;;; Ontology of Geography ;;; ;; Access to and use of these products is governed by the GNU General Public ;; License . ;; By using these products, you agree to be bound by the terms ;; of the GPL. ;; Contact Adam Pease (apease [at] articulatesoftware.com). ;; We ask that people using or referencing this work cite our primary paper: ;; Niles, I., and Pease, A. 2001. Towards a Standard Upper Ontology. In ;; Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Formal Ontology in ;; Information Systems (FOIS-2001), Chris Welty and Barry Smith, eds, ;; Ogunquit, Maine, October 17-19, 2001. See also http://www.ontologyportal.org ;; Authors: Deborah Nichols ;; Part I incorporates some material by Doug Wulf. ;; Part II incorporates some material from earlier Terrain.kif ;; by Olga Babko-Malaya. ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Ontology dependencies for Geography.kif: Merge.txt, elements.kif ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Outline ;; I. Geography Terms for the CIA World Fact Book ;; A. Location ;; B. Geographic coordinates ;; C. Map references ;; D. Area ;; E. Area - comparative ;; F. Land boundaries ;; G. Coastline ;; H. Maritime claims ;; I. Climate ;; J. Terrain ;; K. Elevation extremes ;; L. Natural resources ;; M. Land use ;; N. Irrigated land ;; O. Natural hazards ;; P. Environment - current issues ;; Q. Environment - international agreements ;; R. Geography - note ;; ;; II. General Geography Terms and Background ;; A. Planet Geography & Astronomical Bodies ;; B. Directions and Distances ;; C. Land Forms ;; D. Water Areas ;; 1. Oceans & Seas ;; 2. Tides & Currents ;; 3. Water Subregions ;; 4. Fresh Water Areas ;; E. Coastal and Shoreline Areas ;; F. Air and Atmosphere ;; G. Weather & Climate ;; H. Vegetation and Biomes ;; I. Natural Disasters ;; J. Environmental Areas of Concern ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; GEOGRAPHY ONTOLOGY ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; I. Geography Terms for the CIA World Fact Book ;; A. Location ;; Identifies regional location of a country, neighbors & adjacent waters. ; Regions used by 2002 CIA WFB to describe country locations: (instance CentralAfrica GeographicArea) (instance EasternAfrica GeographicArea) (instance NorthernAfrica GeographicArea) (instance SouthernAfrica GeographicArea) (instance WesternAfrica GeographicArea) (instance MiddleEastRegion GeographicArea) (instance CentralEurope GeographicArea) (instance EasternEurope GeographicArea) (instance NorthernEurope GeographicArea) (instance SouthernEurope GeographicArea) (instance WesternEurope GeographicArea) (instance SoutheasternEurope GeographicArea) (instance SouthwesternEurope GeographicArea) (instance NorthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance NorthernNorthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance CaribbeanRegion GeographicArea) (instance MiddleAmerica GeographicArea) (instance CentralSouthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance EasternSouthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance NorthernSouthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance SouthernSouthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance WesternSouthAmerica GeographicArea) (instance CentralAsia GeographicArea) (instance EasternAsia GeographicArea) (instance NorthernAsia GeographicArea) (instance SouthernAsia GeographicArea) (instance SoutheasternAsia GeographicArea) (instance SouthwesternAsia GeographicArea) (instance Oceania GeographicArea) (names "Central Africa" CentralAfrica) (names "Eastern Africa" EasternAfrica) (names "Northern Africa" NorthernAfrica) (names "Southern Africa" SouthernAfrica) (names "Western Africa" WesternAfrica) (names "Middle East" MiddleEastRegion) (names "Central Europe" CentralEurope) (names "Eastern Europe" EasternEurope) (names "Northern Europe" NorthernEurope) (names "Southern Europe" SouthernEurope) (names "Western Europe" WesternEurope) (names "Southeastern Europe" SoutheasternEurope) (names "Southwestern Europe" SouthwesternEurope) (names "North America" NorthAmerica) (names "Northern North America" NorthernNorthAmerica) (names "Caribbean Region" CaribbeanRegion) (names "Caribbean" CaribbeanRegion) (names "Middle America" MiddleAmerica) (names "Central South America" CentralSouthAmerica) (names "Eastern South America" EasternSouthAmerica) (names "Northern South America" NorthernSouthAmerica) (names "Southern South America" SouthernSouthAmerica) (names "Western South America" WesternSouthAmerica) (names "Central Asia" CentralAsia) (names "Eastern Asia" EasternAsia) (names "Northern Asia" NorthernAsia) (names "Southern Asia" SouthernAsia) (names "Southeastern Asia" SoutheasternAsia) (names "Southwestern Asia" SouthwesternAsia) (names "Oceania" Oceania) (geographicSubregion CentralAfrica Africa) (geographicSubregion EasternAfrica Africa) (geographicSubregion NorthernAfrica Africa) (geographicSubregion SouthernAfrica Africa) (geographicSubregion WesternAfrica Africa) (instance MiddleEastRegion GeopoliticalArea) (overlapsSpatially MiddleEastRegion Asia) (documentation MiddleEastRegion EnglishLanguage "&%MiddleEastRegion is a &%GeopoliticalArea that comprises countries of Southwestern &%Asia and (in some definitions) Northwestern &%Africa. Here this term is defined as in the CIA World Fact Book, in which the Middle East includes: Bahrain, Cyprus, the Gaza Strip, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, the West Bank, and Yemen.") (geographicSubregion CentralEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion EasternEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion NorthernEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion SouthernEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion WesternEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion SoutheasternEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion SouthwesternEurope Europe) (geographicSubregion NorthernNorthAmerica NorthAmerica) (overlapsSpatially CaribbeanRegion SouthAmerica) (overlapsSpatially CaribbeanRegion NorthAmerica) (overlapsSpatially MiddleAmerica NorthAmerica) (overlapsSpatially MiddleAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion CentralSouthAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion EasternSouthAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion NorthernSouthAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion SouthernSouthAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion WesternSouthAmerica SouthAmerica) (geographicSubregion CentralAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion EasternAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion NorthernAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion NorthernAsia NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion SoutheasternAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion SouthwesternAsia Asia) (geographicSubregion CentralAfrica EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially CentralAfrica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially CentralAfrica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternAfrica EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially EasternAfrica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially EasternAfrica SouthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially NorthernAfrica EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially NorthernAfrica WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthernAfrica NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernAfrica EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernAfrica SouthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternAfrica EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternAfrica WesternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternAfrica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternAfrica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion MiddleEastRegion EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion MiddleEastRegion WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternEurope EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternEurope NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralEurope EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralEurope NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthernEurope EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthernEurope NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernEurope EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernEurope NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternEurope EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternEurope WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion WesternEurope NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SoutheasternEurope EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SoutheasternEurope NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SouthwesternEurope EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SouthwesternEurope WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthwesternEurope NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CaribbeanRegion NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CaribbeanRegion WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion MiddleAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion MiddleAmerica WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralSouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralSouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternSouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially EasternSouthAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially EasternSouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthernSouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially NorthernSouthAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially NorthernSouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernSouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernSouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion WesternSouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternSouthAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially WesternSouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralAsia EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion CentralAsia NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternAsia EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion EasternAsia NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthernAsia EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthernAsia EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SouthernAsia NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SouthernAsia SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SoutheasternAsia EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SoutheasternAsia NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SoutheasternAsia SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthwesternAsia EasternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthwesternAsia NorthernHemisphere) (orientation Europe Africa North) (orientation Europe Asia West) (orientation Europe NorthAmerica East) (orientation NorthAmerica SouthAmerica North) (orientation NorthAmerica Asia East) (orientation Africa SouthAmerica Northeast) (orientation Asia Oceania Northwest) (orientation Africa NorthAmerica Southeast) (orientation Europe SouthAmerica Northeast) (orientation Oceania NorthAmerica Southwest) (orientation MiddleEastRegion Asia Southwest) (orientation MiddleEastRegion Africa Northeast) (orientation MiddleAmerica SouthAmerica North) (orientation MiddleAmerica NorthAmerica South) (orientation CaribbeanRegion SouthAmerica North) (orientation CaribbeanRegion NorthAmerica South) (=> (and (instance ?LAND Continent) (not (equal ?LAND Antarctica))) (orientation Antarctica ?LAND South)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; B. Geographic coordinates (subclass Latitude Region) (names "latitude" Latitude) (names "parallel" Latitude) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Latitude "latitude") (documentation Latitude EnglishLanguage "&%Latitude is the class of &%Regions, associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are parallels measured in &%PlaneAngleDegrees from the &%Equator.") (subclass Longitude Region) (names "longitude" Longitude) (names "meridian" Longitude) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Longitude "longitude") (documentation Longitude EnglishLanguage "&%Longitude is the class of &%Regions, associated with areas on the Earth's surface, which are meridians measured in &%PlaneAngleDegrees from the &%PrimeMeridian through &%GreenwichEnglandUK.") (instance GreenwichEnglandUK City) (instance objectGeographicCoordinates TernaryPredicate) (domain objectGeographicCoordinates 1 Object) (domain objectGeographicCoordinates 2 Latitude) (domain objectGeographicCoordinates 3 Longitude) (documentation objectGeographicCoordinates EnglishLanguage "(&%objectGeographicCoordinates ?OBJECT ?LAT ?LONG) means that the &%Object ?OBJECT is found at the geographic coordinates ?LAT and ?LONG.") (instance GeographicCenterFn UnaryFunction) (names "geographic center" GeographicCenterFn) (domain GeographicCenterFn 1 GeographicArea) (range GeographicCenterFn GeographicArea) (documentation GeographicCenterFn EnglishLanguage "(&%GeographicCenterFn ?REGION) denotes the geographical center of the &%GeographicArea ?REGION.") (=> (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (instance (GeographicCenterFn ?REGION) GeographicArea)) (geographicSubregion (GeographicCenterFn ?REGION) ?REGION)) (=> (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (objectGeographicCoordinates (GeographicCenterFn ?REGION) ?LAT ?LONG)) (objectGeographicCoordinates ?REGION ?LAT ?LONG)) ;; See Merge.kif for definitions of &%PlaneAngleMeasure and &%AngularDegree ;; Additional assertions for &%AngularDegree: (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER AngularDegree)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 0.0)) (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER AngularDegree)) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 360.0)) (instance ArcMinute UnitOfAngularMeasure) (documentation ArcMinute EnglishLanguage "&%ArcMinute represents a &%UnitOfMeasure equivalent to 1/60th of an &%AngularDegree.") (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER ArcMinute)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 0.0)) (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER ArcMinute)) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 60.0)) (<=> (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?DEG AngularDegree)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn 60.0 ?DEG) ArcMinute))) (equal (MeasureFn 1.0 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 60.0 ArcMinute)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM AngularDegree) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn 60.0 ?NUM) ArcMinute)) (instance ArcSecond UnitOfAngularMeasure) (documentation ArcSecond EnglishLanguage "&%ArcSecond represents a &%UnitOfMeasure equivalent to 1/60th of an &%ArcMinute.") (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER ArcSecond)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 0.0)) (=> (measure ?ANGLE (MeasureFn ?NUMBER ArcSecond)) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUMBER 60.0)) (<=> (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?DEG ArcMinute)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn 60.0 ?DEG) ArcSecond))) (equal (MeasureFn 1.0 ArcMinute) (MeasureFn 60.0 ArcSecond)) (equal (MeasureFn ?DEG ArcMinute) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn 60.0 ?DEG) ArcSecond)) (instance LatitudeFn VariableArityRelation) (instance LatitudeFn Function) (domain LatitudeFn 1 DirectionalAttribute) (domain LatitudeFn 2 AngleMeasure) (domain LatitudeFn 3 AngleMeasure) (domain LatitudeFn 4 AngleMeasure) (range LatitudeFn Region) (termFormat EnglishLanguage LatitudeFn "Latitude") (documentation LatitudeFn EnglishLanguage "&%LatitudeFn is a &%VariableArityRelation used to denote a parallel of latitude. Examples: (&%LatitudeFn &%North (&%MeasureFn 38.0 &%AngularDegree)), (&%LatitudeFn &%South (&%MeasureFn 23.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 30.0 &%ArcMinute)), (&%LatitudeFn &%South (&%MeasureFn 60.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 0.0 &%ArcMinute) (&%MeasureFn 0.0 &%ArcSecond)), (&%LatitudeFn &%North (&%MeasureFn 42.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 7.89 &%ArcMinute)).") (=> (instance (LatitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) Region) (or (equal ?DIRECTION North) (equal ?DIRECTION South))) (=> (and (instance (LatitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) Region) (equal (ListOrderFn (ListFn @ROW) 1) (MeasureFn ?NUM AngularDegree))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUM 90.0)) (=> (or (equal ?DIRECTION North) (equal ?DIRECTION South)) (length (LatitudeFn ?DIRECTION (MeasureFn 0.0 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 1.0 ArcMinute) (MeasureFn 0.0 ArcSecond)) (MeasureFn 1.0 NauticalMile))) (instance LongitudeFn Function) (instance LongitudeFn VariableArityRelation) (domain LongitudeFn 1 DirectionalAttribute) (domain LongitudeFn 2 AngleMeasure) (domain LongitudeFn 3 AngleMeasure) (domain LongitudeFn 4 AngleMeasure) (range LongitudeFn GeographicArea) (termFormat EnglishLanguage LongitudeFn "Longitude") (documentation LongitudeFn EnglishLanguage "(&%LongitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) denotes a meridian of longitude. Note that &%LongitudeFn is a &%VariableArityRelation. Examples: (&%LongitudeFn &%East (&%MeasureFn 180.0 &%AngularDegree)), (&%LongitudeFn &%West (&%MeasureFn 122.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 24.0 &%ArcMinute)), (&%LongitudeFn &%East (&%MeasureFn 121.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 0.0 &%ArcMinute) (&%MeasureFn 15.0 &%ArcSecond)), (&%LongitudeFn &%West (&%MeasureFn 80.0 &%AngularDegree) (&%MeasureFn 6.78 &%ArcMinute)).") (=> (instance (LongitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) Region) (or (equal ?DIRECTION East) (equal ?DIRECTION West))) (=> (and (instance (LongitudeFn ?DIRECTION @ROW) Region) (equal (ListOrderFn (ListFn @ROW) 1) (MeasureFn ?NUM AngularDegree))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?NUM 180.0)) (instance DirectionalSubregionFn BinaryFunction) (domain DirectionalSubregionFn 1 DirectionalAttribute) (domain DirectionalSubregionFn 2 GeographicArea) (range DirectionalSubregionFn GeographicArea) (documentation DirectionalSubregionFn EnglishLanguage "(&%DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) denotes the part of &%GeographicArea ?AREA that lies in ?DIRECTION from the geographic center of ?AREA. For example, (&%DirectionalSubregionFn &%Iraq &%North) denotes the Northern part of &%Iraq. Such subregions are defined purely by geographical points of reference, not by sociological ones. For example, (&%DirectionalSubregionFn &%UnitedStatesOfAmerica &%South) denotes the Southern half of the United States, it does not denote the American South as distinguished for historical, literary, or cultural purposes.") (=> (and (instance ?DIRECTION DirectionalAttribute) (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance (DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) GeographicArea)) (geographicSubregion (DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) ?AREA)) (=> (and (instance ?DIRECTION DirectionalAttribute) (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance (DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) GeographicArea)) (orientation (DirectionalSubregionFn ?DIRECTION ?AREA) (GeographicCenterFn ?AREA) ?DIRECTION)) (=> (and (partlyLocated ?PLACE ?SUBAREA) (instance ?SUBAREA GeographicArea) (geographicSubregion ?SUBAREA ?AREA)) (partlyLocated ?PLACE ?AREA)) (=> (and (connected ?X ?Y) (part ?Y ?Z)) (connected ?X ?Z)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; C. Map references ;; This section simply indicates on which specific maps the country ;; may be found. (instance mapOfArea BinaryPredicate) (domain mapOfArea 1 Region) (domain mapOfArea 2 SymbolicString) (documentation mapOfArea EnglishLanguage "(&%mapOfArea ?AREA ?POINTER) means that a map of the &%Region ?AREA can be found at the location ?POINTER.") ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; D. Area (instance totalArea BinaryPredicate) (domain totalArea 1 Region) (domain totalArea 2 AreaMeasure) (documentation totalArea EnglishLanguage "(&%totalArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that the total area of ?REGION is the &%AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT.") (instance landAreaOnly BinaryPredicate) (domain landAreaOnly 1 GeographicArea) (domain landAreaOnly 2 AreaMeasure) (documentation landAreaOnly EnglishLanguage "(&%landAreaOnly ?REGION ?MEASURE) means that the total area(s) of solid ground within the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has the &%AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT. The pieces of solid ground need not be continuous within the region.") (instance waterAreaOnly BinaryPredicate) (domain waterAreaOnly 1 GeographicArea) (domain waterAreaOnly 2 AreaMeasure) (documentation waterAreaOnly EnglishLanguage "(&%waterAreaOnly ?REGION ?MEASURE) means that the total area(s) of surface water within the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has the &%AreaMeasure ?AMOUNT. The pieces of water need not be continuous within the region.") (=> (and (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (landAreaOnly ?AREA (MeasureFn ?LAND ?UNIT)) (waterAreaOnly ?AREA (MeasureFn ?WATER ?UNIT))) (totalArea ?AREA (MeasureFn (AdditionFn ?LAND ?WATER) ?UNIT))) (subclass SurfaceGroundArea GeographicArea) (documentation SurfaceGroundArea EnglishLanguage "&%SurfaceGroundArea is a subclass of &%GeographicArea that is restricted to regions whose surface is solid ground. A &%SurfaceGroundArea may be a discontinuous region overlapping a larger, continuous &%GeographicArea but excluding any &%WaterAreas enclosed therein. Rivers, lakes, reservoirs and other surface water areas are not part of any &%SurfaceGroundArea.") (=> (instance ?EXCLUSIVELANDAREA SurfaceGroundArea) (not (exists (?WATERAREA) (and (instance ?WATERAREA WaterArea) (part ?WATERAREA ?EXCLUSIVELANDAREA))))) (=> (landAreaOnly ?AREA ?MEASURE) (exists (?LAND) (and (instance ?LAND SurfaceGroundArea) (part ?LAND ?AREA) (totalArea ?LAND ?MEASURE)))) (subclass WaterOnlyArea GeographicArea) (documentation WaterOnlyArea EnglishLanguage "&%WaterOnlyArea is a subclass of &%GeographicArea that is restricted to regions whose surface is water. A &%WaterOnlyArea may be a discontinuous region overlapping a larger, continuous &%GeographicArea but excluding any &%LandAreas enclosed therein. Dry land areas, including islands, are not part of any &%WaterOnlyArea.") (=> (instance ?EXCLUSIVEWATERAREA WaterOnlyArea) (not (exists (?LANDAREA) (and (instance ?LANDAREA LandArea) (part ?LANDAREA ?EXCLUSIVEWATERAREA))))) (=> (waterAreaOnly ?AREA ?MEASURE) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterOnlyArea) (part ?WATER ?AREA) (totalArea ?WATER ?MEASURE)))) ;; TERM (instance SquareKilometer UnitOfArea) (documentation SquareKilometer EnglishLanguage "&%SquareKilometer represents a &%UnitOfMeasure equal to one square kilometer.") ;(equal ; (MeasureFn 1.0 SquareKilometer) ; (MultiplicationFn ; (MeasureFn 1.0 ; (KiloFn Meter)) ; (MeasureFn 1.0 ; (KiloFn Meter)))) (=> (equal ?NUM (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUM)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM SquareKilometer) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1000000.0) SquareMeter))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; E. Area - comparative ;; This section compares the area of a country to some state or other ;; part of the United States. ;; This is a bit of a hack, but the easiest solution since IntersectionFn ;; is only used here in a domain statement (subclass BinaryRelationExtendedToQuantities RelationExtendedToQuantities) (subclass BinaryRelationExtendedToQuantities BinaryPredicate) (instance comparativeArea QuaternaryPredicate) (domain comparativeArea 1 GeographicArea) ; (domain comparativeArea 2 (IntersectionFn RelationExtendedToQuantities BinaryPredicate)) (domain comparativeArea 2 BinaryRelationExtendedToQuantities) (domain comparativeArea 3 PositiveRealNumber) (domain comparativeArea 4 GeographicArea) (documentation comparativeArea EnglishLanguage "(&%comparativeArea ?REGION1 ?RELATION ?FACTOR ?REGION2) means that the total area of &%GeographicArea ?REGION1 has the relation ?RELATION to the total area of &%GeographicArea ?REGION2 times ?FACTOR. For example, that France is (slightly) less than twice the size of Colorado is represented by (&%comparativeArea &%France &%lessThan 2.0 &%Colorado).") (=> (and (comparativeArea ?REGION1 ?RELATION ?FACTOR ?REGION2) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (measure ?REGION1 (MeasureFn ?NUM1 ?UNIT)) (measure ?REGION2 (MeasureFn ?NUM2 ?UNIT))) (?RELATION (MeasureFn ?NUM1 ?UNIT) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?FACTOR ?NUM2) ?UNIT))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; F. Land boundaries (instance totalLandBoundary BinaryPredicate) (domain totalLandBoundary 1 GeographicArea) (domain totalLandBoundary 2 LengthMeasure) (documentation totalLandBoundary EnglishLanguage "(&%totalLandBoundary ?REGION ?LENGTH) means that the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has a total &%LengthMeasure ?LENGTH of land boundaries between it and other countries. Note that the boundaries included in the total length may be discontinuous, as when interrupted by stretches of &%Seacoast.") (instance BorderFn BinaryFunction) (names "border" BorderFn) (domain BorderFn 1 GeographicArea) (domain BorderFn 2 GeographicArea) (range BorderFn GeographicArea) (documentation BorderFn EnglishLanguage "(&%BorderFn ?AREA1 ?AREA2) denotes the border area where the &%GeographicAreas ?AREA1 and ?AREA2 meet.") (=> (instance (BorderFn ?AREA1 ?AREA2) GeographicArea) (meetsSpatially ?AREA1 ?AREA2)) (=> (and (instance ?OBJ1 GeographicArea) (instance ?OBJ2 GeographicArea)) (equal (BorderFn ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) (BorderFn ?OBJ2 ?OBJ1))) (=> (and (instance (BorderFn ?COUNTRY1 ?COUNTRY2) GeographicArea) (instance ?COUNTRY1 Nation) (instance ?COUNTRY2 Nation)) (instance (BorderFn ?COUNTRY1 ?COUNTRY2) InternationalBorder)) (=> (instance (BorderFn ?AREA1 ?AREA2) GeographicArea) (orientation ?AREA1 ?AREA2 Adjacent)) (=> (orientation ?ONE ?TWO Adjacent) (orientation ?TWO ?ONE Adjacent)) (=> (orientation ?ONE ?TWO Near) (orientation ?TWO ?ONE Near)) (=> (meetsSpatially ?AREA1 ?AREA2) (not (overlapsSpatially ?AREA1 ?AREA2))) (subclass InternationalBorder GeographicArea) (documentation InternationalBorder EnglishLanguage "&%InternationalBorder is the subclass of &%GeographicAreas where the areas of two &%Nations meet.") (subclass Checkpoint GeographicArea) (documentation Checkpoint EnglishLanguage "An area on or very near a border, usually along a road connecting two regions, where &%MilitaryPersons or &%PoliceOfficers restrict the flow of traffic in order to extract tarrifs, deny movement to certain kinds of people or goods, or other enforement actions. Because of the power relationship involved, such areas are often the site of &%Illegal activities conducted by the officials in order to extract favors or bribes.") (=> (instance ?X Checkpoint) (or (exists (?ROAD) (and (instance ?ROAD Road) (orientation ?ROAD ?X Near))) (exists (?REG1 ?REG2) (orientation (BorderFn ?REG1 ?REG2) ?X Near)))) (documentation sharedBorderLength EnglishLanguage "The &%length of the boundary between two &%GeographicRegions.") (instance sharedBorderLength TernaryPredicate) (domain sharedBorderLength 1 GeographicArea) (domain sharedBorderLength 2 GeographicArea) (domain sharedBorderLength 3 LengthMeasure) (=> (sharedBorderLength ?N1 ?N2 ?M) (length (BorderFn ?N1 ?N2) ?M)) (subclass PerimeterArea Region) (documentation PerimeterArea EnglishLanguage "A &%PerimeterArea is a region that extends outward from a boundary with another region, surrounding or partially surrounding it, but which is not part of that other region. See &%BorderFn and &%PerimeterAreaFn.") (instance PerimeterAreaFn UnaryFunction) (domain PerimeterAreaFn 1 Region) (rangeSubclass PerimeterAreaFn PerimeterArea) (documentation PerimeterAreaFn EnglishLanguage "(&%PerimeterAreaFn ?REGION) denotes a class including any peripheral zones extending outward from the &%Region ?REGION.") (=> (instance ?zone (PerimeterAreaFn ?region)) (meetsSpatially ?zone ?region)) (instance MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn UnaryFunction) (domain MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn 1 Region) (range MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn PerimeterArea) (documentation MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn EnglishLanguage "(&%MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn ?REGION) denotes a peripheral zones of maritime control extending outward from the &%Region ?REGION.") (=> (instance ?region GeopoliticalArea) (instance (MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn ?region) (PerimeterAreaFn ?region))) (=> (instance ?region GeopoliticalArea) (instance (MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn ?region) UniformPerimeterArea)) (instance InnerBoundaryFn UnaryFunction) (domain InnerBoundaryFn 1 Region) ;; a PerimeterArea or general class of oriented areas? (range InnerBoundaryFn Region) (documentation InnerBoundaryFn EnglishLanguage "(&%InnerBoundaryFn ?REGION) denotes the inner boundary of the &%Region ?REGION, where ?REGION has an inner and outer &%orientation with respect to another object.") (=> (instance ?REGION Region) (superficialPart (InnerBoundaryFn ?REGION) ?REGION)) (instance OuterBoundaryFn UnaryFunction) (domain OuterBoundaryFn 1 Region) ;; a PerimeterArea or general class of oriented areas (range OuterBoundaryFn Region) (documentation OuterBoundaryFn EnglishLanguage "(&%OuterBoundaryFn ?REGION) denotes the outer boundary of the &%Region ?REGION, where ?REGION has an inner and outer &%orientation with respect to another object.") (=> (instance ?REGION Region) (superficialPart (OuterBoundaryFn ?REGION) ?REGION)) (subclass UniformPerimeterArea PerimeterArea) (documentation UniformPerimeterArea EnglishLanguage "A &%UniformPerimeterArea is one that has a defined uniform &%width.") (=> (instance ?AREA UniformPerimeterArea) (exists (?WIDTH) (distance (InnerBoundaryFn ?AREA) (OuterBoundaryFn ?AREA) ?WIDTH))) (=> (instance ?ZONE UniformPerimeterArea) (exists (?WIDTH) (and (instance ?WIDTH LengthMeasure) (width ?ZONE ?WIDTH)))) (=> (and (instance ?ZONE UniformPerimeterArea) (part ?INNER1 (InnerBoundaryFn ?ZONE)) (part ?OUTER1 (OuterBoundaryFn ?ZONE)) (distance ?INNER1 ?OUTER1 ?WIDTH1) (part ?INNER2 (InnerBoundaryFn ?ZONE)) (part ?OUTER2 (OuterBoundaryFn ?ZONE)) (distance ?INNER2 ?OUTER2 ?WIDTH2)) (equal ?WIDTH1 ?WIDTH2)) (=> (and (orientation ?OBJ ?REGION Outside) (instance ?ZONE (PerimeterAreaFn ?REGION)) (instance ?ZONE UniformPerimeterArea) (width ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?LIMIT ?UNIT)) (distance ?OBJ ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FAR ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfMeasure) (lessThanOrEqualTo (SubtractionFn ?FAR ?LIMIT) 0.0)) (located ?OBJ ?ZONE)) (=> (and (orientation ?OBJ ?REGION Outside) (instance ?ZONE (PerimeterAreaFn ?REGION)) (instance ?ZONE UniformPerimeterArea) (width ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?LIMIT ?UNIT)) (distance ?OBJ ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FAR ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfMeasure) (greaterThan (SubtractionFn ?FAR ?LIMIT) 0.0)) (not (located ?OBJ ?ZONE))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA (MaritimeClaimsTerritorialSeaFn ?PLACE)) (width ?AREA (MeasureFn ?WIDTH ?UNIT)) (distance ?OBJ ?PLACE (MeasureFn ?DISTANCE ?UNIT)) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?DISTANCE ?WIDTH)) (located ?OBJ ?AREA)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; G. Coastline (instance totalCoastline BinaryPredicate) (domain totalCoastline 1 GeographicArea) (domain totalCoastline 2 LengthMeasure) (documentation totalCoastline EnglishLanguage "(&%totalCoastline ?AREA ?COASTLENGTH) means that the total length of all boundaries between the &%GeographicArea ?AREA and the ocean is the &%LengthMeasure ?COASTLENGTH. The coastline counted may be discontinuous and may even be along different oceans (as in &%Columbia). A &%totalCoastline of zero indicates a &%LandlockedArea. Note that only &%Ocean coastlines are counted, not any shores with inland waters.") (subclass LandlockedArea LandArea) (documentation LandlockedArea EnglishLanguage "&%LandlockedArea is the class of &%LandAreas that lack access to an &%Ocean or to a &%Waterway providing a link to the ocean.") (=> (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (not (exists (?COAST) (and (instance ?COAST Seacoast) (part ?COAST ?AREA))))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfLength)) (totalCoastline ?AREA (MeasureFn 0.0 ?UNIT))) (=> (and (instance ?UNIT UnitOfLength) (totalCoastline ?AREA (MeasureFn 0.0 ?UNIT))) (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea)) (=> (and (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea)) (not (exists (?CLAIM) (and (instance ?CLAIM MaritimeClaimArea) (claimedTerritory ?CLAIM ?AREA))))) (=> (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (not (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER Ocean) (meetsSpatially ?AREA ?WATER))))) (=> (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (not (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER SaltWaterArea) (part ?WATER ?SEA) (instance ?SEA Ocean) (meetsSpatially ?AREA ?WATER))))) (=> (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (exists (?LAND) (and (instance ?LAND LandArea) (meetsSpatially ?AREA ?LAND)))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; H. Maritime claims (instance claimedTerritory BinaryPredicate) (domain claimedTerritory 1 GeographicArea) (domain claimedTerritory 2 AutonomousAgent) (subrelation dependentGeopoliticalArea claimedTerritory) (documentation claimedTerritory EnglishLanguage "(&%claimedTerritory ?AREA ?POLITY) means that some right over the &%GeographicArea ?AREA is claimed by the &%AutonomousAgent or &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY. If two politically independent states or agents claim the same area, that area is a 'disputed territory'.") (instance maritimeClaimType BinaryPredicate) (instance maritimeClaimType AsymmetricRelation) (domain maritimeClaimType 1 GeopoliticalArea) (domainSubclass maritimeClaimType 2 MaritimeClaimArea) (documentation maritimeClaimType EnglishLanguage "(&%maritimeClaimType ?POLITY ?TYPE) means that the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY claims rights over a &%MaritimeClaimArea of ?TYPE.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA LandlockedArea) (subclass ?CLAIM MaritimeClaimArea)) (not (maritimeClaimType ?AREA ?CLAIM))) (=> (and (maritimeClaimType ?AREA ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE MaritimeClaimArea)) (exists (?CLAIM) (and (instance ?CLAIM ?TYPE) (claimedTerritory ?CLAIM ?AREA)))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE MaritimeClaimArea) (claimedTerritory ?AREA ?POLITY)) (maritimeClaimType ?POLITY ?TYPE)) ;; KJN: Moving this to MILO. ;;(instance waterDepth BinaryPredicate) ;;(domain waterDepth 1 WaterArea) ;;(domain waterDepth 2 LengthMeasure) ;;(subrelation waterDepth length) ;;(documentation waterDepth EnglishLanguage "(&%waterDepth ?AREA ?LENGTH) means that the ;;depth of water at the &%Region ?AREA is ?LENGTH.") ;;(=> ;; (waterDepth ?AREA ?DEPTH) ;; (exists (?BOTTOM ?TOP) ;; (and ;; (depth ?TOP ?BOTTOM ?DEPTH) ;; (surface ?TOP ?AREA) ;; (bottom ?BOTTOM ?AREA)))) (subclass MaritimeClaimArea GeographicArea) (documentation MaritimeClaimArea EnglishLanguage "A &%MaritimeClaimArea is a &%GeographicArea delimited by a geopolitical state's claim, under the &%LawOfTheSea, of rights to certain resources, activities, or jurisdiction in the claimed area. &%MaritimeClaimAreas can pertain to &%WaterAreas, &%SubmergedLandAreas, and &%Airspace.") ;; Types of MaritimeClaimArea: ;; (i) contiguous zone (subclass MaritimeContiguousZone MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass MaritimeContiguousZone SaltWaterArea) (documentation MaritimeContiguousZone EnglishLanguage "&%MaritimeContiguousZone is the subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea that includes areas over which a geopolitical state may exercise some control of activities beyond the 12-mile zone of its &%TerritorialSea. In general, the authorized control is for preventing or punishing activities that would violate laws applying within the 12-mile zone (that is, authorization to chase and intercept). According to the &%LawOfTheSea, a &%MaritimeContiguousZone may extend up to 24 nautical miles from the coast.") (instance MaritimeContiguousZoneFn UnaryFunction) (domain MaritimeContiguousZoneFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range MaritimeContiguousZoneFn MaritimeContiguousZone) (documentation MaritimeContiguousZoneFn EnglishLanguage "(&%MaritimeContiguousZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the &%MaritimeContiguousZone that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (MaritimeContiguousZoneFn ?AREA) MaritimeContiguousZone)) (claimedTerritory (MaritimeContiguousZoneFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (ii) continental shelf (subclass MaritimeShelfArea MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass MaritimeShelfArea SubmergedLandArea) (documentation MaritimeShelfArea EnglishLanguage "&%MaritimeShelfArea is a subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea that covers &%SubmergedLandAreas claimed by an adjacent geopolitical area. The &%LawOfTheSea defines the continental shelf as extending up to 200 miles (NM) offshore and including the resources found therein. The defined claim area does not correspond exactly to a geological &%ContinentalShelf, but if there is one, the two areas will overlap spatially.") (=> (and (instance ?ZONE MaritimeShelfArea) (linearExtent ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?WIDTH NauticalMile))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?WIDTH 200.0)) (=> (and (instance ?zone MaritimeShelfArea) (instance ?shelf ContinentalShelf) (instance ?country Nation) (meetsSpatially ?shelf ?country) (claimedTerritory ?zone ?country)) (overlapsSpatially ?zone ?shelf)) (instance MaritimeShelfAreaFn UnaryFunction) (domain MaritimeShelfAreaFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range MaritimeShelfAreaFn MaritimeShelfArea) (documentation MaritimeShelfAreaFn EnglishLanguage "(&%MaritimeShelfAreaFn ?POLITY) denotes the &%MaritimeShelfArea that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (MaritimeShelfAreaFn ?AREA) MaritimeShelfArea)) (claimedTerritory (MaritimeShelfAreaFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (iii) exclusive economic zone (subclass MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone SaltWaterArea) (documentation MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone EnglishLanguage "&%MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone is the subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea that represents the offshore area that coastal nations can claim for fishing and other uses of the ocean water and seabed found there.") (=> (and (instance ?ZONE MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone) (linearExtent ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?WIDTH NauticalMile))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?WIDTH 200.0)) (instance MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn UnaryFunction) (domain MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone) (documentation MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn EnglishLanguage "(&%MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the &%MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn ?AREA) MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone)) (claimedTerritory (MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZoneFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (iv) exclusive fishing zone (subclass ExclusiveFishingZone MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass ExclusiveFishingZone SaltWaterArea) (documentation ExclusiveFishingZone EnglishLanguage "&%ExclusiveFishingZone is the subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea including offshore areas over which a nation claims exclusive jurisdiction only for fishing purposes (cf. &%MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone). Zone widths vary up to 200 miles (NM).") (=> (and (instance ?ZONE ExclusiveFishingZone) (linearExtent ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?WIDTH NauticalMile))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?WIDTH 200.0)) (instance ExclusiveFishingZoneFn UnaryFunction) (domain ExclusiveFishingZoneFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range ExclusiveFishingZoneFn ExclusiveFishingZone) (documentation ExclusiveFishingZoneFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ExclusiveFishingZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the &%ExclusiveFishingZone that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (ExclusiveFishingZoneFn ?AREA) ExclusiveFishingZone)) (claimedTerritory (ExclusiveFishingZoneFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (v) extended fishing zone (subclass ExtendedFishingZone MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass ExtendedFishingZone SaltWaterArea) (documentation ExtendedFishingZone EnglishLanguage "&%ExtendedFishingZone is the subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea that includes offshore areas over which a nation claims fishing rights, beyond that nation's &%ExclusiveFishingZone. Zone widths vary, from as little as 12 miles (NM) up to a width of 200 miles (NM).") (=> (and (instance ?ZONE ExtendedFishingZone) (linearExtent ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?WIDTH NauticalMile))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?WIDTH 200.0)) (instance ExtendedFishingZoneFn UnaryFunction) (domain ExtendedFishingZoneFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range ExtendedFishingZoneFn ExtendedFishingZone) (documentation ExtendedFishingZoneFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ExtendedFishingZoneFn ?POLITY) denotes the ExtendedFishingZoneFn that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY, beyond its &%ExclusiveFishingZone.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (ExtendedFishingZoneFn ?AREA) ExtendedFishingZone)) (claimedTerritory (ExtendedFishingZoneFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (vi) territorial sea (subclass TerritorialSea MaritimeClaimArea) (subclass TerritorialSea SaltWaterArea) (documentation TerritorialSea EnglishLanguage "&%TerritorialSea is the class of contiguous waters over which a &%GeopoliticalArea claims jurisdiction in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the &%LawOfTheSea (LOS), Part II. A territorial sea may be up to 12 miles (&%NauticalMiles) in breadth. A subclass of &%MaritimeClaimArea.") (=> (and (instance ?ZONE MaritimeContiguousZone) (claimedTerritory ?ZONE ?AREA) (instance ?WATER TerritorialSea) (claimedTerritory ?WATER ?AREA)) (between ?AREA ?WATER ?ZONE)) (=> (and (instance ?ZONE TerritorialSea) (linearExtent ?ZONE (MeasureFn ?WIDTH NauticalMile))) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?WIDTH 12.0)) (instance TerritorialSeaFn UnaryFunction) (domain TerritorialSeaFn 1 GeopoliticalArea) (range TerritorialSeaFn TerritorialSea) (documentation TerritorialSeaFn EnglishLanguage "(&%TerritorialSeaFn ?POLITY) denotes the &%TerritorialSea that is claimed by the &%GeopoliticalArea ?POLITY.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea) (instance (TerritorialSeaFn ?AREA) TerritorialSea)) (claimedTerritory (TerritorialSeaFn ?AREA) ?AREA)) ;; (vi) special maritime claims ;; [create instances of &%MaritimeClaimArea as needed for individual countries] ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; I. Climate ;; WFB data interpreted using Koeppen Climate Classification system summary at ;; http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/sustdev/EIdirect/climate/EIsp0002.htm (instance climateTypeInArea BinaryPredicate) (domain climateTypeInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass climateTypeInArea 2 ClimateZone) (documentation climateTypeInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%climateTypeInArea ?REGION ?TYPE) means that all or &%part of the &%GeographicArea ?REGION is of the &%Attribute of &%ClimateZone ?TYPE.") ;; changed ClimateZone to subClass of Attribute ;; Jennie 1st December 2021 (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ?CLASS) (exists (?REGION ?TYPE) (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (instance ?TYPE ?CLASS) (attribute ?REGION ?TYPE) (part ?REGION ?AREA)))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE ClimateZone)) (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE)) (subclass ClimateZone Attribute) (documentation ClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&ClimateZone is a subclass of &%Attribute used by the &%BinaryPredicate &%climateTypeInArea to classify a &GeographicArea according to its long-term weather conditions. The subclasses of &%ClimateZone are based on the Koeppen Climate Classification system. In the Koeppen system, climate zones are distinguished based on temperatures and rainfall.") (subclass TropicalClimateZone ClimateZone) (documentation TropicalClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%TropicalClimateZone is a subclass of &%ClimateZone in which the average temperature of the coldest month is greater than 18 degrees Celsius. This is Class 'A' in the Koeppen climate classification system.