GeneralizedUnionFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that takes a &%SetOrClass of &%Classes as its single argument and returns a &%SetOrClass which is the merge of all of the &%Classes in the original &%SetOrClass, i.e. the &%SetOrClass containing just those instances which are instances of an instance of the original &%SetOrClass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot geographicSubregion ;+ (comment "(&%geographicSubregion ?PART ?WHOLE) means that the &%GeographicArea ?PART is part of the &%GeographicArea ?WHOLE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeographicArea) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of properPart located) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot geometricPart ;+ (comment "(&%geometricPart ?PART ?WHOLE) means that the &%GeometricFigure ?PART is part of the &%GeometricFigure ?WHOLE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeometricFigure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot geopoliticalSubdivision ;+ (comment "(&%geopoliticalSubdivision ?AREA1 ?AREA2) means that ?AREA1 is any geopolitical part of ?AREA2; that is, ?AREA1 is an integral &%geographicSubregion of ?AREA2 (not a &%DependencyOrSpecialSovereigntyArea), having its own associated &%GovernmentOrganization which is subordinated to or constrained by the government of ?AREA2. Cf. &%dependentGeopoliticalArea.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeopoliticalArea) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geographicSubregion) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot GigaFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to 1,000,000,000 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%GigaFn &%Hertz) is 1,000,000,000 &%Hertz.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot GovernmentFn ;+ (comment "(&%GovernmentFn ?AREA) denotes the &%Government of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA. For example, (&%GovernmentFn &%UnitedStates) denotes the Federal-level government of the United States; (&%GovernmentFn &%PuertoRico) denotes the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Government) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot governmentType ;+ (comment "(&%governmentType ?BODY ?FORM) means that the &%GeopoliticalArea or &%Organization ?BODY has a government with characteristic(s) of the type ?FORM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FormOfGovernment) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot granularity ;+ (comment "Granularity is a sub-property of the timing requirements property of real-time systems. Granularity is defined by how a timing requirement is specified in units of time.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot graphPart ;+ (comment "A basic relation for &%Graphs and their parts. (&%graphPart ?PART ?GRAPH) means that ?PART is a &%GraphArc or &%GraphNode of the &%Graph ?GRAPH.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Graph) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot grasps ;+ (comment "The state of grasping an &%Object. (&%grasps ?ANIMAL ?OBJ) means that the &%Animal ?ANIMAL is intentionally holding on to the &%Object ?OBJ.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of meetsSpatially) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot greaterThan ;+ (comment "(&%greaterThan ?NUMBER1 ?NUMBER2) is true just in case the &%Quantity ?NUMBER1 is greater than the &%Quantity ?NUMBER2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (inverse-slot lessThan) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot greaterThanOrEqualTo ;+ (comment "(&%greaterThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER1 ?NUMBER2) is true just in case the &%Quantity ?NUMBER1 is greater than the &%Quantity ?NUMBER2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (inverse-slot lessThanOrEqualTo) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot groupMember ;+ (comment "A &%subrelation of &%member, &%groupMember is used to relate a &%Human to a &%GroupOfPeople of which he/she is a &%member.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GroupOfPeople) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of member) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot half ;+ (comment "(&%half ?HALF ?WHOLE) means that ?HALF is one half of ?WHOLE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot hardwareType ;+ (comment "(&%hardwareType ?TYPE ?COMPUTER) means that TYPE represents the computer vendor model name, as well as the version of the product.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Computer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of represents) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasAccount ;+ (comment "(&%hasAccount ?User ?Account) holds if ?User is assigned the &%UserAccount ?Account.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UserAccount) ;+ (subslot-of possesses) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasDependency ;+ (comment "(&%hasDependency ?PROGRAM1 ?PROGRAM2) holds if ?PROGRAM1 is dependent on the application ?PROGRAM2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProgram) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasExpertise ;+ (comment "(&%hasExpertise ?PERSON ?FIELD) means that ?PERSON has studied the &%FieldOfStudy ?FIELD and is regarded as an expert.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FieldOfStudy) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasOccupation ;+ (comment "(&%hasOccupation ?PERSON ?WORK) means that ?PERSON engages in activities of the class ?WORK as a means of earning a living.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents IntentionalProcess) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasPurpose ;+ (comment "This &%Predicate expresses the concept of a conventional goal, i.e. a goal with a neutralized agent's intention. Accordingly, (&%hasPurpose ?THING ?FORMULA) means that the instance of &%Physical ?THING has, as its purpose, the &%Proposition expressed by ?FORMULA. Note that there is an important difference in meaning between the &%Predicates &%hasPurpose and &%result. Although the second argument of the latter can satisfy the second argument of the former, a conventional goal is an expected and desired outcome, while a result may be neither expected nor desired. For example, a machine process may have outcomes but no goals, aimless wandering may have an outcome but no goal; a learning process may have goals with no outcomes, and so on.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hasSkill ;+ (comment "Similar to the &%capability &%Predicate with the additional restriction that the ability be practised/ demonstrated to some measurable degree.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot heartBeatRate ;+ (comment "(&%heartBeatRate ?Program ?Period) holds if ?Period is the period at which the ComputerProgram ?Program sends its heartbeat to a monitoring process.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of frequency) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot height ;+ (comment "The height of an &%Object is the distance between its &%top and its &%bottom.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LengthMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of length) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot holdsDuring ;+ (comment "(&%holdsDuring ?TIME ?FORMULA) means that the proposition denoted by ?FORMULA is true in the time frame ?TIME. Note that this implies that ?FORMULA is true at every &%TimePoint which is a &%temporalPart of ?TIME.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot holdsObligation ;+ (comment "Expresses a relationship between a &%Formula and a &%CognitiveAgent whereby the &%CognitiveAgent has the obligation to bring it about that the &%Formula is true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot holdsRight ;+ (comment "Expresses a relationship between a &%Formula and a &%CognitiveAgent whereby the &%CognitiveAgent has the right to bring it about that the &%Formula is true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hole ;+ (comment "(&%hole ?HOLE ?OBJ) means that ?HOLE is a &%Hole in ?OBJ. A &%Hole is a fillable body located at the &%surface an &%Object.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SelfConnectedObject) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot home ;+ (comment "The relation between a &%Human and a home of the &%Human.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes StationaryArtifact) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of inhabits) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot hopes ;+ (comment "(&%hopes ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT hopes that the proposition ?FORMULA will be true, i.e. he/she believes that it will come to pass in the future and that it will be desirable for ?AGENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of expects) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hostJitter ;+ (comment "Interference on an analog line caused by a variation of a signal from its reference timing slots. Jitter can cause problems in the receipt of data and any subsequent processing of that data.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot hostOf ;+ (comment "(hostOf ?SYSTEM ?COMPUTER) means that ?COMPUTER is the host of the computational system ?SYSTEM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Computer) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot hostStatus ;+ (comment "(&%hostStatus ?Computer ?Status) means that ?Status describes the status of the Computer, such as &%HostDown, &%HostReady.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerStatus) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot humanCapacity ;+ (comment "(&%humanCapacity ?CONSTRUCT ?NUMBER) means that the &%StationaryArtifact ?CONSTRUCT, e.g. a &%Building or a &%Room, can hold a maximum of ?NUMBER &%Humans without crowding.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot husband ;+ (comment "(&%husband ?MAN ?WOMAN) means that ?MAN is the husband of ?WOMAN.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Woman) ;+ (inverse-slot wife) ;+ (subslot-of spouse) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot identityElement ;+ (comment "An object ?ID is the identity element for BinaryFunction ?FUNCTION just in case, for every instance ?INST, applying ?FUNCTION to ?INST and ?ID results in ?INST.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot imageResolution ;+ (comment "The degree of sharpness of a displayed or printed image.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PhysicalQuantity) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ImaginaryPartFn ;+ (comment "(&%ImaginaryPartFn ?NUMBER) returns the part of ?NUMBER that has the square root of -1 as its factor.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ImaginaryNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ImmediateFamilyFn ;+ (comment "(&%ImmediateFamilyFn ?PERSON) denotes the immediate family of ?PERSON, i.e. the &%Group consisting of the &%parents of ?PERSON and anyone of whom ?PERSON is a &%parent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes FamilyGroup) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ImmediateFutureFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimePosition to a short, indeterminate &%TimeInterval that immediately follows the &%TimePosition.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot immediateInstance ;+ (comment "An object is an &%immediateInstance of a &%SetOrClass if it is an instance of the &%SetOrClass and there does not exist a subclass of &%SetOrClass such that it is an instance of the subclass.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of instance) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ImmediatePastFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimePosition to a short, indeterminate &%TimeInterval that immediately precedes the &%TimePosition.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot immediateSubclass ;+ (comment "A &%SetOrClass ?CLASS1 is an &%immediateSubclass of another &%SetOrClass ?CLASS2 just in case ?CLASS1 is a subclass of ?CLASS2 and there is no other subclass of ?CLASS2 such that ?CLASS1 is also a subclass of it.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of subclass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot increasesLikelihood ;+ (comment "One of the basic &%ProbabilityRelations. (&%increasesLikelihood ?FORMULA1 ?FORMULA2) means that ?FORMULA2 is more likely to be true if ?FORMULA1 is true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot independentProbability ;+ (comment "One of the basic &%ProbabilityRelations. (&%independentProbability ?FORMULA1 ?FORMULA2) means that the probabilities of ?FORMULA1 and ?FORMULA2 being true are independent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (inverse-slot independentProbability) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot industryOfArea ;+ (comment "(&%industryOfArea ?AREA ?SECTOR) means that the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA produces goods or services in the economic area ?SECTOR.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes IndustryAttribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot industryProductType ;+ (comment "(&%industryProductType ?INDUSTRY ?TYPE) means that organizations with the &%IndustryAttribute ?INDUSTRY produce products of the kind ?TYPE.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot inhabits ;+ (comment "A very basic notion of living within something else. (&%inhabits ?ORGANISM ?OBJECT) means that ?OBJECT is the residence, nest, home, etc. of ?ORGANISM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot inhibits ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate. (&%inhibits ?PROC1 ?PROC2) means that the &%Process ?PROC1 inhibits or hinders the occurrence of the &%Process ?PROC2. For example, obstructing an object inhibits moving it. Note that this is a relation between types of &%Processes, not between instances.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Process) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot initialList ;+ (comment "(&%initialList ?LIST1 ?LIST2) means that ?LIST1 is a &%subList of ?LIST2 and (&%ListOrderFn ?LIST1 ?NUMBER) returns the same value as (&%ListOrderFn ?LIST2 ?NUMBER) for all of the values of ?NUMBER over which (&%ListOrderFn ?LIST1 ?NUMBER) is defined.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes List) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of subList) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot InitialNodeFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%GraphArc to the initial node of the &%GraphArc. Note that this is a partial function. In particular, the function is undefined for &%GraphArcs that are not part of a &%DirectedGraph.