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA TropicalClimateZone) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan ?TEMP 18.0) (not (exists (?M2 ?MT2) (and (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?M2 (MeasureFn ?MT2 CelsiusDegree)) (lessThan ?MT2 ?TEMP)))))) (instance averageRainfallForPeriod TernaryPredicate) (documentation averageRainfallForPeriod EnglishLanguage "(averageRainfallForPeriod ?AREA ?MO ?AMOUNT) means that ?AREA receives ?AMOUNT of rain in month ?MO in an average year. Note that ?AMOUNT is a linear measure indicating the depth of water that would accumulate over ?AREA if all water were captured.") (domain averageRainfallForPeriod 1 GeographicArea) (domain averageRainfallForPeriod 2 Month) (domain averageRainfallForPeriod 3 LengthMeasure) (subclass WetTropicalClimateZone TropicalClimateZone) (documentation WetTropicalClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%WetTropicalClimateZone is the subclass of &%TropicalClimateZone that is characterized by having no dry months. At least 60 mm of rainfall occur in the driest month. This is subtype 'Af' in the Koeppen climate system.") (=> (and (climateTypeInArea ?AREA TropicalClimateZone) (instance ?MO Month) (averageRainfallForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT (MilliFn Meter))) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?AMOUNT 60.0)) (climateTypeInArea ?AREA WetTropicalClimateZone)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA WetTropicalClimateZone) (forall (?MO ?AMOUNT) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageRainfallForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT (MilliFn Meter))) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?AMOUNT 60.0)))) (subclass MonsoonClimateZone TropicalClimateZone) (documentation MonsoonClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%MonsoonClimateZone is the class of &%TropicalClimateZones in which there is a short dry season between rains heavy enough to keep the ground wet all through the year. This is Koeppen climate system subtype 'Aw'.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MonsoonClimateZone) (exists (?INTERVAL) (rainySeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL))) (subclass AridClimateZone ClimateZone) (documentation AridClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%AridClimateZone is the class of regions in which the climate is characterized by a distinct dry season. Annual rate of moisture evaporation exceeds annual rate of precipitation. This is Class B in the Koeppen climate system.") (subclass SteppeClimateZone AridClimateZone) (documentation SteppeClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%SteppeClimateZone is the class of &%AridClimateZones where the dominant vegetation type is grasses, with no trees. Koeppen system 'BS'.") (subclass DesertClimateZone AridClimateZone) (documentation DesertClimateZone EnglishLanguage "DesertClimateZone is the class of &%AridClimateZones characterized by sparse, desert vegetation. Koeppen system 'BW'.") (subclass SubtropicalDesertClimateZone DesertClimateZone) (documentation SubtropicalDesertClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%SubtropicalDesertClimateZone is a subclass of &%DesertClimateZone that is characterized by an average temperature greater than 18 degrees Celsius, as well as very low rainfall. This is Koeppen system 'BWh'.") (=> (and (climateTypeInArea ?AREA DesertClimateZone) (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan ?TEMP 18.0)) (climateTypeInArea ?AREA SubtropicalDesertClimateZone)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA SubtropicalDesertClimateZone) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan ?TEMP 18.0))) (subclass MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone DesertClimateZone) (documentation MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%MiddleLatitudeDesertClimateZone is the subclass of &%DesertClimateZone characterized by a cool dry climate typical of middle latitude deserts. This is subtype 'BWk' in the Keoppen climate system.") (subclass SemiaridClimateZone ClimateZone) (subclass TemperateClimateZone ClimateZone) ;; ;; double-checked Koeppen classification on wikipedia and revised ;; documentation 15th November 2021 Jennie ;; (documentation TemperateClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%TemperateClimateZone is the subclass of &%ClimateZone which the coldest month averaging between 18 degrees and -3 degrees Celsius, and at least one month averaging above 10 degrees Celsius. This is Class C in the Koeppen climate system.") ;; at least one month with average temperature above 10 C (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA TemperateClimateZone) (exists (?MO) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan ?AMOUNT 10.0)))) ;; average monthly temperature above - 3C (=> (and (climateTypeInArea ?AREA TemperateClimateZone) (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree))) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?TEMP -3.0)) ;; coldest monthly average temperature -3 C < and > 18 C (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA TemperateClimateZone) (exists (?MO ?AMOUNT) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?AMOUNT -3.0) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?AMOUNT 18.0) (not (exists (?M2 ?MT2) (and (instance ?M2 Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?M2 (MeasureFn ?MT2 CelsiusDegree)) (lessThan ?MT2 ?AMOUNT))))))) (subclass MediterraneanClimateZone TemperateClimateZone) (documentation MediterraneanClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%MediterraneanClimateZone is a subclass of &%TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by mild, cool, wet winters and warm dry summers. Mediterranean shores are the archetype, but the Mediterranean climate is also found elsewhere.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MediterraneanClimateZone) (coolSeasonInArea ?AREA WinterSeason)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MediterraneanClimateZone) (warmSeasonInArea ?AREA SummerSeason)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MediterraneanClimateZone) (rainySeasonInArea ?AREA WinterSeason)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MediterraneanClimateZone) (drySeasonInArea ?AREA SummerSeason)) (subclass ContinentalClimateZone TemperateClimateZone) (documentation ContinentalClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%ContinentalClimateZone is a subclass of &%TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by cold winters and hot summers.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ContinentalClimateZone) (coldSeasonInArea ?AREA WinterSeason)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ContinentalClimateZone) (hotSeasonInArea ?AREA SummerSeason)) (subclass MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone ClimateZone) (documentation MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone is a subclass of &%TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by cool winters and hot summers.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone) (coolSeasonInArea ?AREA WinterSeason)) (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA MidlatitudeContinentalClimateZone) (hotSeasonInArea ?AREA SummerSeason)) (subclass TemperateWinterDryClimateZone TemperateClimateZone) (documentation TemperateWinterDryClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%TemperateWinterDryClimateZone is a subclass of &%TemperateClimateZone characterized by having at least 10 times as much precipitation in the wettest summer month as in the driest winter month. Koeppen climate system type 'Cw'.") (subclass TemperateSummerDryClimateZone TemperateClimateZone) (documentation TemperateSummerDryClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%TemperateSummerDryClimateZone is the subclass of &%TemperateClimateZone that is characterized by dry summers, and in which the wettest winter month has at least three times the moisture of the driest summer month. The driest month has less than an average of 30 mm of precipitation. Koeppen climate system type 'Cs'.") (subclass ColdClimateZone ClimateZone) (documentation ColdClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%ColdClimateZone is the subclass of &%ClimateZone that is characterized by a warmest month with average temperature less than 10 degrees Celsius and a coldest month with average temperature less than -3 degrees Celsius. This is Koeppen climate system Type D.") (=> (and (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ColdClimateZone) (forall (?MO) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree))))) (greaterThan 10.0 ?TEMP)) ;; coldest months (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA ColdClimateZone) (exists (?MO ?AMOUNT) (and (instance ?MO Month) (temporalPart ?MO WinterSeason) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT CelsiusDegree)) (lessThan ?AMOUNT -3.0)))) (subclass ColdDampClimateZone ColdClimateZone) (documentation ColdDampClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%ColdDampClimateZone is the subclass of &%ColdClimateZone that is characterized by having more than 30 mm of precipitation in the driest month. This is subtype 'Df' in the Koeppen climate system.") (subclass DryWinterColdClimateZone ColdClimateZone) (documentation DryWinterColdClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%DryWinterColdClimateZone is a subclass of &%ColdClimateZone that is characterized by having at least ten times as much precipitation in the wettest summer month as in the driest winter month. This is Koeppen climate system subtype 'Dw'.") (subclass PolarClimateZone ClimateZone) (documentation PolarClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%PolarClimateZone is a subclass of &%ClimateZone characterized by having an average temperature less than 10 degrees Celsius in the warmest month. This is Koeppen climate system Type E. No agriculture is supported in polar climates.") (=> (climateTypeInArea ?AREA PolarClimateZone) (and (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan 10.0 ?TEMP))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance ?MO Month) (averageTemperatureForPeriod ?AREA ?MO (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)) (greaterThan 10.0 ?TEMP)) (climateTypeInArea ?AREA PolarClimateZone)) (subclass TundraClimateZone PolarClimateZone) (documentation TundraClimateZone EnglishLanguage "TundraClimateZone is a subclass of &%PolarClimateZone characterized by having an average temperature above zero degrees Celsius (but below 10 degrees) in the warmest month. Koeppen subtype 'ET'.") (subclass PolarTypeFClimateZone PolarClimateZone) (documentation PolarTypeFClimateZone EnglishLanguage "&%PolarTypeFClimateZone is a subclass of &%PolarClimateZone characterized by having no month in which the temperature rises to 10 degrees Celsius or above.") (=> (and (climateTypeInArea ?AREA PolarTypeFClimateZone) (instance ?TIME TimePosition) (holdsDuring ?TIME (airTemperature ?AREA (MeasureFn ?TEMP CelsiusDegree)))) (holdsDuring ?TIME (greaterThan 10.0 ?TEMP))) (instance rainySeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance rainySeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain rainySeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass rainySeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation rainySeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%rainySeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the rainy or wet season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (&%rainySeasonInArea &%Angola (&%RecurringTimeIntervalFn &%November &%April)).") (instance warmSeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance warmSeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain warmSeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass warmSeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation warmSeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%warmSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the warm season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL.") (instance drySeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance drySeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain drySeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass drySeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation drySeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%drySeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the dry season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (&%drySeasonInArea &%Angola (&%RecurringTimeIntervalFn &%May &%October)).") (instance coolSeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance coolSeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain coolSeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass coolSeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation coolSeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%coolSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the cool season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (&%coolSeasonInArea &%Angola (&%RecurringTimeIntervalFn &%May &%October") (instance hotSeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance hotSeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain hotSeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass hotSeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation hotSeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%hotSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the hot season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL. For example, (&%hotSeasonInArea &%Angola (&%RecurringTimeIntervalFn &%November &%April)).") (instance coldSeasonInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance coldSeasonInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain coldSeasonInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass coldSeasonInArea 2 TimeInterval) (documentation coldSeasonInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%coldSeasonInArea ?AREA ?INTERVAL) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the cold season occurs during the &%TimeInterval ?INTERVAL.") (equal SpringSeason (RecurrentTimeIntervalFn March May)) (equal SummerSeason (RecurrentTimeIntervalFn June August)) (equal FallSeason (RecurrentTimeIntervalFn September November)) (equal WinterSeason (RecurrentTimeIntervalFn December February)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; J. Terrain (instance slopeGradient BinaryPredicate) (domain slopeGradient 1 LandArea) (domain slopeGradient 2 NonnegativeRealNumber) (documentation slopeGradient EnglishLanguage "(&%slopeGradient ?AREA ?SLOPE) means that in the &%LandArea ?AREA there is an incline of ?slope, where ?SLOPE is the percent of vertical rise over horizontal distance. &%slopeGradient gives an approximate value for nonzero slope over ?AREA, without regard to orientation. For example, (&%slopeGradient ?AREA 0.10) means that there is a 10% incline across the area, without specifying the orientation in which the land rises or falls. Also see &%slopeGradientTowardsOrientation.") (instance slopeGradientTowardsOrientation TernaryPredicate) (domain slopeGradientTowardsOrientation 1 LandArea) (domain slopeGradientTowardsOrientation 2 DirectionalAttribute) (domain slopeGradientTowardsOrientation 3 RealNumber) (documentation slopeGradientTowardsOrientation EnglishLanguage "(&%slopeGradientTowardsOrientation ?AREA ?DIRECTION ?SLOPE) means that in the &%LandArea ?AREA, there is an incline of ?SLOPE towards the &%DirectionalAttribute ?DIRECTION. ?SLOPE is a &%RealNumber representing the percent of vertical rise over horizontal distance.") (instance Uphill PositionalAttribute) (documentation Uphill EnglishLanguage "&%Uphill is a &%PositionalAttribute that describes the relation between two things, one of which is located up a slope from the other.") (instance Downhill PositionalAttribute) (contraryAttribute Uphill Downhill) (documentation Downhill EnglishLanguage "&%Downhill is a &%PositionalAttribute that describes the relation between two things, one of which is located down a slope from the other.") (instance terrainInArea BinaryPredicate) (instance terrainInArea AsymmetricRelation) (domain terrainInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domain terrainInArea 2 TerrainAttribute) (documentation terrainInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%terrainInArea ?AREA ?ATTRIBUTE) means that the &%GeographicArea ?AREA is or includes a region with the features of &%TerrainArea ?ATTRIBUTE.") (=> (terrainInArea ?AREA ?ATTRIBUTE) (exists (?REGION) (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (attribute ?REGION ?ATTRIBUTE) (partlyLocated ?REGION ?AREA)))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (attribute ?REGION ?ATTRIBUTE) (instance ?ATTRIBUTE TerrainAttribute) (partlyLocated ?REGION ?AREA)) (terrainInArea ?AREA ?ATTRIBUTE)) ;; Terrain attributes: (subclass TerrainAttribute InternalAttribute) (documentation TerrainAttribute EnglishLanguage "&%TerrainAttribute is a class of &%Attributes that describe terrain.") (=> (and (instance ?ATT TerrainAttribute) (attribute ?OBJECT ?ATT)) (instance ?OBJECT LandArea)) (instance FlatTerrain TerrainAttribute) (documentation FlatTerrain EnglishLanguage "&%FlatTerrain is a &%TerrainAttribute describing regions within which there is very little variation in &%altitude.") (=> (and (attribute ?AREA FlatTerrain) (part ?ZONE ?AREA) (slopeGradient ?ZONE ?SLOPE)) (greaterThan 0.005 ?SLOPE)) (instance LowTerrain TerrainAttribute) (documentation LowTerrain EnglishLanguage "&%LowTerrain is terrain in which the slope is less than 3%.") (=> (and (attribute ?AREA LowTerrain) (part ?ZONE ?AREA) (slopeGradient ?ZONE ?SLOPE)) (greaterThan 0.03 ?SLOPE)) (instance SteepTerrain TerrainAttribute) (documentation SteepTerrain EnglishLanguage "A &%TerrainAttribute of a region in which there is a wide variation in &%elevation and &%slopeGradients of more than 10%.") (=> (attribute ?AREA SteepTerrain) (exists (?ZONE) (and (part ?ZONE ?AREA) (slopeGradient ?ZONE ?SLOPE) (greaterThan ?SLOPE 0.1)))) (instance MountainousTerrain TerrainAttribute) (subAttribute MountainousTerrain SteepTerrain) (documentation MountainousTerrain EnglishLanguage "An area of &%MountainousTerrain is an area of rugged terrain in which there are many mountains.") (=> (attribute ?AREA MountainousTerrain) (instance ?AREA LandArea)) (=> (attribute ?AREA MountainousTerrain) (instance ?AREA UplandArea)) (=> (attribute ?AREA MountainousTerrain) (exists (?MTN) (and (instance ?MTN Mountain) (part ?MTN ?AREA)))) (=> (attribute ?AREA MountainousTerrain) (exists (?MTN) (and (instance ?MTN Mountain) (located ?MTN ?AREA)))) (=> (instance ?AREA MountainRange) (attribute ?AREA MountainousTerrain)) (instance FertileTerrain TerrainAttribute) (documentation FertileTerrain EnglishLanguage "&%FertileTerrain describes an area that has the type of soil and climate conditions needed to produce good quality crops.") (=> (and (instance ?area GeographicArea) (groundSurfaceType ?area Rock)) (not (attribute ?area FertileTerrain))) (=> (attribute ?AREA FertileTerrain) (capability Agriculture eventLocated ?AREA)) ;; located not a CaseRole (=> (and (instance ?SOIL Soil) (attribute ?SOIL Yellow) (instance ?AREA LandArea) (component ?SOIL ?AREA)) (not (attribute ?AREA FertileTerrain))) (=> (and (instance ?SOIL Soil) (attribute ?SOIL Red) (instance ?AREA LandArea) (component ?SOIL ?AREA)) (attribute ?AREA FertileTerrain)) (instance GeologicallyStable TerrainAttribute) (documentation GeologicallyStable EnglishLanguage "&%GeologicallyStable is a &%TerrainAttribute of a &%GeographicArea in which the geological substructure is stable, i.e., there are no active &%Volcanoes, no major fault lines, no blasting or other destabilizing activity.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance ?CONE Volcano) (attribute ?CONE VolcanicallyActive)) (not (attribute ?AREA GeologicallyStable))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance ?BLOW VolcanicEruption) (eventLocated ?BLOW ?AREA)) (not (attribute ?AREA GeologicallyStable))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance ?SHAKING EarthTremor) (eventLocated ?SHAKING ?AREA)) (not (attribute ?AREA GeologicallyStable))) (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (instance ?FAULT GeologicalFault) (located ?FAULT ?AREA)) (not (attribute ?AREA GeologicallyStable))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; K. Elevation extremes (instance elevation BinaryPredicate) (domain elevation 1 Object) (domain elevation 2 LengthMeasure) (documentation elevation EnglishLanguage "(&%elevation ?OBJECT ?HEIGHT) means that the physical &%Object ?OBJECT is located on the surface of &%PlanetEarth at the vertical distance ?HEIGHT above (or below, for a negative quantity) &%SeaLevel. ?OBJECT may be a &%superficialPart of Earth's surface, such as a &%GeographicArea. Elevation is measured from &%SeaLevel to the vertical top of the object.") (=> (elevation ?OBJECT ?HEIGHT) (exists (?PLACE) (and (instance ?PLACE GeographicArea) (located ?OBJECT ?PLACE)))) (=> (and (elevation ?OBJECT ?HEIGHT) (located ?OBJECT ?PLACE) (instance ?PLACE GeographicArea)) (superficialPart ?PLACE PlanetEarth)) (=> (elevation ?OBJECT ?HEIGHT) (exists (?DATUM) (and (properPart ?DATUM SeaLevel) (orientation ?OBJECT ?DATUM Vertical) (distance ?OBJECT ?DATUM ?HEIGHT)))) (=> (and (elevation ?OBJECT (MeasureFn ?NUM ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfLength) (instance ?OBJECT LandForm)) (exists (?HIGHPOINT) (and (top ?HIGHPOINT ?OBJECT) (distance ?HIGHPOINT SeaLevel (MeasureFn ?NUM ?UNIT))))) (instance ElevationLowPointFn UnaryFunction) (domain ElevationLowPointFn 1 GeographicArea) (range ElevationLowPointFn GeographicArea) (documentation ElevationLowPointFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ElevationLowPointFn ?AREA) denotes the area within the &%GeographicArea ?AREA that has the lowest &%elevation.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (geographicSubregion (ElevationLowPointFn ?AREA) ?AREA) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (elevation (ElevationLowPointFn ?AREA) (MeasureFn ?ELEV1 ?U))) (not (exists (?OTHER ?ELEV2) (and (geographicSubregion ?OTHER ?AREA) (not (equal ?OTHER (ElevationLowPointFn ?AREA))) (elevation ?OTHER (MeasureFn ?ELEV2 ?U)) (lessThan ?ELEV2 ?ELEV1))))) (instance ElevationHighPointFn UnaryFunction) (domain ElevationHighPointFn 1 GeographicArea) (range ElevationHighPointFn GeographicArea) (documentation ElevationHighPointFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ElevationHighPointFn ?AREA) denotes the area within the &%GeographicArea ?AREA that has the highest &%elevation.") (=> (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (geographicSubregion (ElevationHighPointFn ?AREA) ?AREA) (elevation (ElevationHighPointFn ?AREA) (MeasureFn ?ELEV1 ?UNIT))) (not (exists (?OTHER ?ELEV2) (and (geographicSubregion ?OTHER ?AREA) (not (equal ?OTHER (ElevationHighPointFn ?AREA))) (elevation ?OTHER (MeasureFn ?ELEV2 ?UNIT)) (greaterThan ?ELEV2 ?ELEV1))))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; L. Natural resources (instance naturalResourceTypeInArea BinaryPredicate) (domain naturalResourceTypeInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass naturalResourceTypeInArea 2 Object) (documentation naturalResourceTypeInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%naturalResourceTypeInArea ?REGION ?TYPE) means that the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has resources of the kind ?TYPE.") (=> (naturalResourceTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) (exists (?ITEM) (and (instance ?ITEM ?TYPE) (located ?ITEM ?AREA)))) (subclass Barite CompoundSubstance) (subclass Barite Mineral) (names "barite" Barite) (documentation Barite EnglishLanguage "&%Barite is Barium Sulfate occurring as a mineral.") (subclass BrownCoal Coal) (names "brown coal" BrownCoal) (names "lignite" BrownCoal) (documentation BrownCoal EnglishLanguage "&%BrownCoal is a soft &%Coal harder than peat and softer than bituminous coal. Also called lignite, it is brownish in color.") (documentation Chromite EnglishLanguage "A mineral that consists of an oxide of iron and chromium.") (subclass Chromite CompoundSubstance) (subclass Chromite Mineral) (names "chromite" Chromite) (subclass Coal Mineral) (subclass Coal FossilFuel) (subclass Coal Rock) (names "coal" Coal) (documentation Coal EnglishLanguage "&%Coal is a black or brownish black solid combustible substance formed by the partial decomposition of vegetable matter without free access of air and under the influence of moisture and often increased pressure and temperature. &%Coal is a sedimentary rock containing a high proportion of carbon.") (subclass HydropowerWaterArea WaterArea) (documentation HydropowerWaterArea EnglishLanguage "&%HydropowerWaterArea is the class of &%WaterAreas with waterflow strength adequate for the production of hydropower.") (subclass NaturalGas CompoundSubstance) (names "natural gas" NaturalGas) (documentation NaturalGas EnglishLanguage "&%NaturalGas is a combustible mixture of methane and higher hydrocarbons.") (=> (instance ?GAS NaturalGas) (attribute ?GAS Gas)) (subclass Phosphate CompoundSubstance) (names "phosphate" Phosphate) (documentation Phosphate EnglishLanguage "&%Phospate is a salt or ester of a phosphoric acid.") (subclass Potash CompoundSubstance) (names "potash" Potash) (documentation Potash EnglishLanguage "&%Potash is a Potassium carbonate from wood ashes or a potassium compound.") (subclass Talc Mineral) (names "talc" Talc) (documentation Talc EnglishLanguage "&%Talc is a very soft &%Mineral that is a basic silicate of magnesium.") ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; M. Land use (subclass ArableLand LandArea) (documentation ArableLand EnglishLanguage "&%ArableLand is the subclass of &%LandArea that represents land in cultivation with crops that are replanted after each harvest, e.g., wheat and rice.") (instance arableLandArea BinaryPredicate) (domain arableLandArea 1 GeographicArea) (domain arableLandArea 2 ConstantQuantity) (documentation arableLandArea EnglishLanguage "(&%arableLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has ?AMOUNT of land under cultivation with crops that are replanted after each harvest. Cf. &%permanentCropLandArea.") (=> (and (arableLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?TOTAL AreaMeasure) (equal ?AMOUNT (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL))) (arableLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT))) (=> (and (arableLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea)) (exists (?ARABLE) (and (instance ?ARABLE ArableLand) (geographicSubregion ?ARABLE ?REGION) (measure ?ARABLE (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL) ?UNIT))))) (subclass PermanentCropLand LandArea) (documentation PermanentCropLand EnglishLanguage "&%PermanentCropLand is the subclass of &%LandArea that represents land cultivated for crops that are produced without replanting after every harvest, such as fruit trees, coffee, rubber, nuts, and vineyards. Does not include timberland. Cf. &%arableLandArea.") (instance permanentCropLandArea BinaryPredicate) (domain permanentCropLandArea 1 GeographicArea) (domain permanentCropLandArea 2 ConstantQuantity) (documentation permanentCropLandArea EnglishLanguage "(&%permanentCropLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has ?AMOUNT of land under cultivation with crops that are not replanted after each harvest. This includes orchards, vineyards, coffee and rubber plantations. Cf. &%permanentCropLandArea.") (=> (and (permanentCropLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (equal ?AMOUNT (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL))) (permanentCropLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT))) (=> (and (permanentCropLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea)) (exists (?PERMCROP) (and (instance ?PERMCROP PermanentCropLand) (geographicSubregion ?PERMCROP ?REGION) (measure ?PERMCROP (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL) ?UNIT))))) (instance otherLandUseArea BinaryPredicate) (domain otherLandUseArea 1 GeographicArea) (domain otherLandUseArea 2 ConstantQuantity) (documentation otherLandUseArea EnglishLanguage "This predicate is used to represent information from the CIA World Fact Book. (&%otherLandUseArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?REGION, the ?AMOUNT of land has some use other than planting seasonal or permanent crops. See also &%arableLandArea and &%permanentLandArea.") (=> (and (otherLandUseArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (equal ?AMOUNT (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL))) (otherLandUseArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT))) (=> (and (otherLandUseArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?FRACTION 0.0) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea)) (exists (?OTHER) (and (instance ?OTHER LandArea) (not (instance ?OTHER ArableLand)) (not (instance ?OTHER PermanentCropLand)) (geographicSubregion ?OTHER ?REGION) (measure ?OTHER (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?FRACTION ?TOTAL) ?UNIT))))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; N. Irrigated land (subclass IrrigatedLand LandArea) (documentation IrrigatedLand EnglishLanguage "&%IrrigatedLand is the subclass of &%LandArea representing land whose water supply is artificially supplied or supplemented.") (instance irrigatedLandArea BinaryPredicate) (domain irrigatedLandArea 1 GeographicArea) (domain irrigatedLandArea 2 ConstantQuantity) (documentation irrigatedLandArea EnglishLanguage "(&%irrigatedLandArea ?REGION ?AMOUNT) means that the &%GeographicArea ?REGION has the ?AMOUNT of irrigated land.") (=> (and (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (equal ?FRACTION (DivisionFn ?AMOUNT ?TOTAL))) (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT))) (=> (and (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT)) (totalArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?TOTAL ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea) (equal ?FRACTION (DivisionFn ?AMOUNT ?TOTAL))) (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?FRACTION ?UNIT))) (=> (and (irrigatedLandArea ?REGION (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT)) (instance ?UNIT UnitOfArea)) (exists (?IRRLAND) (and (instance ?IRRLAND IrrigatedLand) (geographicSubregion ?IRRLAND ?REGION) (measure ?IRRLAND (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT ?UNIT))))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; O. Natural hazards (instance naturalHazardTypeInArea BinaryPredicate) (domain naturalHazardTypeInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass naturalHazardTypeInArea 2 Physical) (documentation naturalHazardTypeInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%naturalHazardTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, &%Processes of ?TYPE occur with some frequency and may cause damage or danger to human lives and property.") (=> (and (naturalHazardTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) (geographicSubregion ?AREA ?COUNTRY) (instance ?COUNTRY Nation)) (naturalHazardTypeInArea ?COUNTRY ?TYPE)) (=> (and (naturalHazardTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE Object)) (exists (?ITEM) (and (instance ?ITEM ?TYPE) (located ?ITEM ?AREA)))) (=> (and (naturalHazardTypeInArea ?AREA ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE Process)) (exists (?ITEM) (and (instance ?ITEM ?TYPE) (located ?ITEM ?AREA) (overlapsTemporally (WhenFn ?ITEM) (WhenFn ?AREA))))) (subclass AvalancheProcess Impelling) (documentation AvalancheProcess EnglishLanguage "&%AvalancheProcess is a subclass of &%Motion that represents events in which a loosened mass of snow, ice, rock, or earth rapidly descends a steep slope, with a destructive force.") (subclass Landslide Impelling) (documentation Landslide EnglishLanguage "&%Landslide is a subclass of &%Motion that represents events in which a loosened mass of mud, dirt, or rock slides down a slope, by the force of gravity.") (subclass Earthquake GeologicalProcess) (documentation Earthquake EnglishLanguage "&%Earthquake is the class of events in which the earth shakes while its layers readjust due to tensional stresses in the surface of the earth. A single earthquake may consist of one or more &%EarthTremors.") (=> (instance ?QUAKE Earthquake) (exists (?TREMOR) (and (instance ?TREMOR EarthTremor) (subProcess ?TREMOR ?QUAKE)))) (subclass EarthTremor GeologicalProcess) (subclass EarthTremor Tremor) (documentation EarthTremor EnglishLanguage "An &%EarthTremor is an individual seismic event in which the earth shakes due to release of seismic pressures.") (subclass Aftershock EarthTremor) (documentation Aftershock EnglishLanguage "&%Aftershock is the subclass of &%EarthTremors that occur after the main tremor(s) of an &%Earthquake.") (=> (and (instance ?SHOCK Aftershock) (eventLocated ?SHOCK ?PLACE)) (exists (?TREMOR) (and (instance ?TREMOR EarthTremor) (eventLocated ?TREMOR ?PLACE) (before (WhenFn ?TREMOR) (WhenFn ?SHOCK))))) (names "Richter magnitude" RichterMagnitude) (names "Richter scale" RichterMagnitude) (instance RichterMagnitude CompositeUnitOfMeasure) (documentation RichterMagnitude EnglishLanguage "A &%RichterMagnitude is a measure of the severity of an &%EarthTremor. For example, (&%MeasureFn 6.5 RichterMagnitude) denotes the value of 6.5 on the Richter scale.") (=> (measure ?QUAKE (MeasureFn ?VALUE RichterMagnitude)) (instance ?VALUE PositiveRealNumber)) (=> (measure ?QUAKE (MeasureFn ?VALUE RichterMagnitude)) (or (instance ?QUAKE EarthTremor) (instance ?QUAKE Earthquake))) (=> (and (measure ?QUAKE (MeasureFn ?VALUE RichterMagnitude)) (instance ?QUAKE Earthquake)) (exists (?TREMOR) (and (instance ?TREMOR EarthTremor) (subProcess ?TREMOR ?QUAKE) (measure ?TREMOR (MeasureFn ?VALUE RichterMagnitude))))) (subclass GeologicalFault GeographicArea) (documentation GeologicalFault EnglishLanguage "&%GeologicalFault is the subclass of &%GeographicAreas in which there is a fracture in the Earth's crust and differential movement can occur on the two sides of the fault. Such movement results in &%EarthTremors and is the cause of &%Earthquakes.") (=> (instance ?QUAKE EarthTremor) (exists (?FAULT) (and (instance ?FAULT GeologicalFault) (origin ?QUAKE ?FAULT)))) (=> (instance ?QUAKE Earthquake) (exists (?FAULT) (and (instance ?FAULT GeologicalFault) (origin ?QUAKE ?FAULT)))) (subclass DipSlipFault GeologicalFault) (subclass NormalFault DipSlipFault) (subclass ThrustFault DipSlipFault) (subclass StrikeSlipFault GeologicalFault) ;; KJN: Moving this to MILO as it is a very general idea ;;(subclass Fire Combustion) ;;(documentation Fire EnglishLanguage "&%Fire is the subclass of &%Combustion events in ;;which flames are present. Fires are slower combustion processes than ;;explosions, though some fires may include explosive episodes.") (subclass ForestFire Combustion) (=> (instance ?FIRE ForestFire) (exists (?FOREST) (and (instance ?FOREST Forest) (eventLocated ?FIRE ?FOREST) (patient ?FIRE ?FOREST)))) (subclass GrassFire Combustion) (=> (instance ?FIRE GrassFire) (exists (?GRASS) (and (instance ?GRASS Grass) (eventLocated ?FIRE ?GRASS) (patient ?FIRE ?GRASS)))) ;; KJN: Removing this as Flooding, while it could be a , is not necessarily so. ;; e.g. an area can be deliberately flooded by an agent for some purpose ;;(subclass Flooding ) (instance Permafrost CompoundSubstance) (subclass VolcanicEruption GeologicalProcess) (documentation VolcanicEruption EnglishLanguage "&%VolcanicEruption is the subclass of &%GeologicalProcesses in which &%Volcanoes erupt.") (=> (instance ?ERUPTING VolcanicEruption) (exists (?VOLCANO) (and (instance ?VOLCANO Volcano) (eventLocated ?ERUPTING ?VOLCANO)))) (=> (instance ?ERUPTING VolcanicEruption) (exists (?HEATING) (and (instance ?HEATING Heating) (subProcess ?HEATING ?ERUPTING)))) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; P. Environment - current issues (instance environmentalProblemTypeInArea BinaryPredicate) (domain environmentalProblemTypeInArea 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass environmentalProblemTypeInArea 2 Physical) (documentation environmentalProblemTypeInArea EnglishLanguage "(&%environmentalProblemTypeInArea ?AREA ?PROBLEM) means that objects or processes of type ?PROBLEM is an environmental problem in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA.") (=> (environmentalProblemTypeInArea ?AREA ?PROBLEM) (exists (?EVENT) (and (instance ?EVENT ?PROBLEM) (eventLocated ?EVENT ?AREA)))) ;; Environmental phenomena (subclass Acidification Combining) (documentation Acidification EnglishLanguage "&%Acidification is the process of lowering soil and water pH due to acid rain or other types of acid deposition. Potential harmful effects include killing freshwater fish and plants.") (subclass AirPollution Pollution) (documentation AirPollution EnglishLanguage "&%AirPollution is the subclass of &%Pollution processes in which air is contaminated.") (documentation AcidRainfall EnglishLanguage "&%AcidRainfall is the subclass of &%Raining in which the precipitate contains harmful amounts of &%SulphurDioxide, &%NitricOxide or &%NitrogenDioxide. The standard for acid rain is below 5pH.") (documentation AcidRainfall ChineseLanguage "&%AcidRainfall 是 &%Raining 的子类别, 这是当落下 的雨含有足够致害分量的 &%SulphurDioxide、 &%nitricOxide 或 &%NitrogenDioxide。酸雨的标准值是低于 5pH。") (termFormat ChineseLanguage AcidRainfall "酸雨") (subclass AcidRainfall Raining) (=> (instance ?AR AcidRainfall) (exists (?RAIN ?SO2 ?NO ?NO2) (and (instance ?RAIN Water) (patient ?AR ?RAIN) (instance ?SO2 SulphurDioxide) (instance ?NO NitricOxide) (instance ?NO2 NitrogenDioxide) (or (part ?SO2 ?RAIN) (part ?NO ?RAIN) (part ?NO2 ?RAIN))))) (=> (instance ?AR AcidRainfall) (exists (?RAIN ?PH) (and (instance ?RAIN Water) (patient ?AR ?RAIN) (measure ?RAIN (MeasureFn ?PH PHValue)) (lessThan ?PH 5.0)))) (=> (patient ?RAIN AcidRainfall) (modalAttribute (exists (?D ?O ?X ?L) (and (instance ?D Damaging) (causes ?RAIN ?D) (instrument ?D ?RAIN) (instance ?O Organism) (instance ?X StationaryArtifact) (instance ?L Outdoors) (located ?X ?L) (located ?O ?L) (or (patient ?D ?O) (patient ?D ?X)))) Possibility)) (causesSubclass AirPollution AcidRainfall) (causesSubclass AcidRainfall Acidification) (names "pH" PHValue) (instance PHValue NonCompositeUnitOfMeasure) (documentation PHValue EnglishLanguage "&%PHValue ('pH') is a &%UnitOfMeasure used to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14. The pH of a neutral solution is 7. Acid solutions have a pH value less than seven. Alkaline solutions have a value greater than seven.") (<=> (measure ?SOLUTION (MeasureFn ?PH PHValue)) (potentialOfHydrogen ?SOLUTION ?PH)) (=> (measure ?SOLUTION (MeasureFn ?PH PHValue)) (lessThanOrEqualTo ?PH 14.0)) (=> (measure ?SOLUTION (MeasureFn ?PH PHValue)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?PH 0.0)) (=> (and (instance ?RAINFALL Process) (patient ?RAINFALL ?RAIN) (instance ?RAIN Water) (measure ?RAIN (MeasureFn ?PH PHValue))) (lessThan ?PH 5.6)) (subclass CarbonDioxideEmission Separating) (subclass Afforestation Planting) (documentation Afforestation EnglishLanguage "&%Afforestation is the process of planting trees and plants on spaces that are either empty or in agricultural use.") (subclass Planting Putting) (documentation Planting EnglishLanguage "&%Planting is the class of processes in which botanical &%Plants are planted or transplanted, whether as seeds, seedlings, or mature plants.") (subclass Reforestation Planting) (documentation Reforestation EnglishLanguage "&%Reforestation is the process of replanting trees on land where they were cut or burned.") (=> (instance ?RESTORE Reforestation) (exists (?TREE) (and (instance ?TREE BotanicalTree) (attribute ?TREE NonFullyFormed) (patient ?RESTORE ?TREE)))) (subclass Asbestos Mineral) (documentation Asbestos EnglishLanguage "&%Asbestos is a &%Mineral.") (subclass BiodiversityAttribute InternalAttribute) (documentation BiodiversityAttribute EnglishLanguage "&%BiodiversityAttribute is the class of &%Attributes that describe the level of biodiversity present in a &%GeographicArea or &%Ecosystem.") (instance LowBiodiversity BiodiversityAttribute) (instance MediumBiodiversity BiodiversityAttribute) (instance HighBiodiversity BiodiversityAttribute) (instance bioindicatorForHabitat BinaryPredicate) (domain bioindicatorForHabitat 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass bioindicatorForHabitat 2 OrganicObject) (documentation bioindicatorForHabitat EnglishLanguage "(&%bioindicatorForHabitat ?AREA ?SPECIES) means that the health of the individuals in ?SPECIES indicates the condition of their habitat in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA.") (instance totalBiomass BinaryPredicate) (domain totalBiomass 1 GeographicArea) (domain totalBiomass 2 PhysicalQuantity) (documentation totalBiomass EnglishLanguage "(&%totalBiomass ?PLACE ?MASS) means that the total amount (in weight or volume) of living matter in the &%Region ?PLACE is ?MASS.") (subclass CarbonCycle GeologicalProcess) (documentation CarbonCycle EnglishLanguage "&%CarbonCycle is the class of &%GeologicalProcesses in which carbon in various forms is passed between air, water, earth, and the biosphere.") (subclass WaterCatchment Artifact) (documentation WaterCatchment EnglishLanguage "&%WaterCatchment is the subclass of &%Artifacts used to capture rainwater or runoff as a source of &%Freshwater.") (subclass DDT CompoundSubstance) (names "dichoro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane" DDT) (abbreviation "DDT" DDT) (documentation DDT EnglishLanguage "&%DDT (dichoro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane) is a highly toxic insecticide also harmful to most other animal species. DDT was banned in the &%UnitedStates in 1972.") (subclass Defoliant PureSubstance) (documentation Defoliant EnglishLanguage "&%Defoliant is the class of substances that are used to make plants lose their leaves, typically used in agriculture or warfare. Defoliants may have detrimental environmental side effects.") (subclass Deforestation Removing) (subclass Dredging Removing) (subclass Ecosystem GeographicArea) (documentation Ecosystem EnglishLanguage "&%Ecosystem is a subclass of &%GeographicAreas considered together with their organisms and environment as a functioning whole.") (subclass Effluent Substance) (documentation Effluent EnglishLanguage "&%Effluent is a &%Substance that generically covers any waste matter that is released into the environment, including sewage and industrial pollutants.") (=> (instance ?STUFF Effluent) (attribute ?STUFF Fluid)) (subclass Erosion Removing) (subclass Erosion GeologicalProcess) (documentation Erosion EnglishLanguage "&%Erosion is a wearing process on &%LandForms by wind, running water, ice, heat, and other processes, in which rock and soil material are removed from one area and deposited elsewhere.") (=> (instance ?WEARING Erosion) (exists (?LAND) (and (patient ?WEARING ?LAND) (instance ?LAND LandForm)))) (=> (and (instance ?WEARING Erosion) (instance ?LAND LandForm) (patient ?WEARING ?LAND) (instance ?U UnitOfVolume) (measure ?LAND (MeasureFn ?SIZE1 ?U))) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?WEARING)) (exists (?SIZE2) (and (measure ?LAND (MeasureFn ?SIZE2 ?U)) (lessThan ?SIZE2 ?SIZE1))))) (subclass Fishing Hunting) (documentation Fishing EnglishLanguage "&%Fishing is the class of &%Processes in which &%Fish are hunted.") (=> (and (instance ?FISHING Fishing) (patient ?FISHING ?TARGET) (instance ?TARGET Animal)) (instance ?TARGET Fish)) (subclass ForestDamage Damaging) (subclass ForestFire ForestDamage) (subclass Deforestation ForestDamage) (=> (instance ?HARMING ForestDamage) (exists (?TREE) (and (instance ?TREE BotanicalTree) (patient ?HARMING ?TREE)))) (subclass DriftnetFishing Fishing) (subclass FreshwaterOverutilization SocialInteraction) (subclass Freshwater Water) (documentation Freshwater EnglishLanguage "&%Freshwater is the subclass of &%Water that has low soluble mineral content. See also &%PotableWater.") (subclass GreenhouseGas PureSubstance) (subclass GreenhouseGas Gas) (documentation GreenhouseGas EnglishLanguage "&%GreenhouseGas is the subclass of substances that, when present in the atmosphere, trap infrared radiation and cause global warming. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, hydrofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor.") (subclass Groundwater Water) (documentation Groundwater EnglishLanguage "&%Groundwater is the subclass of &%Water that is found in deposits in the earth.") (subclass IndustrialPollution Pollution) (documentation IndustrialPollution EnglishLanguage "&%IndustrialPollution is the subclass of &%Pollution characterized by pollutants that originate in industrial processes.") (subclass MetallurgicalPlant Organization) (documentation MetallurgicalPlant EnglishLanguage "&%MetallurgicalPlant is the subclass of &%Organization that includes metal refining and manufacturing plants. Such plants typically release extremely toxic waste which can pollute air and groundwater if not properly treated.") (subclass NoxiousSubstance Substance) (documentation NoxiousSubstance EnglishLanguage "&%NoxiousSubstance is the class of &%Substances that are harmful to &%Humans.") (subclass Overgrazing Eating) (documentation Overgrazing EnglishLanguage "&%Overgrazing is the class of processes in which grazing animals consume vegetation faster than it can regrow.") (instance OzoneShield AtmosphericRegion) (instance OzoneShield CompoundSubstance) (documentation earthAltitude EnglishLanguage "The altitude of an object above the sea level of &%PlanetEarth") (instance earthAltitude BinaryPredicate) (domain earthAltitude 1 Object) (domain earthAltitude 2 PhysicalQuantity) (<=> (earthAltitude ?OBJ ?ALT) (and (altitude ?OBJ ?SEA ?ALT) (surface ?SEA PlanetEarth))) (documentation OzoneShield EnglishLanguage "The &%OzoneShield is a layer in &%EarthsAtmosphere, located about 25 miles above Earth's surface, composed of ozone gas that absorbs ultraviolent radiation from the Sun that can be damaging to living things.") (earthAltitude OzoneShield (MeasureFn 25.0 Mile)) (subclass PesticidePollution Pollution) (documentation PesticidePollution EnglishLanguage "&%PesticidePollution is the subclass of &%Pollution in which the pollutant is a pesticide.") (subclass Poaching Killing) (documentation Poaching EnglishLanguage "&%Poaching is the illegal killing of non-human animals.") (subclass Pollution SocialInteraction) (documentation Pollution EnglishLanguage "&%Pollution is the contamination of an environment by man-made wastes.") (subclass PotableWater Freshwater) (documentation PotableWater EnglishLanguage "&%PotableWater is the subclass of &%Water that represents safely drinkable water.") (instance ShortageFn UnaryFunction) (domainSubclass ShortageFn 1 Object) (range ShortageFn Entity) (documentation ShortageFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ShortageFn ?TYPE) means that there is a shortage of objects of ?TYPE, which are used as &%resources.") (subclass Salination Combining) (subclass Salination NaturalProcess) (documentation Salination EnglishLanguage "&%Salination is the class of processes in which either &%Freshwater or &%Topsoil becomes imbued with &%SodiumChloride from sea water or from the evaporation of irrigation water.") (=> (instance ?PROCESS Salination) (exists (?SALT) (and (instance ?SALT SodiumChloride) (resource ?PROCESS ?SALT)))) (=> (instance ?S Water) (capability Salination patient ?S)) (=> (instance ?S Soil) (capability Salination patient ?S)) (subclass Sanitation Removing) (documentation Sanitation EnglishLanguage "&%Sanitation is the class of processes by which human waste and garbage are disposed of.") (subclass SewageDisposal Sanitation) (subclass SolidWasteDisposal Sanitation) (subclass Siltation Putting) (documentation Siltation EnglishLanguage "&%Siltation is the class of processes in which &%WaterAreas become filled in with silt or mud, due to soil &%Erosion.") (subclass SlashAndBurnAgriculture Agriculture) (documentation SlashAndBurnAgriculture EnglishLanguage "&%SlashAndBurnAgriculture is the subclass of &%Agriculture processes in which land is cleared by cutting and burning trees, and crops are farmed until the soil is depleted, at which point the plot is abandoned to regrowth. This rotational technique is viable only with low populations and infrequent re-use.") (subclass SoilDegradation SocialInteraction) (documentation SoilDegradation EnglishLanguage "&%SoilDegradation is a class of processes in which the productive capacity of soil is lowered by over-fertilization, overuse of pesticides, erosion, or soil compaction.") (subclass SoilErosion Erosion) (documentation SoilErosion EnglishLanguage "&%SoilErosion is the subclass of &%Erosion in which the matter removed by wind or water is topsoil.") (causesSubclass SoilErosion Siltation) (subclass SoilSalination Salination) (=> (instance ?PROCESS SoilSalination) (exists (?SOIL) (and (instance ?SOIL Soil) (resource ?PROCESS ?SOIL)))) (subclass VehicularPollution Pollution) (documentation VehicularPollution EnglishLanguage "&%VehicularPollution is the subclass of &%Pollution in which the pollutants are vehicle emissions.") (relatedInternalConcept CarbonDioxideEmission VehicularPollution) (subclass WaterOverutilization SocialInteraction) (subclass WaterPollution Pollution) (documentation WaterPollution EnglishLanguage "&%WaterPollution is the subclass of &%Pollution processes in which &%Water is the polluted substance.") ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; Q. Environment - international agreements ;;(subclass Agreement Proposition) ;; KJN: Moving contracts and agreements to Mid-level-ontology.kif ;;(documentation Agreement EnglishLanguage "&%Agreement is the class of ;;&%Propositions that express the contents of agreements ;;entered into by &%CognitiveAgents. &%Agreement includes ;;treaties, contracts, purchase orders, pledges, marriage ;;vows, etc. An &%Agreement may be written down in a document ;;or other &%ContentBearingObject.") ;;(=> ;; (instance ?COMPACT Agreement) ;; (exists (?COMM) ;; (and ;; (instance ?COMM Committing) ;; (represents ?COMM ?COMPACT)))) (subclass InternationalAgreement Agreement) (documentation InternationalAgreement EnglishLanguage "&%InternationalAgreement is the subclass of &%Agreements which are made by and between &%Nations.") (=> (and (instance ?AGREEMENT InternationalAgreement) (instance ?COMMITTING Committing) (represents ?COMMITTING ?AGREEMENT)) (exists (?AGENT) (and (agent ?COMMITTING ?AGENT) (instance ?AGENT Nation)))) (instance DocumentFn UnaryFunction) (domain DocumentFn 1 Proposition) (rangeSubclass DocumentFn Text) (documentation DocumentFn EnglishLanguage "(&%DocumentFn ?PROP) denotes a class of &%Text objects that contain the information ?PROP.") (=> (and (instance ?PROP Proposition) (instance ?TEXT (DocumentFn ?PROP))) (exists (?DOC) (containsInformation ?DOC ?TEXT))) (=> (and (instance ?PROP Proposition) (instance ?CBO ContentBearingObject) (containsInformation ?CBO ?PROP) (instance ?COMM Communication) (patient ?COMM ?CBO)) (represents ?COMM ?PROP)) (subclass TreatyDocument Text) (documentation TreatyDocument EnglishLanguage "&%TreatyDocument is the subclass of &%Texts that represent written agreements between &%Nations.") (=> (instance ?TREATY TreatyDocument) (exists (?COMM ?COUNTRY1 ?COUNTRY2) (and (instance ?COMM Committing) (patient ?COMM ?TREATY) (instance ?COUNTRY1 GeopoliticalArea) (agent ?COMM ?COUNTRY1) (instance ?COUNTRY2 GeopoliticalArea) (agent ?COMM ?COUNTRY2) (not (equal ?COUNTRY1 ?COUNTRY2))))) (=> (instance ?T TreatyDocument) (attribute ?T Treaty)) (instance AgreementOrganizationFn UnaryFunction) (domain AgreementOrganizationFn 1 Agreement) (range AgreementOrganizationFn Organization) (documentation AgreementOrganizationFn EnglishLanguage "(&%AgreementOrganizationFn ?AGR) denotes the official &%Organization established by the &%Agreement ?AGR to administer or enforce the terms of that agreement.") (=> (and (instance ?AGR InternationalAgreement) (instance (AgreementOrganizationFn ?AGR) Organization)) (instance (AgreementOrganizationFn ?AGR) OrganizationOfNations)) (instance dateOpenedForSignature BinaryPredicate) (domain dateOpenedForSignature 1 Proposition) (domainSubclass dateOpenedForSignature 2 TimePosition) (documentation dateOpenedForSignature EnglishLanguage "(&%dateOpenedForSignature ?PROP ?DATE) means that as of a date indicated by ?DATE, document(s) may officially be signed (by the appropriate agents) to effect commitments to the &%Agreement ?PROP.") ;; For "date entered into force" use (from Government.kif): ;; &%agreementEffectiveDate: Proposition x (subclass of) TimePosition ;; Moved this to Mid-level-ontology.kif ;;(instance partyToAgreement BinaryPredicate) ;;(domain partyToAgreement 1 AutonomousAgent) ;;(domain partyToAgreement 2 Proposition) ;;(documentation partyToAgreement EnglishLanguage "(&%partyToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP) ;;means that the &%AutonomousAgent ?AGENT has committed to the agreement ?PROP.") ;;(=> ;; (partyToAgreement ?AGENT ?CONTENT) ;; (instance ?CONTENT Agreement)) ;;(=> ;; (partyToAgreement ?AGENT ?CONTENT) ;; (exists (?COMMITTING ?CBO) ;; (and ;; (instance ?COMMITTING Committing) ;; (instance ?CBO ContentBearingObject) ;; (patient ?COMMITTING ?CBO) ;; (containsInformation ?CBO ?CONTENT) ;; (agent ?COMMITTING ?AGENT)))) (instance unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement BinaryPredicate) (domain unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement 1 AutonomousAgent) (domain unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement 2 Agreement) (documentation unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement EnglishLanguage "(&%unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP) means that the &%AutonomousAgent ?AGENT has signed a document to begin the process of committing to the &%Agreement ?PROP, but that a ratification process required to complete the commitment has not yet occurred.") (=> (unratifiedSignatoryToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP) (not (partyToAgreement ?AGENT ?PROP))) (subclass SigningAnAgreement Committing) (documentation SigningAnAgreement EnglishLanguage "&%SigningAnAgreement is the class of actions in which an agent affixes a signature, stamp, or other evidence of authorization or attestation to a document. The document and signature may be electronic. Signings count as &%SocialInteractions even if done in private, because their significance derives from a social context.") (=> (instance ?SIGNING SigningAnAgreement) (exists (?DOC ?TERMS) (and (instance ?DOC LinguisticExpression) (instance ?TERMS Agreement) (containsInformation ?DOC ?TERMS) (patient ?SIGNING ?DOC)))) ;;----------------------------------- ;; Environmental Agreements covered by the CIA World Fact Book: (instance AirPollutionConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution" AirPollutionConvention) (conventionalShortName "Air Pollution" AirPollutionConvention) (instance AirPollution-NitrogenOxidesProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes" AirPollution-NitrogenOxidesProtocol) (instance AirPollution-PeristentOrganicPollutantsProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants" AirPollution-PeristentOrganicPollutantsProtocol) (instance AirPollution-Sulphur85Protocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at least 30%" AirPollution-Sulphur85Protocol) (instance AirPollution-Sulphur94Protocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions" AirPollution-Sulphur94Protocol) (instance AirPollution-VolatileOrganicCompoundsProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes" AirPollution-VolatileOrganicCompoundsProtocol) (instance Antarctic-EnvironmentalProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty" Antarctic-EnvironmentalProtocol) (instance Antarctic-MarineLivingResourcesConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources" Antarctic-MarineLivingResourcesConvention) (conventionalShortName "Antarctic-Marine Living Resources" Antarctic-MarineLivingResourcesConvention) (instance AntarcticSealsConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals" AntarcticSealsConvention) (conventionalShortName "Antarctic Seals" AntarcticSealsConvention) (instance AntarcticTreaty Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Antarctic Treaty" AntarcticTreaty) (agreementAdoptionDate AntarcticTreaty (DayFn 1 (MonthFn December (YearFn 1959)))) (agreementEffectiveDate AntarcticTreaty (instance ?D (DayFn 23 (MonthFn June (YearFn 1961))))) ;; consultative (voting) members: (claimants) Argentina, Australia, ;; Chile, France, NewZealand, Norway, UnitedKingdom; (nonclaimants) ;; Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, ;; Italy, Japan, SouthKorea, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, ;; SouthAfrica, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, UnitedStates. includes under ;; the treaty all land and ice shelves south of 60 degrees 00 minutes ;; south and reserves high seas rights. (instance BiodiversityConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on Biological Diversity" BiodiversityConvention) (instance ClimateChangeConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" ClimateChangeConvention) (conventionalShortName "Climate Change" ClimateChangeConvention) (instance ClimateChange-KyotoProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" ClimateChange-KyotoProtocol) (conventionalShortName "Kyoto Protocol" ClimateChange-KyotoProtocol) (conventionalShortName "Climate Change Kyoto Protocol" ClimateChange-KyotoProtocol) (instance DesertificationConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought or Desertification, Particularly in Africa" DesertificationConvention) (conventionalShortName "Desertification" DesertificationConvention) (instance EndangeredSpeciesConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna" EndangeredSpeciesConvention) (conventionalShortName "EndangeredSpecies" EndangeredSpeciesConvention) (abbreviation "CITES" EndangeredSpeciesConvention) (instance EnvironmentalModificationConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques" EnvironmentalModificationConvention) (conventionalShortName "Environmental Modification" EnvironmentalModificationConvention) (instance HazardousWastesConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal" HazardousWastesConvention ) (conventionalShortName "Basel Convention" HazardousWastesConvention) (conventionalShortName "Hazardous Wastes" HazardousWastesConvention) (instance LawOfTheSeaConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" LawOfTheSeaConvention) (conventionalShortName "Law of the Sea" LawOfTheSeaConvention) (abbreviation "LOS" LawOfTheSeaConvention) (instance MarineDumpingConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping Wastes and Other Matter" MarineDumpingConvention) (conventionalShortName "Marine Dumping" MarineDumpingConvention) (conventionalShortName "London Convention" MarineDumpingConvention) (instance MarineLifeConservationConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on Fishing and Conservation of Living Resources of the High Seas" MarineLifeConservationConvention) (conventionalShortName "Marine Life Conservation" MarineLifeConservationConvention) (instance NuclearTestBanTreaty Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water" NuclearTestBanTreaty) (conventionalShortName "Nuclear Test Ban" NuclearTestBanTreaty) (instance OzoneLayerProtectionProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer" OzoneLayerProtectionProtocol) (conventionalShortName "Ozone Layer Protection" OzoneLayerProtectionProtocol) (conventionalShortName "Montreal Protocol" OzoneLayerProtectionProtocol) (instance ShipPollutionProtocol Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973" ShipPollutionProtocol) (conventionalShortName "Ship Pollution" ShipPollutionProtocol) (conventionalShortName "MARPOL" ShipPollutionProtocol) (instance TropicalTimber83Agreement Agreement) (conventionalLongName "International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983" TropicalTimber83Agreement) (conventionalShortName "Tropical Timber 83" TropicalTimber83Agreement) (instance TropicalTimber94Agreement Agreement) (conventionalLongName "International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994" TropicalTimber94Agreement) (conventionalShortName "Tropical Timber 94" TropicalTimber94Agreement) (instance WetlandsConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat" WetlandsConvention) (conventionalShortName "Wetlands" WetlandsConvention) (conventionalShortName "Ramsar Convention" WetlandsConvention) (instance WhalingConvention Agreement) (conventionalLongName "International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling" WhalingConvention) (conventionalShortName "Whaling" WhalingConvention) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; R. Geography - note ;; [Specific notes made in KIF Country files as needed.] ;;======================================================================== ;; II. General Geography Terms and Background ;; A. Planet geography & astronomical bodies ;; B. Directions and distances ;; C. Land forms ;; D. Water areas ;; 1. Oceans & Seas ;; 2. Tides & Currents ;; 3. Water subregions ;; 4. Fresh water areas ;; E. Coastal and shoreline areas ;; F. Air and atmosphere ;; G. Weather & Climate ;; H. Vegetation and biomes ;; I. Natural disasters ;;------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; A. Planet Geography and Astronomical Bodies (subclass Star AstronomicalBody) (documentation Star EnglishLanguage "&%Star is the class of hot gaseous astronomical bodies.") (instance Sol Star) (documentation Sol EnglishLanguage "&%Sol is the nearest &%Star to &%PlanetEarth and the focus of its &%SolarSystem.") (=> (instance ?L Sunlight) (origin ?L Sol)) (subclass SolarSystem Collection) (documentation SolarSystem EnglishLanguage "&%SolarSystem is the class of systems that consist of a star or stars and any encircling astronomical bodies.") (subclass Satellite AstronomicalBody) (documentation Satellite EnglishLanguage "&%Satellite is the collection of bodies that revolve around some astronomical body, e.g., planets around a star. This class includes both artificial and &%NaturalSatellites.") (instance orbits BinaryPredicate) (instance orbits AsymmetricRelation) (domain orbits 1 Object) (domain orbits 2 AstronomicalBody) (documentation orbits EnglishLanguage "(&%orbits ?SATELLITE ?FOCUS) means that the &%Object ?SATELLITE revolves around the &%AstronomicalBody ?FOCUS.") (=> (instance ?SAT Satellite) (exists (?BODY) (and (instance ?BODY AstronomicalBody) (orbits ?SAT ?BODY)))) (subclass NaturalSatellite Satellite) (subclass NaturalSatellite AstronomicalBody) (disjoint NaturalSatellite Artifact) (documentation NaturalSatellite EnglishLanguage "&%NaturalSatellite is the class of large, naturally occurring astronomical bodies orbiting some other &%AstronomicalBody.") (subclass Moon NaturalSatellite) (documentation Moon EnglishLanguage "&%Moon is the class of &%NaturalSatellites that orbit planets or large asteroids.") (instance EarthsMoon Moon) (orbits EarthsMoon PlanetEarth) (documentation EarthsMoon EnglishLanguage "EarthsMoon is the Moon of PlanetEarth.") (subclass Planet NaturalSatellite) (documentation Planet EnglishLanguage "&%Planet is the class of large &%NaturalSatellites that revolve around a star.") (instance PlanetEarth Planet) (orbits PlanetEarth Sol) (instance PlanetMercury Planet) (orbits PlanetMercury Sol) (instance PlanetVenus Planet) (orbits PlanetVenus Sol) (instance PlanetMars Planet) (orbits PlanetMars Sol) (instance PlanetJupiter Planet) (orbits PlanetJupiter Sol) (instance PlanetSaturn Planet) (orbits PlanetSaturn Sol) (instance PlanetNeptune Planet) (orbits PlanetNeptune Sol) (instance PlanetUranus Planet) (orbits PlanetUranus Sol) (instance PlanetPluto Planet) (orbits PlanetPluto Sol) (subclass Meteorite Meteoroid) (documentation Meteorite EnglishLanguage "Any &%Meteoroid that leaves traces on the surface of &%Earth.") (=> (instance ?M Meteorite) (exists (?T) (holdsDuring ?T (meetsSpatially ?M PlanetEarth)))) ;; KJN: changing the definition of this based on Wikipedia (subclass Meteoroid AstronomicalBody) ;;(documentation Meteoroid EnglishLanguage "Any &%AstronomicalBody that breaks through the ;;&%Atmosphere of &%Earth.") (documentation Meteoroid EnglishLanguage "According to the International Astronomical Union, a &%Meteoroid is a solid object moving in interplanetary space, of a size considerably smaller than an asteroid and considerably larger than an atom.") ;; KJN: Changing this rule based on new linguistic definition ;;(=> ;; (instance ?M Meteoroid) ;; (exists (?T) ;; (holdsDuring ?T ;; (meetsSpatially ?M EarthsAtmosphere)))) (=> (instance ?M Meteoroid) (exists (?R) (and (instance ?R OuterSpaceRegion) (located ?M ?R)))) ;;--------------------------------- ;; Earth location terms (subclass Hemisphere GeographicArea) (documentation Hemisphere EnglishLanguage "&%Hemisphere is the class of &%GeographicAreas that are halves of the Earth, as traditionally divided into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres along the equator and into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres along a north-south line running 20�W and 160�E.") (=> (instance ?AREA Hemisphere) (geographicSubregion ?AREA PlanetEarth)) (instance NorthernHemisphere Hemisphere) (documentation NorthernHemisphere EnglishLanguage "The half of the Earth that lies above the equator.") (instance SouthernHemisphere Hemisphere) (documentation SouthernHemisphere EnglishLanguage "The half of the Earth that lies below the equator.") (instance EasternHemisphere Hemisphere) (documentation EasternHemisphere EnglishLanguage "The half of the Earth that includes Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.") (instance WesternHemisphere Hemisphere) (documentation WesternHemisphere EnglishLanguage "The half of the Earth that includes North and South America.") (<=> (instance ?HEMISPHERE Hemisphere) (or (equal ?HEMISPHERE NorthernHemisphere) (equal ?HEMISPHERE SouthernHemisphere) (equal ?HEMISPHERE EasternHemisphere) (equal ?HEMISPHERE WesternHemisphere))) (=> (and (overlapsSpatially ?ONE ?TWO) (instance ?TWO Region) (not (equal ?ONE ?TWO))) (partlyLocated ?ONE ?TWO)) ;; AXIOMS for &%Continent (defined in Merge.txt): (<=> (instance ?CONTINENT Continent) (or (equal Africa ?CONTINENT) (equal NorthAmerica ?CONTINENT) (equal SouthAmerica ?CONTINENT) (equal Antarctica ?CONTINENT) (equal Europe ?CONTINENT) (equal Asia ?CONTINENT) (equal Oceania ?CONTINENT))) (=> (instance ?AREA Continent) (geographicSubregion ?AREA PlanetEarth)) (disjoint Nation Continent) (instance Africa Continent) (names "Africa" Africa) (overlapsSpatially Africa NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Africa SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion Africa EasternHemisphere) (instance NorthAmerica Continent) (geographicSubregion NorthAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (instance SouthAmerica Continent) (names "South America" SouthAmerica) (overlapsSpatially SouthAmerica NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially SouthAmerica SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion SouthAmerica WesternHemisphere) (instance Antarctica Continent) (names "Antarctica" Antarctica) (geographicSubregion Antarctica SouthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Antarctica EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Antarctica WesternHemisphere) (names "Europe" Europe) (geographicSubregion Europe NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Europe EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Europe WesternHemisphere) (instance Asia Continent) (names "Asia" Asia) (overlapsSpatially Asia NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Asia SouthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion Asia EasternHemisphere) (instance Oceania Continent) ; (names "Oceania" Oceania) (overlapsSpatially Oceania NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Oceania SouthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Oceania EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Oceania WesternHemisphere) (instance ArcticRegion GeographicArea) (names "Arctic" ArcticRegion) (names "the Arctic" ArcticRegion) (documentation ArcticRegion EnglishLanguage "The area above the Artic Circle, which is 66 degrees 33 minutes and 38 seconds north latitude. It is dark for at least 24 hours at some point during the year, with an increasing period of yearly continuous darkness as one gets closer to the North Pole.") (=> (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (located ?REGION ArcticRegion)) (exists (?DAY) (and (instance ?DAY Day) (holdsDuring ?DAY (not (attribute ?REGION Illuminated)))))) (geographicSubregion ArcticRegion NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially ArcticRegion EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially ArcticRegion WesternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially ArcticOcean ArcticRegion) (not (vegetationType ArcticRegion BotanicalTree)) (instance Tropics GeographicArea) (names "Tropics" Tropics) (names "the Tropics" Tropics) (documentation Tropics EnglishLanguage "The &%Tropics is the region of &%PlanetEarth that lies between 23°26′11.5″(or 23.43652°)&%North latitude and 23°26′11.5″(or 23.43652°) &%South latitude, encircling the globe.") (=> (and (instance ?PLACE GeographicArea) (located ?PLACE ?T) (instance ?T Tropics)) (exists (?NUM1 ?LONG ?DIR ?NUM2 ?U) (and (objectGeographicCoordinates ?PLACE (MeasureFn ?NUM1 ?U) ?LONG) (instance ?U UnitOfAngularMeasure) (lessThan ?NUM1 ?NUM2) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM2 ?U) (LatitudeFn ?DIR (MeasureFn 23.0 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 26.0 ArcMinute) (MeasureFn 11.5 ArcSecond))) (instance ?DIR DirectionalAttribute) (or (equal ?DIR North) (equal ?DIR South))))) (overlapsSpatially Tropics NorthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Tropics SouthernHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Tropics EasternHemisphere) (overlapsSpatially Tropics WesternHemisphere) (geographicSubregion Antarctica AntarcticArea) (instance AntarcticArea GeographicArea) (instance AntarcticArea LandArea) (documentation AntarcticArea EnglishLanguage "The area below the AntarcticCircle, which is 66 degrees 33 minutes and 38 seconds south latitude. It is dark for at least 24 hours at some point during the year, with an increasing period of yearly continuous darkness as one gets closer to the South Pole.") (=> (and (instance ?REGION GeographicArea) (located ?REGION AntarcticArea)) (exists (?DAY) (and (instance ?DAY Day) (holdsDuring ?DAY (not (attribute ?REGION Illuminated)))))) ;;------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; B. Directions and coordinates ;; Additional Compass Directions: (instance Northeast DirectionalAttribute) (documentation Northeast EnglishLanguage "&%Northeast represents the compass direction of Northeast.") (<=> (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Northeast) (and (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 North) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 East))) (instance Southeast DirectionalAttribute) (documentation Southeast EnglishLanguage "&%Southeast represents the compass direction of Southeast.") (<=> (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Southeast) (and (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 South) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 East))) (instance Southwest DirectionalAttribute) (oppositeDirection Northeast Southwest) (documentation Southwest EnglishLanguage "&%Southwest represents the compass direction of Southwest.") (<=> (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Southwest) (and (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 South) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 West))) (instance Northwest DirectionalAttribute) (oppositeDirection Northwest Southeast) (documentation Northwest EnglishLanguage "&%Northwest represents the compass direction of Northwest.") (<=> (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Northwest) (and (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 North) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 West))) (instance headingWRTTrueNorth BinaryPredicate) (instance headingWRTTrueNorth AsymmetricRelation) (domain headingWRTTrueNorth 1 Object) (domain headingWRTTrueNorth 2 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation headingWRTTrueNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%headingWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) means that the front-to-back axis of the &%Object ?OBJ points in the direction ?DEGREE, with respect to true North.") (instance headingWRTMagneticNorth BinaryPredicate) (instance headingWRTMagneticNorth AsymmetricRelation) (domain headingWRTMagneticNorth 1 Object) (domain headingWRTMagneticNorth 2 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation headingWRTMagneticNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%headingWRTMagneticNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) means that the front-to-back axis of the &%Object ?OBJ points in the direction ?DEGREE, with respect to magnetic North.") (instance headingWRTCompassNorth BinaryPredicate) (instance headingWRTCompassNorth AsymmetricRelation) (domain headingWRTCompassNorth 1 Object) (domain headingWRTCompassNorth 2 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation headingWRTCompassNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%headingWRTCompassNorth ?OBJ ?DEGREE) means that the front-to-back axis of the &%Object ?OBJ points in the direction ?DEGREE, according to the compass carried by ?OBJ.") (instance courseWRTTrueNorth TernaryPredicate) (domain courseWRTTrueNorth 1 Physical) (domain courseWRTTrueNorth 2 Physical) (domain courseWRTTrueNorth 3 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation courseWRTTrueNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course heading or track from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING, in &%AngularDegrees, with the reference point of 000 degrees being true North.") (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 0.