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GraphNode) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot InitialProfileFn ;+ (comment "The function which returns as its value the initial profile of the program, i.e. a report of its execution characteristics.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerReport) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot inList ;+ (comment "The analog of &%element and &%instance for &%Lists. (&%inList ?OBJ ?LIST) means that ?OBJ is in the &%List ?LIST. For example, (&%inList &%Tuesday (&%ListFn &%Monday &%Tuesday &%Wednesday)) would be true.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes List) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot inScopeOfInterest ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate. (&%inScopeOfInterest ?AGENT ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is within the scope of interest of ?AGENT. Note that the interest indicated can be either positive or negative, i.e. the ?AGENT can have an interest in avoiding or promoting ?ENTITY.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot instance ;+ (comment "An object is an &%instance of a &%SetOrClass if it is included in that &%SetOrClass. An individual may be an instance of many classes, some of which may be subclasses of others. Thus, there is no assumption in the meaning of &%instance about specificity or uniqueness.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot instrument ;+ (comment "(instrument ?EVENT ?TOOL) means that ?TOOL is used by an agent in bringing about ?EVENT and that ?TOOL is not changed by ?EVENT. For example, the key is an &%instrument in the following proposition: The key opened the door. Note that &%instrument and &%resource cannot be satisfied by the same ordered pair.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of patient) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot IntegerSquareRootFn ;+ (comment "(&%IntegerSquareRootFn ?NUMBER) returns the integer square root of ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NonnegativeInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot interiorPart ;+ (comment "(&%interiorPart ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 is part ?OBJ2 and there is no overlap between ?OBJ1 and any &%superficialPart ?OBJ2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot inverse ;+ (comment "The inverse of a &%BinaryRelation is a relation in which all the tuples of the original relation are reversed. In other words, one &%BinaryRelation is the inverse of another if they are equivalent when their arguments are swapped.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes BinaryRelation) ;+ (inverse-slot inverse) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot ipAddressOf ;+ (comment "(&%ipAddressOf ?HOST ?ADDRESS) holds if ?ADDRESS is the &%IPAddress of the computer ?HOST.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes IPAddress) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot irreflexiveOn ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryRelation is irreflexive on a &%SetOrClass only if no instance of the &%SetOrClass bears the relation to itself.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot issuedBy ;+ (comment "(&%issuedBy ?Instrument ?Agent) means that a &%FinancialInstrument ?Instrument is produced and offered by ?Agent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot JudiciaryFn ;+ (comment "(&%JudiciaryFn ?AREA) denotes the judicial branch of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA, that is, the &%JudicialOrganization(s) associated with the government of ?AREA, considered as a whole.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes JudicialOrganization) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot KiloFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to 1,000 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%KiloFn &%Gram) is 1,000 &%Grams.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot knows ;+ (comment "The epistemic predicate of knowing. (&%knows ?AGENT ?FORMULA) means that ?AGENT knows the proposition expressed by ?FORMULA. Note that &%knows entails conscious awareness, so this &%Predicate cannot be used to express tacit or subconscious or unconscious knowledge.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Formula) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot lacks ;+ (comment "(&%lacks ?AGENT ?OBJECT) means that ?AGENT &%needs ?OBJECT and it is not currently the case that ?AGENT &%possesses ?OBJECT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Physical) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of needs) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot larger ;+ (comment "(&%larger ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) simply means that ?OBJ1 is larger, with respect to all &%LengthMeasures, than ?OBJ2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (inverse-slot smaller) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot LastFn ;+ (comment "(&%LastFn ?LIST) returns the last item in the &%List ?LIST. For example, (&%LastFn (&%ListFn &%Monday &%Tuesday &%Wednesday)) would return the value of &%Wednesday.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot leader ;+ (comment "(&%leader ?ORGANIZATION ?PERSON) means that the leader of ?ORGANIZATION is ?PERSON.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Agent) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot leaderPosition ;+ (comment "(&%leaderPosition ?ORG ?ROLE) means that in the organization ?ORG, the leader is the person who holds the &%Position ?ROLE in the organization.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Position) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot legalRelation ;+ (comment "(&%legalRelation ?AGENT1 ?AGENT2) means there is a relationship involving legal obligations between ?AGENT1 and ?AGENT2. Some examples include marriage, adoption, etc.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) ;+ (inverse-slot legalRelation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot LegislatureFn ;+ (comment "(&%LegislatureFn ?AREA) denotes the legislative branch of the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LegislativeOrganization) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot length ;+ (comment "&%BinaryPredicate that is used to state the measure of an &%Object from one point to another point along its surface. Note that the difference between the predicates &%length and &%distance is that the &%length is used to state the &%LengthMeasure of one of the dimensions of a single object, while &%distance is used to state the &%LengthMeasure that separates two distinct objects") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LengthMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot lessThan ;+ (comment "(&%lessThan ?NUMBER1 ?NUMBER2) is true just in case the &%Quantity ?NUMBER1 is less than the &%Quantity ?NUMBER2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (inverse-slot greaterThan) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot lessThanOrEqualTo ;+ (comment "(&%lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER1 ?NUMBER2) is true just in case the &%Quantity ?NUMBER1 is less than or equal to the &%Quantity ?NUMBER2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (inverse-slot greaterThanOrEqualTo) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot lineMeasure ;+ (comment "(&%lineMeasure ?LINE ?MEASURE) means that the straight line ?LINE has the &%LengthMeasure of ?MEASURE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LengthMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ListLengthFn ;+ (comment "A &%Function that takes a &%List as its sole argument and returns the number of items in the &%List. For example, (&%ListLengthFn (&%ListFn &%Monday &%Tuesday &%Wednesday)) would return the value 3.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NonnegativeInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot load ;+ (comment "In performance measurement, the current use of a system as a percentage of total capacity.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ConstantQuantity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot located ;+ (comment "(&%located ?PHYS ?OBJ) means that ?PHYS is &%partlyLocated at ?OBJ, and there is no &%part or &%subProcess of ?PHYS that is not &%located at ?OBJ.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of partlyLocated) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot loss ;+ (comment "The amount by which the cost of an investment or business operation exceeds its return, i.e. the negative quantity left after subtracting for all expenses.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CurrencyMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot MagnitudeFn ;+ (comment "The magnitude of a &%ConstantQuantity is the numeric value for the quantity. In other words, &%MagnitudeFn converts a &%ConstantQuantity with an associated &%UnitOfMeasure into an ordinary &%RealNumber. For example, the magnitude of the &%ConstantQuantity 2 &%Kilometers is the &%RealNumber 2. Note that the magnitude of a quantity in a given unit times that unit is equal to the original quantity.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot manner ;+ (comment "(&%manner ?PROCESS ?MANNER) means that the &%Process ?PROCESS is qualified by the &%Attribute ?MANNER. The &%Attributes of &%Processes are usually denoted by adverbs and include things like the speed of the wind, the style of a dance, or the intensity of a sports competition.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Attribute) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot material ;+ (comment "(&%material ?SUBSTANCE ?OBJECT) means that ?OBJECT is structurally made up in part of ?SUBSTANCE. This relation encompasses the concepts of 'composed of', 'made of', and 'formed of'. For example, plastic is a &%material of my computer monitor. Compare &%part and its subrelations, viz &%component and &%piece.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CorpuscularObject) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot maturityDate ;+ (comment "The date on which the principal amount of the account becomes due and payable.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Day) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot maximumCardinality ;+ (comment "(maximumCardinality ?REL ?NUMBER) means that, for any given assignment of a first argument to ?REL, there will be at most ?NUMBER assignments to the second argument of ?REL.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NonnegativeInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot maximumReplications ;+ (comment "(&%maximumReplications ?PROGRAM ?INTEGER) means that ?INTEGER represents the maximum number of copies of this application which can be run during a process.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot measure ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate for asserting that a particular &%Object is measured by a particular &%ConstantQuantity. In general, the second argument of this &%Predicate will be an instance of the &%Function &%MeasureFn.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PhysicalQuantity) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot meetsSpatially ;+ (comment "(&%meetsSpatially ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 and ?OBJ2 are &%connected but that neither ?OBJ1 nor ?OBJ2 &%overlapsSpatially the other.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of connected) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot meetsTemporally ;+ (comment "(&%meetsTemporally ?INTERVAL1 ?INTERVAL2) means that the terminal point of the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL1 is the initial point of the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL2.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot MegaFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to 1,000,000 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%MegaFn &%Hertz) is 1,000,000 &%Hertz.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot member ;+ (comment "A specialized common sense notion of part for uniform parts of &%Collections. For example, each sheep in a flock of sheep would have the relationship of member to the flock.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Collection) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot memorySize ;+ (comment "(&%memorySize ?System ?Size) holds if ?Size is the required memory size for the &%ComputationalSystem ?System.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ConstantQuantity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot MicroFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to .000001 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%MicroFn &%Meter) is .000001 &%Meters.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot MilliFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to .001 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%MilliFn &%Ampere) is .001 &%Amperes.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot MinimalCutSetFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that assigns a &%Graph the &%Class of &%GraphPaths which comprise cutsets for the &%Graph and which have the least number of &%GraphArcs.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents GraphPath) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot minimumCardinality ;+ (comment "(minimumCardinality ?REL ?NUMBER) means that, for any given assignment of a first argument to ?REL, there will be at least ?NUMBER assignments to the second argument of ?REL.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NonnegativeInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot minimumReplications ;+ (comment "(&%minimumReplications ?PROGRAM ?INTEGER) means that ?INTEGER represents the minimum copies of the application ?PROGRAM required to be survivable, where a program is survivable if the failure of one or more resources does not result in the failure of the program. Either long MTTF for the system as a whole or short MTTR when failure occurs would improve the survivabilityof a program.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot modalAttribute ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryRelation that is used to state the normative force of a &%Proposition. (&%modalAttribute ?FORMULA ?PROP) means that the &%Proposition expressed by ?FORMULA has the &%NormativeAttribute ?PROP. For example, (&%modalAttribute (&%exists (?ACT ?OBJ) (&%and (&%instance ?ACT &%Giving) (&%agent ?ACT John) (&%patient ?ACT ?OBJ) (&%destination ?ACT Tom))) &%Obligation) means that John is obligated to give Tom something.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes NormativeAttribute) ;+ (subslot-of property) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot monetaryValue ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryPredicate that associates an &%Object with its value expressed as an instance of &%CurrencyMeasure.