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 North)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 90.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 East)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 180.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 South)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 270.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 West)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 360.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 North)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 45.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Northeast)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 135.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Southeast)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 225.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Southwest)) (<=> (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 (MeasureFn 315.0 AngularDegree)) (orientation ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 Northwest)) (instance magneticVariation TernaryPredicate) (domain magneticVariation 1 GeographicArea) (domain magneticVariation 2 PlaneAngleMeasure) (domain magneticVariation 3 DirectionalAttribute) (documentation magneticVariation EnglishLanguage "(&%magneticVariation ?AREA ?DEGREE ?DIRECTION) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA, the magnetic variation of a compass from 000 degrees true is ?DEGREE &%AngularDegrees in ?DIRECTION (&%East or &%West).") (=> (magneticVariation ?AREA ?DEGREE ?DIRECTION) (or (equal ?DIRECTION East) (equal ?DIRECTION West))) (instance courseWRTMagneticNorth TernaryPredicate) (domain courseWRTMagneticNorth 1 Physical) (domain courseWRTMagneticNorth 2 Physical) (domain courseWRTMagneticNorth 3 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation courseWRTMagneticNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%courseWRTMagneticNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course heading from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING in &%AngularDegrees, with the reference point of 000 degrees being the magnetic North pole.") ;TODO: should ?TRUEDEGREE be ?DIFFEGREE ? ; (=> ; (and ; (courseWRTMagneticNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ; (MeasureFn ?MAGDEGREE AngularDegree)) ; (partlyLocated ?OBJ1 ?AREA) ; (partlyLocated ?OBJ2 ?AREA) ; (magneticVariation ?AREA ; (MeasureFn ?DEGREE AngularDegree) ?DIRECTION)) ; (exists (?DIFFDEGREE ?TRUEDEGREE) ; (and ; (=> ; (and ; (equal ?DIRECTION East) ; (equal ?DIFFDEGREE (AdditionFn ?MAGDEGREE ?DEGREE))) ; (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?TRUEDEGREE)) ; (=> ; (and ; (equal ?DIRECTION West) ; (equal ?DIFFDEGREE (SubtractionFn ?MAGDEGREE ?DEGREE))) ; (courseWRTTrueNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?TRUEDEGREE))))) (instance courseWRTCompassNorth TernaryPredicate) (domain courseWRTCompassNorth 1 Physical) (domain courseWRTCompassNorth 2 Physical) (domain courseWRTCompassNorth 3 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation courseWRTCompassNorth EnglishLanguage "(&%courseWRTCompassNorth ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2 ?HEADING) means that the course heading from ?OBJ1 to ?OBJ2 is ?HEADING in &%AngularDegrees, with the reference point of 000 degrees North as measured by compass on or at ?OBJ1.") (instance relativeBearing TernaryPredicate) (domain relativeBearing 1 Object) (domain relativeBearing 2 Object) (domain relativeBearing 3 PlaneAngleMeasure) (documentation relativeBearing EnglishLanguage "(&%relativeBearing ?OBJ1?OBJ2 ?DEGREES) means that ?OBJ1 and ?OBJ2 are separated by the amount ?DEGREES of &%PlaneAngleMeasure.") ;; Nautical units of measure (names "fathom" Fathom) (instance Fathom UnitOfLength) (equal (MeasureFn 1.0 Fathom) (MeasureFn 6.0 FootLength)) (=> (equal ?NUMBER (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUMBER)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUMBER Fathom) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUMBER 6.0) FootLength))) (documentation Fathom EnglishLanguage "&%Fathom is a &%UnitOfMeasure used for measuring water depth. One fathom is equal to six feet.") (names "nautical mile" NauticalMile) (instance NauticalMile UnitOfLength) (documentation NauticalMile EnglishLanguage "&%NauticalMile represents the international unit used for measuring distance in sea and air navigation. The unit is based on the length of a minute of arc of a great circle of &%PlanetEarth.") (equal (MeasureFn 1.0 NauticalMile) (MeasureFn 6076.1 FootLength)) (equal (MeasureFn 1.0 NauticalMile) (MeasureFn 1852.0 Meter)) (=> (equal ?AMOUNT (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile)) (equal ?AMOUNT (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1.852) (KiloFn Meter)))) (=> (equal ?AMOUNT (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile)) (equal ?AMOUNT (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1.151) Mile))) (=> (equal ?NUM (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUM)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1852.0) Meter))) (=> (equal ?NUM (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUM)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1.852) (KiloFn Meter)))) (=> (equal ?NUM (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUM)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 6076.1) FootLength))) (=> (equal ?NUM (MultiplicationFn 1.0 ?NUM)) (equal (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUM 1.151) Mile))) (names "knot" KnotUnitOfSpeed) (abbreviation "kt" KnotUnitOfSpeed) (instance KnotUnitOfSpeed CompositeUnitOfMeasure) (documentation KnotUnitOfSpeed EnglishLanguage "&%KnotUnitOfSpeed is a unit for measuring speed. One &%KnotUnitOfSpeed is equal to one &%NauticalMile per one &%HourDuration.") (=> (equal ?SPEED (SpeedFn (MeasureFn ?DISTANCE NauticalMile) (MeasureFn ?TIME HourDuration))) (equal ?SPEED (MeasureFn (DivisionFn ?DISTANCE ?TIME) KnotUnitOfSpeed))) (=> (equal ?SPEED (MeasureFn ?NUM KnotUnitOfSpeed)) (equal ?SPEED (SpeedFn (MeasureFn ?NUM NauticalMile) (MeasureFn 1.0 HourDuration)))) ;;------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; C. Land Forms ;; Area measures (instance SquareMeter UnitOfArea) (documentation SquareMeter EnglishLanguage "&%SquareMeter represents a &%UnitOfMeasure equal to one square &%Meter.") ;(equal ; (MeasureFn 1.0 SquareMeter) ; (MultiplicationFn ; (MeasureFn 1.0 Meter) ; (MeasureFn 1.0 Meter))) (instance SquareUnitFn UnaryFunction) (domain SquareUnitFn 1 UnitOfMeasure) (range SquareUnitFn UnitOfMeasure) (documentation SquareUnitFn EnglishLanguage "(&%SquareUnitFn ?UNIT) denotes the &%UnitOfMeasure that is the square of the &%UnitOfMeasure ?UNIT. For example, (&%SquareUnitFn (&%KiloFn &%Meter)) denotes the unit of a square kilometer.") (equal SquareMeter (SquareUnitFn Meter)) (equal SquareKilometer (SquareUnitFn (KiloFn Meter))) (subclass LandForm GeographicArea) (documentation LandForm EnglishLanguage "A &%LandForm is the class of geographically and/or geologically distinct areas that occur on Earth's surface, including mountains, hills, plains, valleys, deltas, and features of submerged land areas such as the ocean floor.") (subclass UplandArea LandForm) (documentation UplandArea EnglishLanguage "An &%UplandArea is a &%LandArea elevated above the surrounding terrain.") (subclass LowlandArea LandForm) (documentation LowlandArea EnglishLanguage "A &%LowlandArea is a land area lower than the surrounding region, and usually level land.") (subclass UndergroundArea GeographicArea) (documentation UndergroundArea EnglishLanguage "The class of regions &%located &%Below the surface of the earth.") (=> (instance ?place UndergroundArea) (exists (?area ?ground) (and (surface ?ground PlanetEarth) (part ?area ?ground) (orientation ?place ?area Below)))) (=> (and (instance ?place UndergroundArea) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (earthAltitude ?place (MeasureFn ?alt1 ?U)) (surface ?ground PlanetEarth) (part ?area ?ground) (orientation ?place ?area Below) (earthAltitude ?area (MeasureFn ?alt2 ?U))) (greaterThan ?alt2 ?alt1)) (subclass MountainRange LandForm) (subclass MountainRange UplandArea) (documentation MountainRange EnglishLanguage "A &%MountainRange is a row or chain of connected mountains.") (=> (and (instance ?Range MountainRange) (part ?Mountain1 ?Range)) (exists (?Mountain2) (and (component ?Mountain2 ?Range) (instance ?Mountain2 Mountain) (meetsSpatially ?Mountain1 ?Mountain2)))) (subclass Mountain LandForm) (subclass Mountain UplandArea) (documentation Mountain EnglishLanguage "A &%Mountain is a high, rocky &%LandForm, usually with steep sides and a pointed or rounded top, and higher than a &%Hill.") (=> (instance ?Mountain Mountain) (exists (?Incline) (and (instance ?Incline SlopedArea) (attribute ?Incline SteepTerrain) (part ?Incline ?Mountain)))) (groundSurfaceType Mountain Rock) (groundSubsurfaceType Mountain Rock) (subclass Hill LandForm) (subclass Hill UplandArea) (documentation Hill EnglishLanguage "A &%Hill is a raised part of the earth's surface with sloping sides - an old mountain which because of erosion has become shorter and more rounded.") (=> (instance ?Hill Hill) (exists (?Incline) (and (instance ?Incline SlopedArea) (part ?Incline ?Hill)))) (subclass Volcano LandForm) (documentation Volcano EnglishLanguage "A &%Volcano in the broadest sense, i.e., a region containing a vent through which magmous and/or pyroclastic materials are passed from the interior of the Earth to its surface (atmospheric or underwater).") (subclass VolcanoStatus InternalAttribute) (instance VolcanicallyActive VolcanoStatus) (instance VolcanicallyDormant VolcanoStatus) (instance VolcanicallyExtinct VolcanoStatus) (contraryAttribute VolcanicallyActive VolcanicallyDormant VolcanicallyExtinct) (exhaustiveAttribute VolcanoStatus VolcanicallyActive VolcanicallyDormant VolcanicallyExtinct) (=> (instance ?event VolcanicEruption) (exists (?volcano) (and (instance ?volcano Volcano) (agent ?event ?volcano)))) (subclass VolcanicMountain Mountain) (subclass VolcanicMountain Volcano) (documentation VolcanicMountain EnglishLanguage "A &%VolcanicMountain is a cone-shaped mountain formed out of rock or ash thrown up from inside the earth, frequently with an opening or depression at the top.") (subclass VolcanicCone Hill) (subclass VolcanicCone Volcano) (documentation VolcanicCone EnglishLanguage "A &%VolcanicCone is a hill of lava or pyroclastics surrounding a volcanic vent. Not as high as a &%VolcanicMountain.") (subclass WatershedDivide LandArea) (subclass WatershedDivide UplandArea) (documentation WatershedDivide EnglishLanguage "A &%WatershedDivide is a summit area, or narrow tract of higher ground that constitutes the watershed boundary between two adjacent drainage basins, it divides the surface waters that flow naturally in one direction from those that flow in the opposite direction.") (subclass SlopedArea LandForm) (documentation SlopedArea EnglishLanguage "A &%SlopedArea is a land surface which lies at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than others, a slope.") (=> (instance ?incline SlopedArea) (exists (?top ?bottom ?height1 ?height2 ?U) (and (top ?top ?incline) (bottom ?bottom ?incline) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (earthAltitude ?top (MeasureFn ?height1 ?U)) (earthAltitude ?bottom (MeasureFn ?height2 ?U)) (greaterThan ?height1 ?height2)))) ; (successorAttributeClosure ?height2 ?height1) ;; needed? ; deleted the above line because ?height2 and ?height1 are not Attributes (subclass Cliff SlopedArea) (documentation Cliff EnglishLanguage "A &%Cliff is any high, very-steep-to-perpendicular or overhanging face of rock or earth, a precipice.") (=> (instance ?cliff Cliff) (exists (?slope) (and (slopeGradient ?cliff ?slope) (greaterThan ?slope 0.60) ;; or more? (greaterThan 1.20 ?slope)))) ;; or less? (subclass Plateau LandForm) (subclass Plateau UplandArea) (documentation Plateau EnglishLanguage "A &%Plateau is a flat upland area with one steep face, elevated plain.") (=> (and (instance ?Plateau Plateau) (top ?Top ?Plateau)) (attribute ?Top FlatTerrain)) (=> (instance ?plateau Plateau) (exists (?slope) (and (instance ?slope SlopedArea) (attribute ?slope SteepTerrain) (overlapsSpatially ?slope ?plateau)))) (subclass Mesa LandForm) (subclass Mesa UplandArea) (documentation Mesa EnglishLanguage "A &%Mesa is a land formation having a relatively flat top and steep rock walls.") (=> (and (instance ?Mesa Mesa) (top ?Top ?Mesa)) (attribute ?Top FlatTerrain)) (=> (and (instance ?Mesa Mesa) (side ?Side ?Mesa)) (attribute ?Side SteepTerrain)) (subclass Butte UplandArea) (subclass Butte LandForm) (documentation Butte EnglishLanguage "A &%Butte is an &%Upland raised sharply from the surrounding region. Smaller in area than a &%Mesa.") (=> (and (instance ?butte Butte) (side ?side ?butte)) (attribute ?side SteepTerrain)) (=> (and (instance ?butte Butte) (top ?top ?butte)) (attribute ?top FlatTerrain)) (=> (and (instance ?butte Butte) (instance ?mesa Mesa) (linearExtent ?butte (MeasureFn ?size1 ?unit)) (linearExtent ?mesa (MeasureFn ?size2 ?unit))) (greaterThan ?size2 ?size1)) (subclass Piedmont LandArea) (documentation Piedmont EnglishLanguage "A &%Piedmont is a &%LandArea at the foot of mountains.") (=> (instance ?piedmont Piedmont) (exists (?mountains) (and (instance ?mountains MountainousTerrain) (orientation ?piedmont ?mountains Adjacent)))) (=> (and (instance ?piedmont Piedmont) (attribute ?mountains MountainousTerrain) (orientation ?piedmont ?mountains Adjacent) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (height ?piedmont (MeasureFn ?height1 ?U)) (height ?mountains (MeasureFn ?height2 ?U))) (greaterThan ?height2 ?height1)) (subclass Plain LowlandArea) (documentation Plain EnglishLanguage "A &%Plain is a broad, flat or gently rolling area, usually low in elevation.") (=> (instance ?plain Plain) (attribute ?plain FlatTerrain)) (subclass Valley LandForm) (subclass Valley LowlandArea) (documentation Valley EnglishLanguage "A &%Valley is an area of low-lying land flanked by higher ground. Valleys typically contain a stream or river flowing along the valley floor.") (=> (and (instance ?valley Valley) (instance ?area LandArea) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (earthAltitude ?valley (MeasureFn ?height1 ?U)) (earthAltitude ?area (MeasureFn ?height2 ?U)) (orientation ?valley ?area Adjacent)) (greaterThan ?height2 ?height1)) (subclass Basin LandForm) (documentation Basin EnglishLanguage "A &%Basin is an area of land enclosed or partially enclosed by higher land.") (=> (and (instance ?basin Basin) (instance ?area LandArea) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (earthAltitude ?basin (MeasureFn ?height1 ?U)) (earthAltitude ?area (MeasureFn ?height2 ?U)) (orientation ?basin ?area Adjacent)) (greaterThan ?height2 ?height1)) (subclass Canyon LandForm) (documentation Canyon EnglishLanguage "A &%Canyon is a narrow valley with steep sides, usually created by erosion.") (=> (instance ?Canyon Canyon) (exists (?Hole) (hole ?Hole ?Canyon))) (=> (instance ?Canyon Canyon) (exists (?Erosion) (and (instance ?Erosion Erosion) (result ?Erosion ?Canyon)))) ;; Ground and soil types: (instance groundSurfaceType BinaryPredicate) (documentation groundSurfaceType EnglishLanguage "(%&groundSurfaceType ?area ?substance) means that the predominant &%Substance at the ground surface of the &%LandArea ?area is ?substance.") (domain groundSurfaceType 1 LandArea) (domainSubclass groundSurfaceType 2 Substance) (instance groundSubsurfaceType BinaryPredicate) (documentation groundSubsurfaceType EnglishLanguage "(&%groundSubsurfaceType ?area ?subsoil) means that the predominant &%Substance in the subsoil or subsurface layer of the &%LandArea ?area is of type ?subsoil.") (domain groundSubsurfaceType 1 LandArea) (domainSubclass groundSubsurfaceType 2 Substance) (=> (and (instance ?area LandArea) (groundSurfaceType ?area ?type1) (groundSubsurfaceType ?area ?type2)) (exists (?above ?below) (and (instance ?above ?type1) (instance ?below ?type2) (orientation ?above ?below Above)))) ;; KJN: Moving this to MILO to remove multiple dependencies ;;(subclass Soil Mixture) ;;(documentation Soil EnglishLanguage "&%Soil is a substance composed of fine rock material ;;disintegrated by geological processes, mixed with humus, the organic remains of decomposed vegetation.") ;;(=> ;; (instance ?Soil Soil) ;; (exists (?Humus ?Mineral) ;; (and ;; (instance ?Humus Humus) ;; (instance ?Mineral Mineral) ;; (part ?Humus ?Soil) ;; (part ?Mineral ?Soil)))) ;;(subclass Humus Mixture) ;;(documentation Humus EnglishLanguage "&%Humus is decaying organic matter found in &%Soil ;;and derived from dead animal and plant material.") ;;(=> ;; (instance ?Humus Humus) ;; (exists (?Soil) ;; (and ;; (instance ?Soil Soil) ;; (part ?Humus ?Soil)))) (subclass SoilSolution Solution) (documentation SoilSolution EnglishLanguage "&%SoilSolution is the liquid component of soils, which is largely water containing a number of mineral substances in solution, as well as comparatively large amounts of dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide.") (=> (instance ?Solution SoilSolution) (exists (?Soil) (and (instance ?Soil Soil) (part ?Solution ?Soil)))) (subclass Loam Soil) (documentation Loam EnglishLanguage "Type of soil intermediate in texture between clay and sand, consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, gravel, silt, and organic matter.") (=> (instance ?Loam Loam) (exists (?Clay ?Sand ?Gravel ?Silt ?Organic) (and (instance ?Clay Clay) (piece ?Clay ?Loam) (instance ?Gravel Gravel) (piece ?Gravel ?Loam) (instance ?Sand Sand) (piece ?Sand ?Loam) (instance ?Silt Silt) (piece ?Silt ?Loam) (instance ?Organic BodySubstance) (piece ?Organic ?Loam)))) (=> (and (instance ?area GeographicArea) (groundSurfaceType ?area Loam)) (attribute ?area FertileTerrain)) (subclass Sand Soil) (documentation Sand EnglishLanguage "&%Sand is a &%Mixture of loose fragments of &%Minerals or &%Rocks. Smaller than pebbles and larger than &%Silt and &%Clay (in the Wentworth Scale), sand particles range from 0.062 &%Millimeter to 2 &%Millimeter in &%approximateDiameter. &%Sand is formed by %Erosion of rocks through the action of &%ater, &%Ice or &%Air.") (documentation Sand ChineseLanguage "&%Sand 是由松散零碎的 &%Mineral 或 &%Rock 组成的 &%Mixture。(溫特瓦分級)沙粒比卵石小而比 &%Silt 和 &%Clay 大,它的 &%approximateDiameter 在 0.062 &%Millimeter 到 2 &%Millimeter 之间。&%Sand 是石头受水、冰或空气的 %Erosion 所产生的。") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Sand "沙") (=> (and (part ?Particle ?Soil) (instance ?Soil Sand) (approximateDiameter ?Particle (MeasureFn ?Size Millimeter))) (and (greaterThan 2.0 ?Size) (greaterThan ?Size 0.062))) (documentation Silt EnglishLanguage "&%Silt is sediment carried along by flowing water and deposited at a bend in a river or at a river's opening. Smaller than &%Sand and larger than &%Clay (on the Wentworth Scale), silt particles range from 0.004 &%Millimeters to 0.062 Millimeters.") (documentation Silt ChineseLanguage "&%Silt 是由水流冲积于河口或河流弯曲处的沉积物。(溫特瓦分級) 淤泥比砂小而比 &%Clay 大,它的 &%approximateDiameter 在0.004 &%Millimeter 到 0.062 &%Millimeter 之间。") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Silt "淤泥") (subclass Silt Soil) (=> (and (part ?Particle ?Soil) (instance ?Soil Silt) (approximateDiameter ?Particle (MeasureFn ?Size Millimeter))) (and (greaterThan 0.062 ?Size) (greaterThan ?Size 0.004))) (documentation Gravel EnglishLanguage "&%Gravel is a mixture of &Pebbles which are between 2 &%Millimeter to 64 &%Millimeter in &%approximateDiameter in the Wentworth Scale.") (documentation Gravel ChineseLanguage "&%Gravel 是由 &Pebble 组成的混合物,按照溫特瓦分級,它的 &%approximateDiameter 在 2 &%Millimeter 和 256 &%Millimeter 之间。