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CurrencyMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of measure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot monitorApplicationData ;+ (comment "(&%monitorApplicationData ?TIME ?APPLICATION) holds if the time stamp ?TIME specifies the time at which ?APPLICATION is running.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProgram) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot monitorConnectivityData ;+ (comment "(&%monitorConnectivityData ?TIME ?IPADDRESS) is a relation between a timestamp ?TIME and an ?IP address.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes IPAddress) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot most ;+ (comment "(&%most ?MOST ?WHOLE) means that ?MOST is a &%part of ?WHOLE that is greater than &%half of ?WHOLE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot mother ;+ (comment "The general relationship of motherhood. (&%mother ?CHILD ?MOTHER) means that ?MOTHER is the biological mother of ?CHILD.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of parent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot names ;+ (comment "(&%names ?STRING ?ENTITY) means that the thing ?ENTITY has the &%SymbolicString ?STRING as its name. Note that &%names and &%represents are the two immediate &%subrelations of &%refers. The predicate &%names is used when the referring item is merely a tag without connotative content, while the predicate &%represents is used for referring items that have such content.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (inverse-slot %3AhasName) ;+ (subslot-of refers) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot NanoFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to .000000001 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%MicroFn &%SecondDuration) is .000000001 &%SecondDurations.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot needs ;+ (comment "(&%needs ?AGENT ?OBJECT) means that ?OBJECT is physically required for the continued existence of ?AGENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Physical) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of inScopeOfInterest) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot neighbor ;+ (comment "(&%neighbor ?PERSON1 ?PERSON2) means that ?PERSON1 is a neighbor of ?PERSON2, i.e. ?PERSON1 and ?PERSON2 have their &%homes &%Near one another.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Human) ;+ (inverse-slot neighbor) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot numberOfCPUs ;+ (comment "(&%numberOfCPUs ?COMPUTER ?INTEGER) means that the number of CPUs for the host ?COMPUTER is equal to INTEGER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot NumeratorFn ;+ (comment "(&%NumeratorFn ?NUMBER) returns the numerator of the canonical reduced form ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot orbits ;+ (comment "(&%orbits ?SATELLITE ?FOCUS) means that the &%Object ?SATELLITE revolves around the &%AstronomicalBody ?FOCUS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes AstronomicalBody) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot origin ;+ (comment "(&%origin ?PROCESS ?SOURCE) means that ?SOURCE indicates where the ?Process began. Note that this relation implies that ?SOURCE is present at the beginning of the process, but need not participate throughout the process. For example, the submarine is the &%origin in the following proposition: the missile was launched from a submarine.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot overlapsPartially ;+ (comment "(&%overlapsPartially ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 and ?OBJ2 have part(s) in common, but neither ?OBJ1 nor ?OBJ2 is a &%part of the other.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of overlapsSpatially) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot overlapsSpatially ;+ (comment "(&%overlapsSpatially ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that the &%Objects ?OBJ1 and ?OBJ2 have some parts in common. This is a reflexive and symmetric (but not transitive) relation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of connected) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot overlapsTemporally ;+ (comment "(&%overlapsTemporally ?INTERVAL1 ?INTERVAL2) means that the &%TimeIntervals ?INTERVAL1 and ?INTERVAL2 have a &%TimeInterval as a common part.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (inverse-slot overlapsTemporally) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot parallel ;+ (comment "(&%parallel ?LINE1 ?LINE2) means that the &%OneDimensionalFigures ?LINE1 and ?LINE2 are parallel to one another, i.e. they are equidistant from one another at every point.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes OneDimensionalFigure) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot parent ;+ (comment "The general relationship of parenthood. (&%parent ?CHILD ?PARENT) means that ?PARENT is a biological parent of ?CHILD.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (subslot-of familyRelation) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot part ;+ (comment "The basic mereological relation. All other mereological relations are defined in terms of this one. (&%part ?PART ?WHOLE) simply means that the &%Object ?PART is part of the &%Object ?WHOLE. Note that, since &%part is a &%ReflexiveRelation, every &%Object is a part of itself.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot partiallyFills ;+ (comment "(&%partiallyFills ?OBJ ?HOLE) means that ?OBJ &%completelyFills some part of ?HOLE. Note that if (&%partiallyFills ?OBJ1 ?HOLE) and (&%part ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2), then (&%partiallyFills ?OBJ2 ?HOLE). Note too that a partial filler need not be wholly inside a hole (it may stick out), which means that every complete filler also qualifies as (is a limit case of) a partial one.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Hole) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of located) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot partialOrderingOn ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryRelation is a partial ordering on a &%SetOrClass only if the relation is &%reflexiveOn the &%SetOrClass, and it is both an &%AntisymmetricRelation, and a &%TransitiveRelation.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot partlyLocated ;+ (comment "(&%partlyLocated ?THING ?OBJ) means that the instance of &%Physical ?THING is at least partially located at ?OBJ. For example, Istanbul is partly located in Asia and partly located in Europe. Note that &%partlyLocated is the most basic localization relation: &%located is an immediate &%subrelation of &%partlyLocated and &%exactlyLocated is an immediate &%subrelation of &%located.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot password ;+ (comment "(&%password ?Password ?User) means that ?Password is the password the &%ComputerUser uses while logging onto a computer system.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerUser) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of names) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PastFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%TimePosition to the &%TimeInterval that meets it and that begins at &%NegativeInfinity.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeInterval) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot path ;+ (comment "(&%path ?MOTION ?PATH) means that ?PATH is a route along which ?MOTION occurs. For example, Highway 101 is the path in the following proposition: the car drove up Highway 101.