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Gravel "gravel") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Gravel "砾石") (subclass Gravel Mixture) (=> (instance ?GRAVEL Gravel) (and (part ?Particle ?GRAVEL) (instance ?Particle Pebble))) (subclass Marble Rock) (documentation Marble EnglishLanguage "A metamorphic &%Rock that is used in &%Constructing and in creating &%Sculptures.") ;; KJN: Moving this to MILO to remove dependencies ;;(subclass Rock Substance) ;;(documentation Rock EnglishLanguage "&%Rock is any naturally formed aggregate of one or more ;;minerals, consolidated or not, with some degree of mineralogic and chemical ;;constancy, in popular use the term is usually restricted to those aggregates ;;that are hard, compact, and coherent.") ;;(=> ;; (instance ?Rock Rock) ;; (attribute ?Rock Solid)) ;;(=> ;; (instance ?Rock Rock) ;; (exists (?Mineral) ;; (and ;; (instance ?Mineral Mineral) ;; (part ?Mineral ?Rock)))) (subclass Stone Rock) (documentation Stone EnglishLanguage "A &%Stone is any small fragment of rock or mineral matter.") ;(=> ; (instance ?Stone Stone) ; (relativeSize ?Stone Small Rock)) ;;------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; D. Water Areas ;; 1. Oceans & Seas ;; 2. Tides & Currents ;; 3. Water Subregions ;; 4. Fresh Water Areas ;; Defined in Merge.txt: ;; WaterArea, StreamWaterArea, SaltWaterArea, and FreshWaterArea ;; 1. Oceans & Seas (subclass BodyOfWater WaterArea) (subclass BodyOfWater SelfConnectedObject) (documentation BodyOfWater EnglishLanguage "A &%BodyOfWater is a connected body of water with established boundaries marked by either geographical features or conventional borders.") (instance WorldOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance WorldOcean BodyOfWater) (names "world ocean" WorldOcean) (names "the ocean" WorldOcean) (documentation WorldOcean EnglishLanguage "The &%WorldOcean is the collective mass of sea water that covers 70% of the surface of &%PlanetEarth, surrounding all of its dry land areas. Earth's individual &%Oceans are parts of the &%WorldOcean.") (=> (instance ?AREA Continent) (meetsSpatially ?AREA WorldOcean)) (subclass Ocean SaltWaterArea) (subclass Ocean BodyOfWater) (documentation Ocean EnglishLanguage "&%Ocean is the class containing the oceans that are the major subdivisions of the &%WorldOcean. According to the International Hydrographic Association, there are five oceans: the &%AtlanticOcean, &%PacificOcean, &%IndianOcean, &%SouthernOcean, and &%ArcticOcean. Note: The largest oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, are subdivided into Northern and Southern regions, but those regions are not separate &%Oceans.") (=> (and (instance ?WATER BodyOfWater) (not (instance ?WATER Ocean)) (instance ?OCEAN Ocean)) (larger ?OCEAN ?WATER)) (=> (instance ?OCEAN Ocean) (properPart ?OCEAN WorldOcean)) (instance AtlanticOcean Ocean) (names "Atlantic Ocean" AtlanticOcean) (documentation AtlanticOcean EnglishLanguage "&%AtlanticOcean represents the Atlantic Ocean.") (instance NorthAtlanticOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance NorthAtlanticOcean BodyOfWater) (names "North Atlantic Ocean" NorthAtlanticOcean) (names "North Atlantic" NorthAtlanticOcean) (geographicSubregion NorthAtlanticOcean AtlanticOcean) (geographicSubregion NorthAtlanticOcean NorthernHemisphere) (geographicSubregion NorthAtlanticOcean WesternHemisphere) (documentation NorthAtlanticOcean EnglishLanguage "&%NorthAtlanticOcean denotes the northern &%geographicSubregion of the &%AtlanticOcean.") (instance SouthAtlanticOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance SouthAtlanticOcean BodyOfWater) (names "South Atlantic Ocean" SouthAtlanticOcean) (names "South Atlantic" SouthAtlanticOcean) (geographicSubregion SouthAtlanticOcean AtlanticOcean) (geographicSubregion SouthAtlanticOcean SouthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthAtlanticOcean WesternHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthAtlanticOcean EasternHemisphere) (documentation SouthAtlanticOcean EnglishLanguage "&%SouthAtlanticOcean denotes the southern &%geographicSubregion of the &%AtlanticOcean.") (instance PacificOcean Ocean) (names "Pacific Ocean" PacificOcean) (documentation PacificOcean EnglishLanguage "&%PacificOcean represents the Pacific Ocean.") (instance NorthPacificOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance NorthPacificOcean BodyOfWater) (names "North Pacific Ocean" NorthPacificOcean) (names "North Pacific" NorthPacificOcean) (geographicSubregion NorthPacificOcean PacificOcean) (geographicSubregion NorthPacificOcean NorthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated NorthPacificOcean EasternHemisphere) (partlyLocated NorthPacificOcean WesternHemisphere) (documentation NorthPacificOcean EnglishLanguage "&%NorthPacificOcean denotes the northern &%geographicSubregion of the &%PacificOcean.") (instance NortheasternPacificOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance NortheasternPacificOcean BodyOfWater) (names "Northeastern Pacific Ocean" NortheasternPacificOcean) (names "Northeastern Pacific" NortheasternPacificOcean) (geographicSubregion NortheasternPacificOcean NorthPacificOcean) (partlyLocated NortheasternPacificOcean NorthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated NortheasternPacificOcean EasternHemisphere) (documentation NortheasternPacificOcean EnglishLanguage "&%NortheasternPacificOcean denotes the northeastern &%geographicSubregion of the &%NorthPacificOcean.") (instance NorthwesternPacificOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance NorthwesternPacificOcean BodyOfWater) (names "Northwestern Pacific Ocean" NorthwesternPacificOcean) (names "Northwestern Pacific" NorthwesternPacificOcean) (geographicSubregion NorthwesternPacificOcean NorthPacificOcean ) (partlyLocated NorthwesternPacificOcean NorthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated NorthwesternPacificOcean WesternHemisphere) (documentation NorthwesternPacificOcean EnglishLanguage "&%NorthwesternPacificOcean denotes the northwestern &%geographicSubregion of the &%NorthPacificOcean.") (instance SouthPacificOcean SaltWaterArea) (instance SouthPacificOcean BodyOfWater) (names "South Pacific Ocean" SouthPacificOcean) (names "South Pacific" SouthPacificOcean) (geographicSubregion SouthPacificOcean PacificOcean) (geographicSubregion SouthPacificOcean SouthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthPacificOcean EasternHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthPacificOcean WesternHemisphere) (documentation SouthPacificOcean EnglishLanguage "&%SouthPacificOcean denotes the southern &%geographicSubregion of the &%PacificOcean.") (instance IndianOcean Ocean) (names "Indian Ocean" IndianOcean) (documentation IndianOcean EnglishLanguage "&%IndianOcean represents the Indian Ocean.") (connected IndianOcean SouthPacificOcean) (connected IndianOcean PersianGulf) (connected IndianOcean SouthernOcean) (instance ArcticOcean Ocean) (names "Arctic Ocean" ArcticOcean) (documentation ArcticOcean EnglishLanguage "&%ArcticOcean represents the Arctic Ocean.") (geographicSubregion ArcticOcean NorthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated ArcticOcean EasternHemisphere) (partlyLocated ArcticOcean WesternHemisphere) (=> (and (instance ?SEA Ocean) (not (equal ?SEA ArcticOcean))) (smaller ArcticOcean ?SEA)) (instance SouthernOcean Ocean) (names "Southern Ocean" SouthernOcean) (documentation SouthernOcean EnglishLanguage "&%SouthernOcean represents the Southern Ocean.") (geographicSubregion SouthernOcean SouthernHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthernOcean EasternHemisphere) (partlyLocated SouthernOcean WesternHemisphere) (totalArea SouthernOcean (MeasureFn 20327000.0 SquareKilometer)) (objectGeographicCoordinates (GeographicCenterFn SouthernOcean) (LatitudeFn South (MeasureFn 65.0 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 0.0 ArcMinute)) (LongitudeFn East (MeasureFn 0.0 AngularDegree) (MeasureFn 0.0 ArcMinute))) (length (ShorelineFn SouthernOcean Antarctica) (MeasureFn 17968.0 (KiloFn Meter))) (comparativeArea SouthernOcean greaterThan 2.0 UnitedStates) (naturalHazardTypeInArea SouthernOcean CyclonicStorm) (naturalHazardTypeInArea SouthernOcean Iceberg) (naturalHazardTypeInArea SouthernOcean SeaIce) (attribute SouthernOcean PolarClimateZone) (elevation (ElevationHighPointFn SouthernOcean) (MeasureFn 0.0 Meter)) (elevation (ElevationLowPointFn SouthernOcean) (MeasureFn -7235.0 Meter)) (instance SouthSandwichTrench HoleRegion) (geographicSubregion SouthSandwichTrench SouthernOcean) (instance AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent WaterMotion) (located AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent SouthernOcean) (=> (and (origin AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent ?START) (destination AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent ?FINISH)) (distance ?START ?FINISH (MeasureFn 21000.0 (KiloFn Meter)))) (instance OpenSea Attribute) (documentation OpenSea EnglishLanguage "&%OpenSea is the &%Attribute of a &%WaterArea that is open ocean beyond five &%NauticalMiles of land, also known as 'blue water'.") (<=> (attribute ?WATER OpenSea) (and (instance ?WATER SaltWaterArea) (not (instance ?WATER LandlockedWater)) (distance ?LAND ?WATER (MeasureFn ?DIST NauticalMile)) (greaterThan ?DIST 5.0))) (subclass Iceberg Ice) (subclass Iceberg SelfConnectedObject) ;(subclass Iceberg (ExtensionFn Solid)) (documentation Iceberg EnglishLanguage "An &%Iceberg is a large chunk of &%Ice that has broken off from a &%Glacier and fallen into a &%BodyOfWater. The larger &%part of an &%Iceberg floats underwater.") (documentation Iceberg ChineseLanguage "&%Iceberg 是一大块 &%Ice,它从&%Glacier 脱落丢进 &%BodyOfWater。大部分 (&%part)的 &%Iceberg 悬浮在水中。") (=> (instance ?BERG Iceberg) (exists (?SHEET) (and (subclass ?SHEET Glacier) (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?BERG)) (material ?SHEET ?BERG))))) (=> (instance ?BERG Iceberg) (exists (?PART ?WATER) (and (instance ?PART Ice) (most ?PART ?BERG) (instance ?WATER BodyOfWater) (covers ?WATER ?PART)))) (=> (and (instance ?BERG Iceberg) (instance ?SHIP WaterVehicle)) (maritimeHazard ?BERG ?SHIP)) (subclass Sea SaltWaterArea) (subclass Sea BodyOfWater) (documentation Sea EnglishLanguage "&%Sea is the class of smaller subdivisions of the &%WorldOcean, typically partially surrounded by land. However, for inland salt water bodies that are sometimes called 'Sea', see &%SaltLake.") (=> (and (instance ?SEA Sea) (top ?TOP ?SEA)) (altitude ?TOP SeaLevel (MeasureFn 0.0 Meter))) (=> (and (instance ?SEA Sea) (top ?TOP ?SEA)) (altitude ?TOP SeaLevel (MeasureFn 0.0 FootLength))) (=> (instance ?SEA Sea) (properPart ?SEA WorldOcean)) (=> (instance ?SEA Sea) (exists (?OCEAN ?PATH) (and (instance ?OCEAN Ocean) (instance ?PATH WaterArea) (connects ?PATH ?OCEAN ?SEA)))) (=> (instance ?SEA Sea) (exists (?LAND) (and (instance ?LAND LandArea) (meetsSpatially ?LAND ?SEA)))) (instance MediterraneanSea Sea) (instance CaribbeanSea Sea) (instance BlackSea Sea) (instance RedSea Sea) (meetsSpatially Egypt RedSea) (meetsSpatially Sudan RedSea) (meetsSpatially Eritrea RedSea) (meetsSpatially SaudiArabia RedSea) (instance BeringSea Sea) (instance BalticSea Sea) (instance ArabianSea Sea) (instance NorthSea Sea) ;; Sea Level (instance SeaLevel GeographicArea) (documentation SeaLevel EnglishLanguage "&%SeaLevel designates the global Mean Sea Surface (MSS). Note that &%SeaLevel represents a &%GeographicArea that comprises all the local Mean Sea Level (MSL) areas used as references for measuring altitude. In fact, there are local variations in MSL, due to tides and long- and short- term weather conditions.") ;; Since there are local variations in MSL, &%SeaLevel exhibits local variations ;; from an imaginary level reference ellipsoid called the geoid. ;; the level of the surface of the sea relative to the land, halfway between high ;; and low tide, used as a standard in calculating elevation. The reference is not ;; precise, as sea level varies by region as well as by tide. assoc. with "sea level" (elevation SeaLevel (MeasureFn 0.0 Meter)) (=> (and (instance ?ocean Ocean) (surface ?top ?ocean)) (elevation ?top (MeasureFn 0.0 Meter))) (=> (and (instance ?ocean Ocean) (surface ?top ?ocean)) (elevation ?top (MeasureFn 0.0 FootLength))) (instance meanSeaLevel BinaryPredicate) (documentation meanSeaLevel EnglishLanguage "(&%meanSeaLevel ?place ?measure) means that the Mean Sea Level (MSL) at ?place is ?measure. ?measure is a &%distance representing the sea level at ?place measured against a benchmark (and averaged over a long time). MSL is measured by tide gauges for maritime purposes, while geodesists use the difference between the local sea surface and an ideal level ocean surface (the geoid).") (domain meanSeaLevel 1 GeographicArea) (domain meanSeaLevel 2 LengthMeasure) ; See http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/puscience/index.html#2. (instance DatumFn UnaryFunction) (domain DatumFn 1 GeographicArea) (range DatumFn LengthMeasure) (documentation DatumFn EnglishLanguage "(&%DatumFn ?place) denotes the point of MLLW (Mean Lower Low Water) used as the initial data point for a coastal or &%WaterArea given on a nautical chart. High and low tides are calculated with reference to this point.") ;;---------------------------------- ;; 2. Tides & Currents ;; Moving this to MILO to remove dependencies ;;(subclass FlowRegion Region) ;;(documentation FlowRegion EnglishLanguage "&%FlowRegion is a class of things whose ;;boundaries are relatively stable but whose constitutive &%material is continuously moving ;;through the region itself and being replaced by ;;other, similar material. Each &%FlowRegion is constituted by a stream ;;of matter moving as a whole. A &%FlowRegion may be liquid or gaseous. ;;A wind may be considered as a &%Process or as a &%FlowRegion, similarly ;;an OceanCurrent or a &%WaterWave. The motion process associated with a ;;&%FlowRegion F is denoted by (&%FlowFn F). Note that certain ;;properties belong to the &%FlowRegion itself (e.g., mass, length, volume, ;;temperature, and speed or velocity of the region moving as a whole), ;;while other properties of interest belong to the &%Motion of its ;;constitutive stuff (e.g., velocity, direction). The motion of ;;a &%FlowRegion as a whole (e.g., &%JetStream moves within the atmosphere) ;;is distinguished from the motion of the &%pieces of stuff constituting the ;;&%FlowRegion. See &%FlowFn and &%FlowRegionFn.") ;;(=> ;; (and ;; (instance ?FR FlowRegion) ;; (located ?FLUID ?FR)) ;; (attribute ?FLUID Fluid)) (instance FlowFn UnaryFunction) (domain FlowFn 1 FlowRegion) (range FlowFn Motion) (documentation FlowFn EnglishLanguage "(&%FlowFn ?FLUID) denotes the &%Motion process associated with the constitutive &%pieces of the &%FlowRegion ?FLUID.") (=> (and (measure (FlowFn ?FLUID) (SpeedFn ?LENGTH ?TIME)) (piece ?PART ?FLUID)) (piece ?PART (SpeedFn ?LENGTH ?TIME))) (=> (and (measure (FlowFn ?FLUID) (MeasureFn ?NUM KnotUnitOfSpeed)) (piece ?PART ?FLUID)) (piece ?PART (MeasureFn ?NUM KnotUnitOfSpeed))) (=> (and (measure (FlowFn ?FLUID) (VelocityFn ?LENGTH ?TIME ?REGION ?DIRECTION)) (piece ?PART ?FLUID)) (measure ?PART (VelocityFn ?LENGTH ?TIME ?REGION ?DIRECTION))) ;; if a flow at place x is moving downstream at y mph, then in 1 hr, the constitutive ;; stuff that was at x will be located at a distance y miles downstream from x. ;; Ditto for things moving in, on, or with the flow. ;; a thing moving place x upstream against a flow of y mph, with its own speed of z ;; mph, will be able to travel no more than z-y miles upstream from x in 1 hour (instance FlowRegionFn UnaryFunction) (domain FlowRegionFn 1 LiquidMotion) (range FlowRegionFn Region) (documentation FlowRegionFn EnglishLanguage "(&%FlowRegionFn ?FLOW) denotes the region in which the coherent &%LiquidMotion process ?FLOW is occurring.") (subclass WaterCurrent FlowRegion) (subclass WaterCurrent WaterArea) (documentation WaterCurrent EnglishLanguage "&%WaterCurrent is a subclass of &%FlowRegions consisting of moving water, especially those currents found within a well-identified area and having an established pattern of movement, such as an &%OceanCurrent, a &%RipTide, or a &%River. &%WaterCurrent is &%disjoint with &%StaticWaterArea. As a consequence, &%Lakes for example cannot be &%FlowRegions, however, currents may be present in a lake.") (disjoint WaterCurrent StaticWaterArea) (subclass Tide FlowRegion) (subclass Tide SaltWaterArea) (documentation Tide EnglishLanguage "A &%Tide is a vertical movement of the water level in a &%BodyOfWater due to the gravitational attraction between Earth and the moon. Tides are diurnally recurrent events. In most regions with tides, every day there are two high tides and two low tides. &%MixedTide represents a process in which the tides at either extreme are unequal.") (subclass TidalProcess InternalChange) (documentation TidalProcess EnglishLanguage "&%TidalProcess is the class of daily recurring events in which the water level in a &%BodyOfWater rises and falls with the changing position between Earth and the Moon.") (=> (and (instance ?LOW LowTide) (instance ?HIGH HighTide) (eventLocated ?LOW ?PLACE) (eventLocated ?HIGH ?PLACE) (instance ?DAY Day) (overlapsTemporally ?LOW ?DAY) (overlapsTemporally ?HIGH ?DAY)) (exists (?AMOUNT1 ?AMOUNT2 ?U) (and (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (holdsDuring ?LOW (waterDepth ?PLACE (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT1 ?U))) (holdsDuring ?HIGH (waterDepth ?PLACE (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT2 ?U))) (greaterThan ?AMOUNT2 ?AMOUNT1)))) (subclass LowTide TidalProcess) (documentation LowTide EnglishLanguage "&%LowTide is the class of &%TidalProcesses that occur twice a day in marine waters, in which the water level falls below the mean sea level.") (subclass LowerLowTide LowTide) (documentation LowerLowTide EnglishLanguage "&%LowerLowTide is the subclass of &%LowTide processes that occur in marine waters with a &%MixedTideProcess.") (subclass HighTide TidalProcess) (documentation HighTide EnglishLanguage "&%HighTide is the class of &%TidalProcesses that occur twice a day in marine waters, in which the water level rises above the mean sea level.") (subclass HigherHighTide HighTide) (documentation HigherHighTide EnglishLanguage "&%HigherHighTide is the subclass of &%HighTide processes that occur in marine waters with a &%MixedTideProcess.") (subclass MixedTideProcess TidalProcess) (documentation MixedTideProcess EnglishLanguage "&%MixedTideProcess is the subclass of &%TidalProcesses consisting of daily cycles in which the two low and two high tides are of unequal height. In areas with this kind of pattern, the chart (based on average low water) is determined by the Mean Lower Low Water.") (instance highTide TernaryPredicate) (domain highTide 1 Region) (domain highTide 2 TimeInterval) (domain highTide 3 LengthMeasure) (documentation highTide EnglishLanguage "(&%highTide ?PLACE ?TIME ?AMOUNT) means that there is a &%HighTide at the &$Region ?PLACE at the &%TimeInterval ?TIME with the relative height ?AMOUNT. The height is given in relation to the datum on a standard chart.") (instance lowTide TernaryPredicate) (domain lowTide 1 Region) (domain lowTide 2 TimeInterval) (domain lowTide 3 LengthMeasure) (documentation lowTide EnglishLanguage "(&%lowTide ?PLACE ?TIME ?AMOUNT) means that there is a &%LowTide at the &$Region ?PLACE at the &%TimeInterval ?TIME with the relative height ?AMOUNT. The height is given in relation to the datum on a standard chart.") (=> (and (lowTide ?PLACE ?TIME1 (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT1 ?U)) (highTide ?PLACE ?TIME2 (MeasureFn ?AMOUNT2 ?U)) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (instance ?DAY Day) (overlapsTemporally ?TIME1 ?DAY) (overlapsTemporally ?TIME2 ?DAY)) (greaterThan ?AMOUNT1 ?AMOUNT2)) (subclass LittoralCurrent WaterCurrent) (documentation LittoralCurrent EnglishLanguage "&%LittoralCurrent is the subclass of &%WaterCurrents that occur near a &%ShoreArea. Examples include &%TidalEbb, &%TidalFlow, and &%RipCurrents.") (subclass TidalFlow LittoralCurrent) (documentation TidalFlow EnglishLanguage "&%TidalFlow is the subclass of &%WaterCurrents that are temporary and variable, but regular, currents of ocean water flowing landward up to and during the time of high tide. Alternating with &%TidalEbb.") (subclass TidalEbb LittoralCurrent) (documentation TidalEbb EnglishLanguage "&%TidalEbb is the subclass of &%WaterCurrents that are temporary and variable, but regular, currents of ocean water flowing seaward up to and during the time of low tide. Alternating with &%TidalFlow.") (subclass TidalBore LittoralCurrent) (documentation TidalBore EnglishLanguage "A &%TidalBore is an unusally high, fast tidal inflow from the sea, resulting from a high volume of water rushing from a wide-mouthed bay or &%Estuary into narrower landward areas.") (subclass RipCurrent LittoralCurrent) (documentation RipCurrent EnglishLanguage "A &%RipCurrent is a fast narrow surface current that flows seaward from a &%ShoreArea.") ; upstream for a RipCurrent is away from the ShoreArea ; found near ShoreArea ; dangerous to people in the water (not in boats) ;;----------------------------------- ;; 3. Water Subregions (subclass LandlockedWater BodyOfWater) (documentation LandlockedWater EnglishLanguage "&%LandlockedWater includes water areas that are surrounded by land, including salt lakes, fresh water lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and (more or less) wetlands.") ; need a way to say that the body of water is surrounded by land (e.g., perimeter) (subclass SaltLake SaltWaterArea) (subclass SaltLake LandlockedWater) (documentation SaltLake EnglishLanguage "&%SaltLake is the class of landlocked bodies of salt water, including those referred to as 'Seas', e.g., the &%CaspianSea. But note that the &%MediterraneanSea is a &%Sea.") (instance CaspianSea SaltLake) (names "Caspian Sea" CaspianSea) (instance AralSea SaltLake) (names "Aral Sea" AralSea) (instance GreatSaltLake SaltLake) (names "Great Salt Lake" GreatSaltLake) (geographicSubregion GreatSaltLake Utah) (instance DeadSea SaltLake) (names "Dead Sea" DeadSea) (instance SaltonSea SaltLake) (names "Salton Sea" SaltonSea) (geographicSubregion SaltonSea California) (instance LakeEyre SaltLake) (names "Lake Eyre" LakeEyre) (geographicSubregion LakeEyre Australia) (instance KokoNor SaltLake) (names "Koko Nor" KokoNor) (names "Qinghai Hu" KokoNor) (instance LakeBakhtegan SaltLake) (names "Lake Bakhtegan" LakeBakhtegan) (instance PoopoLake SaltLake) (names "Poopo Lake" PoopoLake) (instance LakeMareotis SaltLake) (names "Lake Mareotis" LakeMareotis) (names "Lake Maryut" LakeMareotis) (instance LakeWalker SaltLake) (names "Lake Walker" LakeWalker) (instance LakeTorrens SaltLake) (names "Lake Torrens" LakeTorrens) (subclass Gulf BodyOfWater) (subclass Gulf SaltWaterArea) (documentation Gulf EnglishLanguage "&%Gulf is the class of extensions of a &%Sea or &%Ocean that reach into a land mass or are partially enclosed by a &%LandArea. A &%Gulf is typically larger than a &%Bay.") (=> (instance ?GULF Gulf) (exists (?SEA) (and (or (instance ?SEA Sea) (instance ?SEA Ocean)) (connected ?GULF ?SEA)))) (=> (instance ?GULF Gulf) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER SaltWaterArea) (properPart ?GULF ?WATER)))) (=> (and (instance ?GULF Gulf) (instance ?BAY Bay)) (larger ?GULF ?BAY)) (instance PersianGulf Gulf) (instance PersianGulf SaltWaterArea) (names "Persian Gulf" PersianGulf) (connected PersianGulf StraitOfHormuz) (meetsSpatially Iran PersianGulf) (instance GulfOfOman Gulf) (instance GulfOfOman SaltWaterArea) (names "Gulf of Oman" GulfOfOman) (connected StraitOfHormuz GulfOfOman) (connected GulfOfOman ArabianSea) (meetsSpatially Iran GulfOfOman) (meetsSpatially Oman GulfOfOman) (instance GulfOfAden Gulf) (instance GulfOfAden SaltWaterArea) (names "Gulf of Aden" GulfOfAden) (connected RedSea GulfOfAden) (connected GulfOfAden ArabianSea) (meetsSpatially Yemen GulfOfAden) (meetsSpatially Somalia GulfOfAden) (instance GulfOfMexico Gulf) (instance GulfOfMexico SaltWaterArea) (names "Gulf of Mexico" GulfOfMexico) (connected GulfOfMexico NorthAtlanticOcean) (connected GulfOfMexico CaribbeanSea) (subclass Estuary BodyOfWater) (subclass Estuary SaltWaterArea) (subclass Estuary Inlet) (documentation Estuary