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot pathLength ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryPredicate that specifies the length (in number of &%GraphNodes) of a &%GraphPath. (&%pathLength ?PATH ?NUMBER) means that there are ?NUMBER nodes in the &%GraphPath ?PATH.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PathWeightFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%GraphPath to the sum of the &%arcWeights on the &%GraphArcs in the &%GraphPath.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot patient ;+ (comment "(&%patient ?PROCESS ?ENTITY) means that ?ENTITY is a participant in ?PROCESS that may be moved, said, experienced, etc. For example, the direct objects in the sentences 'The cat swallowed the canary' and 'Billy likes the beer' would be examples of &%patients. Note that the &%patient of a &%Process may or may not undergo structural change as a result of the &%Process. The &%CaseRole of &%patient is used when one wants to specify as broadly as possible the object of a &%Process.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot patientMedical ;+ (comment "The relation of receiving medical care from a recognized medical practitioner. (&%patientMedical ?PATIENT ?DOCTOR) means that ?PATIENT is the patient of ?DOCTOR. Note that argument type restriction on the second argument is &%CognitiveAgent to allow for cases where someone is the patient of an &%Organization, viz. a &%CareOrganization.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot penetrates ;+ (comment "(penetrates ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 is &%connected to ?OBJ2 along at least one whole dimension (length, width or depth).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of traverses meetsSpatially) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PicoFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%UnitOfMeasure into a &%UnitOfMeasure that is equal to .000000000001 units of the original &%UnitOfMeasure. For example, (&%PicoFn &%Ampere) is .000000000001 &%Amperes.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UnitOfMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot piece ;+ (comment "A specialized common sense notion of part for arbitrary parts of &%Substances. Quasi-synonyms are: chunk, hunk, bit, etc. Compare &%component, the other subrelation of &%part.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Substance) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot pointOfFigure ;+ (comment "(&%pointOfFigure ?POINT ?FIGURE) means that the &%GeometricPoint ?POINT is part of the &%GeometricFigure ?FIGURE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeometricFigure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geometricPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PopulationFn ;+ (comment "(&%PopulationFn ?AREA) denotes the &%Integer that represents the count of the number of people inhabiting the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA. The total population presents one overall measure of the potential impact of the country on the world and within its region.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot portNumber ;+ (comment "(&%portNumber ?PROGRAM ?NUMBER) holds if ?NUMBER identifies a protocol port, i.e. a TCP-IP software abstraction used to distinguish different applications providing services within a single destination computer. The different ports on a host are identified by a positive 16-bit number.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot possesses ;+ (comment "&%Relation that holds between an &%Agent and an &%Object when the &%Agent has ownership of the &%Object.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot postalBoxNumber ;+ (comment "(&%postalBoxNumber ?NUMBER ?ADDRESS) means that the post office box ?NUMBER is part of the address ?ADDRESS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Address) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of uniqueIdentifier) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot postalCode ;+ (comment "(&%postalCode ?NUMBER ?ADDRESS) means that the the postal code, e.g. zip code, ?NUMBER is part of the address ?ADDRESS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Address) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of uniqueIdentifier) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PowerSetFn ;+ (comment "(&%PowerSetFn ?CLASS) maps the &%SetOrClass ?CLASS to the &%SetOrClass of all &%subclasses of ?CLASS.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents SetOrClass) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot precondition ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate. (&%precondition ?PROC1 ?PROC2) means that an instance of ?PROC2 can exist only if an instance of ?PROC1 also exists.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Process) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PredecessorFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps an &%Integer to its predecessor, e.g. the predecessor of 5 is 4.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot premise ;+ (comment "(&%premise ?ARGUMENT ?PROPOSITION) means that the &%Proposition ?PROPOSITION is an explicit assumption of the &%Argument ?ARGUMENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PremisesFn ;+ (comment "(&%PremisesFn ?ARGUMENT) returns the complete set of &%premises of the &%Argument ?ARGUMENT.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot prevents ;+ (comment "A very general &%Predicate. (&%prevents ?PROC1 ?PROC2) means that ?PROC1 prevents the occurrence of ?PROC2. In other words, if ?PROC1 is occurring in a particular time and place, ?PROC2 cannot occur at the same time and place. For example, innoculating prevents contracting disease. Note that this is a relation between types of &%Processes, not between instances.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Process) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision ;+ (comment "(&%primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision ?AREA ?COUNTRY) means that the &%GeopoliticalArea ?AREA is one of the first-order administrative divisions of the &%Nation ?COUNTRY. For example, in the United States, any of the fifty states. This does not include subordinate regions that have a lesser status, such as British Crown colonies, U.S. territories, or protectorates. See &%geopoliticalSubdivision.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeopoliticalArea) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geopoliticalSubdivision) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot principalAmount ;+ (comment "(&%principalAmount ?ACCOUNT ?BALANCE) means that ?BALANCE is the amount originally borrowed (excluding interest).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CurrencyMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PrincipalHostFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps a &%Hole to the &%Object which is its principal host. The principle host of a &%Hole is its maximally connected host (a notion taken here to be defined only when the argument is a hole).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot priority ;+ (comment "(&%priority ?SYSTEM ?QUANTITY) means that the priority of the ?SYSTEM is characterized by a &%PriorityAttribute, such as &%HighPriority or &%LowPriority.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PriorityAttribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ProbabilityFn ;+ (comment "One of the basic &%ProbabilityRelations, &%ProbabilityFn is used to state the a priori probability of a state of affairs. (&%ProbabilityFn ?FORMULA) denotes the a priori probability of ?FORMULA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot processAborted ;+ (comment "(&%processAborted ?Abort ?Process) means that the &%ComputerProcess ?Process is aborted as the result of ?Abort.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProcess) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot processID ;+ (comment "(&%processID ?PROCESS ?NUMBER) holds if ?NUMBER is a unique number generated by the operating system and used to refer to the &%ComputerProcess ?PROCESS. There is usually no significance to the numbers as they are reused as old processes die and new processes are created.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot productModel ;+ (comment "(productModel ?Model ?Product) means that ?Model represents the type of the Product ?Product") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Product) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of represents) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot profit ;+ (comment "The positive gain from an investment or business operation after subtracting for all expenses.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CurrencyMeasure) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot programCopy ;+ (comment "(&%programCopy ?File ?Program) means that the &%ComputerFile ?File is one of the copies of the &%ComputerProgram ?Program.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProgram) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of containsInformation) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot programRunning ;+ (comment "(&%programRunning ?Process ?Program) means that the &%ComputerProcess ?Process is executing the &%ComputerProgram ?Program.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProgram) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot properlyFills ;+ (comment "(&%properlyFills ?OBJ ?HOLE) means that ?HOLE is properly (though perhaps incompletely) filled by ?OBJ, i.e. some part of ?HOLE is perfectly filled by ?OBJ. Note that &%properlyFills is the dual of &%completelyFills, and is so related to &%partiallyFills that ?OBJ &%properlyFills ?HOLE just in case ?OBJ &%partiallyFills every part of ?HOLE. (Thus, every perfect filler is both complete and proper in this sense).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Hole) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of partiallyFills) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot properPart ;+ (comment "(&%properPart ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 is a part of ?OBJ2 other than ?OBJ2 itself. This is a &%TransitiveRelation and &%AsymmetricRelation (hence an &%IrreflexiveRelation).") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of part) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot property ;+ (comment "This &%Predicate holds between an instance of &%Entity and an instance of &%Attribute. (property ?ENTITY ?ATTR) means that ?ENTITY has the &%Attribute ?ATTR.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Attribute) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot PropertyFn ;+ (comment "A &%UnaryFunction that maps an &%Agent to the &%Set of &%Property owned by the &%Agent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Set) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot protonNumber ;+ (comment "(&%protonNumber ?SUBSTANCE ?NUMBER) means that the &%PureSubstance ?SUBSTANCE has the number of &%Protons ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes PositiveInteger) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot publishes ;+ (comment "(&%publishes ?ORG ?TEXT) means that ?ORG publishes ?TEXT. For example, Bantam Books publishes Agatha Christie's Murder_on_the_Orient_Express.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents Text) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot radius ;+ (comment "(&%radius ?CIRCLE ?LENGTH) means that the radius of the &%Circle ?CIRCLE has a length of ?LENGTH.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes LengthMeasure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot range ;+ (comment "Gives the range of a function. In other words, (&%range ?FUNCTION ?CLASS) means that all of the values assigned by ?FUNCTION are &%instances of ?CLASS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot rangeSubclass ;+ (comment "(&%rangeSubclass ?FUNCTION ?CLASS) means that all of the values assigned by ?FUNCTION are &%subclasses of ?CLASS.") (type SYMBOL) ;+ (allowed-parents SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot RationalNumberFn ;+ (comment "(&%RationalNumberFn ?NUMBER) returns the rational representation of ?NUMBER.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RationalNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot realization ;+ (comment "A subrelation of &%represents. (&%realization ?PROCESS ?PROP) means that ?PROCESS is a Process which expresses the content of ?PROP. Examples include a particular musical performance, which realizes the content of a musical score, or the reading of a poem.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Proposition) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of represents) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot RealNumberFn ;+ (comment "(RealNumberFn ?NUMBER) returns the part of ?NUMBER that is a &%RealNumber.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ReciprocalFn ;+ (comment "(ReciprocalFn ?NUMBER) is the reciprocal element of ?NUMBER with respect to the multiplication operator (&%MultiplicationFn), i.e. 1/?NUMBER. Not all numbers have a reciprocal element. For example the number 0 does not. If a number ?NUMBER has a reciprocal ?RECIP, then the product of ?NUMBER and ?RECIP will be 1, e.g. 3*1/3 = 1. The reciprocal of an element is &%equal to applying the &%ExponentiationFn function to the element to the power -1.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot refers ;+ (comment "(&%refers ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 mentions or includes a reference to ?OBJ2. Note that &%refers is more general in meaning than &%represents, because presumably something can represent something else only if it refers to this other thing. For example, an article whose topic is a recent change in the price of oil may refer to many other things, e.g. the general state of the economy, the weather in California, the prospect of global warming, the options for alternative energy sources, the stock prices of various oil companies, etc.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot reflexiveOn ;+ (comment "A &%BinaryRelation is reflexive on a &%SetOrClass only if every instance of the &%SetOrClass bears the relation to itself.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SetOrClass) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot relatedInternalConcept ;+ (comment "Means that the two arguments are related concepts within the SUMO, i.e. there is a significant similarity of meaning between them. To indicate a meaning relation between a SUMO concept and a concept from another source, use the Predicate &%relatedExternalConcept.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes %3ASYSTEM-CLASS Entity) ;+ (inverse-slot relatedInternalConcept) ;+ (associated-facet SKIFcore4_00380) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot represents ;+ (comment "A very general semiotics &%Predicate. (&%represents ?THING ?ENTITY) means that ?THING in some way indicates, expresses, connotes, pictures, describes, etc. ?ENTITY. The &%Predicates &%containsInformation and &%realization are subrelations of &%represents. Note that &%represents is a subrelation of &%refers, since something can represent something else only if it refers to this other thing. See the documentation string for &%names.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of refers) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot requestRate ;+ (comment "(&%requestRate ?Request ?Period) means that ?Period is the period at which the user sends its ?Request.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of frequency) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ResidentFn ;+ (comment "(&%ResidentFn ?AREA) denotes the &%GroupOfPeople who have their &%home in ?AREA.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GroupOfPeople) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot resource ;+ (comment "(&%resource ?PROCESS ?RESOURCE) means that ?RESOURCE is present at the beginning of ?PROCESS, is used by ?PROCESS, and as a consequence is changed by ?PROCESS. For example, soap is a &%resource in the following proposition: the gun was carved out of soap. Note that &%resource differs from &%instrument, another subrelation of &%patient, in that its internal or physical properties are altered in some way by the &%Process.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Object) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of patient) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot resourceUsed ;+ (comment "(&%resourceUsed ?Process ?Resource) means that the &%ComputerProcess ?Process has access to the &%ComputerResource ?Resource.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerResource) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of patient) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot responseRate ;+ (comment "(&%responseRate ?Response ?Period) means that ?Period is the period at which the computer sends its ?Response.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of frequency) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot responseTime ;+ (comment "The time it takes for the computer to comply with a user's request, such as looking up a customer record.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot responseTo ;+ (comment "(&%responseTo ?Response ?Request) means that ?Response is a &%ComputerResponse to the &%UserRequest ?Request.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes UserRequest) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot result ;+ (comment "(result ?ACTION ?OUTPUT) means that ?OUTPUT is a product of ?ACTION. For example, house is a &%result in the following proposition: Eric built a house.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Entity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of patient) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot rMProgram-of ;+ (comment "(&%rMProgram-of ?RM ?SYSTEM) means that ?RM is the resource management program of &%the SoftwareSystem ?SYSTEM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SoftwareSystem) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot RoundFn ;+ (comment "(&%RoundFn ?NUMBER) is the &%Integer closest to ?NUMBER on the number line. If ?NUMBER is halfway between two &%Integers (for example 3.5), it denotes the larger &%Integer.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Quantity) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot runningOn ;+ (comment "(runningOn ?Program ?Computer) holds if the &%ComputerProgram ?Program is being executed on ?Computer.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Computer) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot runsOn ;+ (comment "(runsOn ?Program ?Computer) means that ?Program is capable of running on ?Computer.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Computer) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot securedBy ;+ (comment "Assets pledged by a borrower to secure a loan or other credit, and subject to seizure in the event of &%FinancialDefault.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Collateral) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot sendRate ;+ (comment "(&%sendRate ?Program ?Period) holds if ?Period is the period at which the &%ComputationalSystem ?System sends data reports.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of frequency) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot settlingTime ;+ (comment "(&%settlingTime ?PROGRAM ?TIME) says that ?TIME represents seconds to delay after an action was taken with respect to QoS.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot ShutdownFn ;+ (comment "(&%ShutdownFn ?Program) returns an instance of &%ShutdownBlock which contains the instructions to end ?PROGRAM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ShutdownBlock) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot shutdownOf ;+ (comment "(&%shutdownOf ?SHUTDOWN ?PROGRAM) holds just in case an instance of &%ShutdownBlock ?SHUTDOWN specifies a set of instructions to end ?PROGRAM.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes ComputerProgram) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot sibling ;+ (comment "The relationship between two &%Organisms that have the same &%mother and &%father. Note that this relationship does not hold between half-brothers, half-sisters, etc.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Organism) ;+ (inverse-slot sibling) ;+ (subslot-of familyRelation) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot side ;+ (comment "(&%side ?SIDE ?OBJECT) means that ?SIDE is a side of the object, as opposed to the &%top or &%bottom.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes SelfConnectedObject) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of superficialPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot sideOfFigure ;+ (comment "(&%sideOfFigure ?SIDE ?FIGURE) means that the &%OneDimensionalFigure ?POINT is a side of the &%GeometricFigure ?FIGURE.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes GeometricFigure) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) ;+ (subslot-of geometricPart) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot signedBy ;+ (comment "(&%signedBy ?Instrument ?Agent) means that ?Instrument has been signed by ?Agent.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes CognitiveAgent) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot SignumFn ;+ (comment "(SignumFn ?NUMBER) denotes the sign of ?NUMBER. This is one of the following values: -1, 1, or 0.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes Integer) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (multislot simpleDeadline ;+ (comment "(&%simpleDeadline ?PATH ?TIME)holds if ?TIME is the maximum end-to-end path latency during a cycle of a continuous or quasicontinuous path or during the activation of a transient path.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes TimeDuration) (create-accessor read-write)) (single-slot SineFn ;+ (comment "(&%SineFn ?DEGREE) is the sine of the &%PlaneAngleMeasure ?DEGREE. The sine of ?DEGREE is the ratio of the side opposite ?DEGREE to the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.") (type INSTANCE) ;+ (allowed-classes RealNumber) ;+ (cardinality 0 1) (create-accessor read-write)) (mul