EnglishLanguage "&%Estuary is the subclass of &%BodyOfWater that represents &%WaterAreas where a sea or ocean &%Tide meets a &%River current.") (=> (instance ?WATER Estuary) (exists (?SEA) (and (instance ?SEA SaltWaterArea) (part ?SEA WorldOcean) (connected ?SEA ?WATER)))) (=> (instance ?WATER Estuary) (exists (?RIVER) (and (instance ?RIVER River) (flows ?RIVER ?WATER)))) (=> (instance ?WATER Estuary) (exists (?MOUTH) (and (instance ?MOUTH RiverMouth) (overlapsSpatially ?MOUTH ?WATER)))) (=> (instance ?WATER Estuary) (exists (?TIDES) (and (instance ?TIDES TidalProcess) (eventLocated ?TIDES ?WATER)))) ;---------------------------------- (subclass Inlet BodyOfWater) (documentation Inlet EnglishLanguage "&%Inlet is the class of bays or other recesses into the shore of a lake, sea, or river, includes &%InletPassages, which are passages leading from open water through some barrier to a bay or lagoon.") (=> (instance ?INLET Inlet) (exists (?LAND) (and (instance ?LAND LandArea) (penetrates ?INLET ?LAND)))) (=> (instance ?INLET Inlet) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (connected ?INLET ?WATER)))) (=> (and (instance ?INLET Inlet) (meetsSpatially ?INLET ?WATER) (instance ?WATER SaltWaterArea)) (instance ?INLET SaltWaterArea)) (=> (and (instance ?INLET Inlet) (meetsSpatially ?INLET ?WATER) (instance ?WATER FreshWaterArea)) (instance ?INLET FreshWaterArea)) (subclass InletPassage Inlet) (documentation InletPassage EnglishLanguage "&%InletPassage is the class of water passages connecting an area of open water to a bay or lagoon, through some land barrier(s) close on either side.") (subclass Bay Inlet) ;; note may occur in Oceans or in Lakes (documentation Bay EnglishLanguage "&%Bay is the class of extensions of a body of water (salt or fresh) that reach into the land, usually smaller than a &%Gulf.") (subclass Cove Inlet) (documentation Cove EnglishLanguage "A &%Cove is a small part of a body of water that reaches into a coast.") (=> (and (instance ?COVE Cove) (instance ?BAY Bay)) (larger ?BAY ?COVE)) ;;---------------------------------- (subclass Sound BodyOfWater) (documentation Sound EnglishLanguage "A &%Sound is a long, relatively narrow waterway lying along the shore of a land mass and protected from open water by another land area, an island or group of islands. Some sounds open at both ends into the same body of water (e.g., Long Island Sound), while others connect two different bodies of water (e.g., Melville Sound). A &%Sound may occur in salt or fresh water bodies. Generally wider than a &%Strait.") (=> (connects ?BETWEEN ?END1 ?END2) (not (equal ?END1 ?END2))) (subclass Strait BodyOfWater) (documentation Strait EnglishLanguage "Strait is the subclass of &%BodyOfWater that consists of narrow water areas connecting two larger bodies of water. Straits are naturally occurring bodies of water.") (=> (instance ?strait Strait) (exists (?body1 ?body2) (and (instance ?body1 BodyOfWater) (instance ?body2 BodyOfWater) (connects ?strait ?body1 ?body2)))) (=> (and (instance ?body1 BodyOfWater) (instance ?body2 BodyOfWater) (connects ?strait ?body1 ?body2)) (larger ?body1 ?strait)) (instance StraitOfHormuz Strait) (instance StraitOfHormuz SaltWaterArea) (names "Strait of Hormuz" StraitOfHormuz) (subclass Channel BodyOfWater) (documentation Channel EnglishLanguage "A &%Channel is a narrow deep waterway connecting two larger bodies of water. May be natural or dredged, salt or fresh water.") (=> (instance ?CHANNEL Channel) (exists (?WATER1 ?WATER2) (and (instance ?WATER1 WaterArea) (instance ?WATER2 WaterArea) (connects ?CHANNEL ?WATER1 ?WATER2)))) (=> (and (instance ?CHANNEL Channel) (instance ?BODY BodyOfWater) (connected ?CHANNEL ?BODY)) (larger ?BODY ?CHANNEL)) ;;----------------------------------- ;; 4. Fresh Water Areas (subclass InlandWaterSystem WaterArea) (subclass InlandWaterSystem Collection) (documentation InlandWaterSystem EnglishLanguage "An instance of &%InlandWaterSystem comprises two or more lakes or rivers, canals, or other waterways that are interconnected.") (=> (instance ?SYSTEM InlandWaterSystem) (exists (?BODY1 ?BODY2) (and (instance ?BODY1 BodyOfWater) (instance ?BODY2 BodyOfWater) (not (equal ?BODY1 ?BODY2)) (geographicSubregion ?BODY1 ?SYSTEM) (geographicSubregion ?BODY2 ?SYSTEM)))) ;(=> ; (and ; (instance ?SYSTEM InlandWaterSystem) ; (instance ?BODY1 BodyOfWater) ; (instance ?BODY2 BodyOfWater) ; (not (equal ?BODY1 ?BODY2)) ; (not (connected ?BODY1 ?BODY2)) ; (part ?BODY1 ?SYSTEM) ; (part ?BODY2 ?SYSTEM)) ; (exists (?WATER) ; (and ; (instance ?WATER WaterArea) ; (between ?BODY1 ?WATER ?BODY2)))) ; really want something more precise (Links correspond to waterways) ;(=> ; (and ; (instance ?SYSTEM InlandWaterSystem) ; (geographicSubregion ?lake1 ?SYSTEM) ; (geographicSubregion ?lake2 ?SYSTEM)) ; ("generically connected" ?lake1 ?lake2 "by water")) (=> (and (instance ?SYSTEM InlandWaterSystem) (instance ?WATER1 WaterArea) (instance ?WATER2 WaterArea) (not (equal ?WATER1 ?WATER2)) (not (connected ?WATER1 ?WATER2)) (geographicSubregion ?WATER1 ?SYSTEM) (geographicSubregion ?WATER2 ?SYSTEM)) (exists (?WATER3) (and (instance ?WATER3 WaterArea) (not (equal ?WATER3 ?WATER1)) (not (equal ?WATER3 ?WATER1)) (part ?WATER3 ?SYSTEM) (connects ?WATER3 ?WATER1 ?WATER2)))) ;;------------------------------------ (subclass LakeRegion GeographicArea) (documentation LakeRegion EnglishLanguage "A &%LakeRegion is a &%GeographicArea including land surrounding one or more &%Lakes.") (=> (instance ?REGION LakeRegion) (exists (?LAKE) (and (instance ?LAKE Lake) (located ?LAKE ?REGION)))) ;;----------------------------------- ; StreamWaterArea is defined in Merge.kif (see def.) (=> (instance ?STREAM StreamWaterArea) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER BodyOfWater) (not (equal ?WATER ?STREAM)) (flows ?STREAM ?WATER)))) (instance flows BinaryPredicate) (instance flows AsymmetricRelation) (instance flows TransitiveRelation) (domain flows 1 (ExtensionFn Fluid)) (domain flows 2 (ExtensionFn Fluid)) (domain flows 1 Physical) (domain flows 2 Physical) (instance tributary BinaryPredicate) (documentation tributary EnglishLanguage "A &%Relation between two areas of &%Fluid where one &%flows into the other and the first argument is an area of smaller width or flow rate.") (subrelation tributary flows) (documentation flows EnglishLanguage "(&%flows ?FLUID1 ?FLUID2) means that the &%Physical ?FLUID1 moves towards the &%Physical ?FLUID2, to which it is &%connected.") ; (subrelation flows connected) connected is symmetric so this doesn't work, but rule below does (=> (flows ?FLUID1 ?FLUID2) (connected ?FLUID1 ?FLUID2)) (=> (flows ?FLUID1 ?FLUID2) (orientation ?FLUID1 ?FLUID2 Upstream)) ; (=> ; (and ; (flows ?STREAM ?WATER) ; (origin ?STREAM ?SOURCE) ;; bogus - domain 1 violation ; (orientation ?WATER ?SOURCE ?DIRECTION)) ; (downstream ?STREAM ?DIRECTION)) (instance Upstream PositionalAttribute) (instance Downstream PositionalAttribute) (oppositeDirection Upstream Downstream) (instance connectedDownstream BinaryPredicate) (domain connectedDownstream 1 Object) (domain connectedDownstream 2 Object) (documentation connectedDownstream EnglishLanguage "(&%connectedDownstream ?OBJ1 ?OBJ2) means that ?OBJ1 is connected, remotely or immediately, with ?OBJ2 along a directed system such as a &%RiverSystem.") ;;----------------------------------- (subclass River StreamWaterArea) (subclass River FreshWaterArea) (subclass River BodyOfWater) (documentation River EnglishLanguage "&%River is the class of large streams of fresh water flowing through land into a lake, ocean, or other body of water.") ; current, direction, upstream and downstream ; rivers flow from higher elevation to lower elevation areas. ;;---------------------------------- (subclass StreamWaterConfluence WaterArea) (documentation StreamWaterConfluence EnglishLanguage "A &%StreamWaterConfluence is the place where a stream or other tributary joins a river.") (=> (instance ?FORK StreamWaterConfluence) (exists (?STREAM1 ?STREAM2) (and (instance ?STREAM1 StreamWaterArea) (connects ?FORK ?STREAM1 ?STREAM2) (instance ?STREAM2 StreamWaterArea) (flows ?STREAM1 ?STREAM2)))) (=> (instance ?FORK StreamWaterConfluence) (exists (?STREAM ?BRANCH) (and (instance ?STREAM River) (instance ?BRANCH StreamWaterArea) (flows ?BRANCH ?STREAM) (connects ?FORK ?STREAM ?BRANCH)))) ;;---------------------------------- (subclass RiverSystem WaterArea) (subclass RiverSystem Collection) (documentation RiverSystem EnglishLanguage "A &%RiverSystem comprises all the tributary streams and rivers (&%StreamWaterAreas) that drain along converging paths into the main river of the system, which discharges into a &%StaticWaterArea.") ;; or a larger river ? (=> (instance ?SYSTEM RiverSystem) (exists (?RIVER) (and (instance ?RIVER River) (part ?RIVER ?SYSTEM)))) (=> (instance ?SYSTEM RiverSystem) (exists (?RIVER ?STATIC) (and (instance ?RIVER River) (part ?RIVER ?SYSTEM) (instance ?STATIC StaticWaterArea) (connected ?RIVER ?STATIC)))) (=> (and (instance ?SYSTEM RiverSystem) (instance ?STREAM StreamWaterArea) (part ?STREAM ?SYSTEM)) (exists (?RIVER) (and (instance ?RIVER River) (part ?RIVER ?SYSTEM) (flows ?STREAM ?RIVER)))) ;; fix this. ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- (subclass Waterfall StreamWaterArea) (documentation Waterfall EnglishLanguage "&%Waterfall is the subclass of &%StreamWaterAreas where running water falls steeply downhill.") (instance flowCurrent BinaryPredicate) (documentation flowCurrent EnglishLanguage "The relation between &%WaterMotion &%Processes and the region in which they occur continuously over at least hours, but typically months or years. A water balloon bursting and flowing downhill would not use this relation, because there would be no &%StreamWaterArea to relate to.") (domain flowCurrent 1 WaterMotion) (domain flowCurrent 2 WaterArea) (=> (and (instance ?FALL Waterfall) (instance ?CURRENT WaterMotion) (flowCurrent ?CURRENT ?FALL) (origin ?CURRENT ?TOP) (destination ?CURRENT ?BOTTOM) (instance ?TOP WaterArea) (instance ?BOTTOM WaterArea)) (orientation ?TOP ?BOTTOM Above)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ; water-related artifacts: (subclass Waterway Transitway) (subclass Waterway WaterArea) (documentation Waterway EnglishLanguage "&%Waterway is the class of navigable waters, including &%Oceans, &%SeaLanes, &%Rivers, &%Canals, &%Lakes, and inland bodies of water.") (=> (instance ?P Waterway) (hasPurpose ?P (and (instance ?T WaterTransportation) (path ?T ?P)))) ;; See definition in Geography.kif. ;; Note: (instance Waterway) asserted only for navigable rivers. (subclass Canal Waterway) (subclass Canal StationaryArtifact) (documentation Canal EnglishLanguage "&%Canal is the subclass of navigable &%Waterways flowing through an artificial course. Typically, a canal is a &%Transitway connecting two bodies of water.") (=> (instance ?CHANNEL Canal) (exists (?WATER1 ?WATER2) (and (instance ?WATER1 WaterArea) (instance ?WATER2 WaterArea) (connects ?CHANNEL ?WATER1 ?WATER2)))) (subclass CanalStructure StationaryArtifact) (documentation CanalStructure EnglishLanguage "A &%CanalStructure is the constructed framework, including &%Locks, that contains the waters of a &%Canal.") (subclass Dam StationaryArtifact) (documentation Dam EnglishLanguage "&%Dam is the subclass of &%StationaryArtifacts that are walls built across a stream or river to hold back water.") (=> (instance ?DAM Dam) (exists (?RIVER) (and (instance ?RIVER WaterArea) (traverses ?DAM ?RIVER)))) (subclass Reservoir FreshWaterArea) (subclass Reservoir Artifact) (documentation Reservoir EnglishLanguage "A &%Reservoir is an artifically made (or artifically enlarged) holding area where water is collected and stored for future use.") ;;-------------------------------- (subclass Rapids StreamWaterArea) (documentation Rapids EnglishLanguage "&%Rapids is the class of &%WaterAreas that are parts of a &%StreamWaterArea where the currents move swiftly over rocks.") (=> (instance ?RAPIDS Rapids) (exists (?RIVER) (and (instance ?RIVER River) (part ?RAPIDS ?RIVER)))) (=> (and (instance ?RAPIDS Rapids) (bottom ?BOTTOM ?RAPIDS)) (exists (?ROCK) (and (instance ?ROCK Rock) (part ?ROCK ?BOTTOM)))) (subclass RiverMouth WaterArea) (subclass RiverMouth StreamWaterArea) (documentation RiverMouth EnglishLanguage "&%RiverMouth is the subclass of &%WaterAreas that are the outfalls of a river or stream into another body of water.") (=> (and (instance ?RIVER River) (instance ?WATER BodyOfWater) (flows ?RIVER ?WATER)) (exists (?MOUTH) (and (instance ?MOUTH RiverMouth) (streamOutfall ?MOUTH ?RIVER) (connected ?MOUTH ?WATER)))) (subclass Creek BodyOfWater) (subclass Creek StreamWaterArea) (subclass Creek FreshWaterArea) (disjoint Creek River) (documentation Creek EnglishLanguage "Creek is the class of small streams of fresh water flowing through land, usually into a &%River.") (=> (and (instance ?C Creek) (instance ?R River)) (smaller ?C ?R)) (subrelation streamOutfall properPart) (instance streamOutfall BinaryPredicate) (domain streamOutfall 1 WaterArea) (domain streamOutfall 2 River) (documentation streamOutfall EnglishLanguage "(&%streamOutfall ?WATER ?RIVER) means that the &%WaterArea ?MOUTH is the outfall of the &%River ?RIVER.") (=> (streamOutfall ?MOUTH ?RIVER) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (flows ?RIVER ?WATER) (connected ?MOUTH ?WATER)))) (subclass IrrigationChannel Artifact) (documentation IrrigationChannel EnglishLanguage "&%IrrigationChannel is the class of artificially created channels used for transporting water to agricultural fields for &%Irrigating crops.") (subclass Irrigating Motion) ;; Translocation (in Transportation) (documentation Irrigating EnglishLanguage "&%Irrigating is the process of transporting and applying water to crops by artificial means.") (=> (and (instance ?IRRIGATION Irrigating) (patient ?IRRIGATION ?AREA) (instance ?AREA LandArea)) (and (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?IRRIGATION)) (attribute ?AREA Dry)) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?IRRIGATION)) (attribute ?AREA Damp)))) (=> (and (instance ?IRRIGATION Irrigating) (patient ?IRRIGATION ?AREA) (instance ?AREA LandArea)) (hasPurpose ?IRRIGATION (attribute ?AREA FertileTerrain))) (subclass Lake StaticWaterArea) (documentation Lake EnglishLanguage "&%Lake is the subclass of &%BodyOfWater whose instances are naturally occurring static bodies of water surrounded by land.") (=> (and (instance ?LAKE Lake) (instance ?OCEAN Ocean)) (smaller ?LAKE ?OCEAN)) ;;----------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; E. Coastal and Shoreline Areas (subclass CoastalPlain Plain) (documentation CoastalPlain EnglishLanguage "&%CoastalPlain is the class of broad plains areas adjacent to a &%Sea or &%Ocean. A coastal plain includes a narrower &%ShoreArea adjacent to a body of water.") (=> (instance ?plain CoastalPlain) (exists (?shore) (and (instance ?shore ShoreArea) (part ?shore ?plain)))) (subclass RiverBank ShoreArea) (subclass RiverBank LandForm) (documentation RiverBank EnglishLanguage "A &%RiverBank is the &%ShoreArea adjacent to a &%River.") (=> (instance ?bank RiverBank) (exists (?river) (and (instance ?river River) (meetsSpatially ?river ?bank)))) (subclass LittoralZone GeographicArea) (documentation LittoralZone EnglishLanguage "A &%LittoralZone is an area along the shore of a large body of water, especially an &%Ocean or &%Sea, including the area extending from the high tide mark out to a depth of 200 meters. The littoral zone is of interest for its land features, e.g., slope gradient and soil composition, including features of its &%SubmergedLandArea.") (subclass Delta LandForm) (documentation Delta EnglishLanguage "A &%Delta is a &%LandForm composed of silt or other alluvium, deposited at or near the mouth of a river or stream as it enters a body of relatively static water. Typically a delta is flat and fan-shaped.") (=> (instance ?Delta Delta) (exists (?Mouth) (and (instance ?Mouth RiverMouth) (meetsSpatially ?Mouth ?Delta)))) (=> (instance ?Delta Delta) (attribute ?Delta FlatTerrain)) (subclass Peninsula LandForm) (documentation Peninsula EnglishLanguage "A &%Peninsula is a piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides by water. Typically connected by an &%Isthmus or neck of land that is narrower than its main portion (contrast with &%Cape).") (=> (instance ?Peninsula Peninsula) (exists (?Water) (and (instance ?Water WaterArea) (penetrates ?Peninsula ?Water)))) (subclass Cape LandForm) (documentation Cape EnglishLanguage "A &%Cape is a piece of land projecting into a body of water.") (=> (instance ?Cape Cape) (exists (?WaterRegion) (and (instance ?WaterRegion WaterArea) (penetrates ?Cape ?WaterRegion)))) (subclass Isthmus LandArea) (documentation Isthmus EnglishLanguage "An &%Isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses and is bordered on two sides by water.") (=> (and (instance ?Isthmus Isthmus) (side ?Leftside ?Isthmus) (side ?Rightside ?Isthmus) (not (equal ?Leftside ?Rightside))) (exists (?Region1 ?Region2 ?Water1 ?Water2) (and (instance ?Region1 LandArea) (instance ?Region2 LandArea) (between ?Region1 ?Isthmus ?Region2) (instance ?Water1 WaterArea) (instance ?Water2 WaterArea) (meetsSpatially ?Leftside ?Water1) (meetsSpatially ?Rightside ?Water2)))) (disjoint Island LandlockedArea) (subclass Archipelago LandForm) (subclass Archipelago Collection) (documentation Archipelago EnglishLanguage "An &%Archipelago is a group of islands.") (=> (and (instance ?Archipelago Archipelago) (component ?Part ?Archipelago)) (instance ?Part Island)) (subclass ArchipelagicArea GeographicArea) (documentation ArchipelagicArea EnglishLanguage "An &%ArchipelagicArea is a &%GeographicArea including an &%Archipelago and the surrounding &%WaterArea.") (=> (instance ?area ArchipelagicArea) (exists (?islands) (and (instance ?islands Archipelago) (located ?islands ?area)))) (documentation hazardous EnglishLanguage "&%hazardous is a &%BinaryRelation which associates a &%Physical (an &%Object or a &%Process) to the &%Damaging it may bring to another &%Object. (hazardous ?THING ?OBJECT) means that ?THING may cause damage to ?OBJECT.") (documentation hazardous ChineseLanguage "&%hazardous 是一种 &%BinaryRelation,它把 一个 &%Physical (&%Object 或 &%Process) 和这个物理可能造成 &%Damaging 的另外一个 &%Object 连系在一起。(hazardous ?THING ?OBJECT) 的月意思是 ?THING 可能为造成 ?OBJECT 损害。") (domain hazardous 1 Physical) (domain hazardous 2 Object) (instance hazardous BinaryRelation) (format EnglishLanguage hazardous "%1 is %n &%hazardous to %2") (termFormat EnglishLanguage hazardous "hazardous") (termFormat ChineseLanguage hazardous "危险") (=> (hazardous ?A ?B) (modalAttribute (exists (?D) (and (instance ?D Damaging) (patient ?D ?B) (or (involvedInEvent ?D ?A) (causes ?A ?D)))) Possibility)) (documentation maritimeHazard EnglishLanguage "&%maritimeHazard is a &%subrelation of the &%BinaryRelation &%Hazardous which posts threat to &%WaterTransportation.") (documentation maritimeHazard ChineseLanguage "&%maritimeHazard 是 &%Hazardous 的 &%subrelation,是一种 &%BinaryRelation, 专门处理对 &%WaterTransportation 造成的危险情况。") (domain maritimeHazard 1 Physical) (domain maritimeHazard 2 Object) (subrelation maritimeHazard hazardous) (instance maritimeHazard BinaryPredicate) (format EnglishLanguage maritimeHazard "%1 is %n &%hazardous to %2.") (=> (maritimeHazard ?A ?B) (exists (?SAIL ?WATER) (and (instance ?SAIL WaterTransportation) (instrument ?SAIL ?B) (eventLocated ?SAIL ?WATER) (located ?A ?WATER) (hazardous ?A ?B)))) (documentation Shoal EnglishLanguage "A &%Shoal is a &%LandForm near a &%WaterArea with most of it is covered by a %BodyOfWater.") (documentation Shoal ChineseLanguage "&%Shoal 是一处 &%LandForm,它靠近 &%WaterArea,并且 大部分的范围被 %BodyOfWater 淹没。") (subclass Shoal LandForm) (=> (instance ?LAND Shoal) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (meetsSpatially ?LAND ?WATER)))) (=> (instance ?LAND Shoal) (exists (?PART ?WATER) (and (instance ?PART LandForm) (most ?PART ?LAND) (instance ?WATER BodyOfWater) (covers ?WATER ?PART)))) (=> (and (instance ?S Shoal) (instance ?B WaterVehicle)) (maritimeHazard ?S ?B)) (subclass SeaIce Ice) ;; incl glaciers in sea, floes, bergs (subclass Reef LandForm) (documentation Reef EnglishLanguage "A &%Reef is a ridge of rock, coral, or sand at or near the surface of a &%WaterArea.") (=> (instance ?Reef Reef) (exists (?Water) (and (instance ?Water WaterArea) (orientation ?Reef ?Water Near)))) (=> (instance ?Reef Reef) (exists (?Stuff) (and (or (instance ?Stuff Sand) (instance ?Stuff Rock) (instance ?Stuff Coral)) (part ?Stuff ?Reef)))) (=> (and (instance ?R Reef) (instance ?B WaterVehicle)) (maritimeHazard ?R ?B)) (subclass Coral Invertebrate) (documentation Coral EnglishLanguage "Corals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa) existing as small anemone-like polyps, typically forming colonies of many individuals. The group includes the important reef builders known as hermatypic corals, found in tropical oceans, and belonging to the subclass Zoantharia of order Scleractinia (formerly Madreporaria). The hermatypic corals obtain much of their nutrient requirement from symbiotic unicellular algae called zooxanthellae, and so are dependent upon growing in sunlight. As a result, these corals are usually found not far beneath the surface, although in clear waters corals can grow at depths of 60 m (200 ft). Corals breed by spawning, with all corals of the same species in a region releasing gametes simultaneously over a period of one to several nights around a full moon. (from Wikipedia)") (subclass CoralReef Reef) (documentation CoralReef EnglishLanguage "&%CoralReef is the subclass of &%Reefs that are formed from living organisms that produce the limestone formations of the reef. Coral reefs include fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and &%Atolls.") (=> (instance ?REEF CoralReef) (exists (?CORAL) (and (instance ?CORAL Coral) (part ?CORAL ?REEF)))) (subclass Atoll CoralReef) (documentation Atoll EnglishLanguage "&%Atoll is the class of &%CoralReefs which surround a lagoon.") (subclass Glacier LandForm) (documentation Glacier EnglishLanguage "A &%Glacier is a large body of slow-moving ice. Glaciers displace soil and rock while moving over land surfaces and break apart, forming &%Icebergs, when they reach the sea.") (=> (instance ?Glacier Glacier) (exists (?Water) (and (instance ?Water Water) (attribute ?Water Solid) (part ?Water ?Glacier)))) (subclass Cave HoleRegion) (subclass Cave GeographicArea) (documentation Cave EnglishLanguage "A &%Cave is a naturally formed opening beneath the surface of the Earth, generally formed by dissolution of carbonate bedrock. Caves may also form by erosion of coastal bedrock, partial melting of glaciers, or solidification of lava into hollow tubes.") (=> (instance ?Cave Cave) (exists (?Erosion) (and (instance ?Erosion Erosion) (result ?Erosion ?Cave)))) (subclass Burrow HoleRegion) (documentation Burrow EnglishLanguage "A small &%HoleRegion created by an &%Animal for the purpose of inhabiting it.") (=> (instance ?B Burrow) (exists (?P ?A) (and (instance ?P Process) (agent ?P ?A) (instance ?A Animal) (not (instance ?A Human)) (result ?P ?B)))) (=> (instance ?B Burrow) (exists (?A) (hasPurpose ?B (inhabits ?A ?B)))) (subclass CaveMatrix LandForm) (documentation CaveMatrix EnglishLanguage "A &%CaveMatrix is the framework of earth or rock in which a &%Cave is embedded.") (=> (instance ?cave Cave) (exists (?land) (and (instance ?land CaveMatrix) (hole ?cave ?land)))) (=> (and (instance ?land CaveMatrix) (instance ?cave Cave) (hole ?cave ?land)) (equal ?land (HoleSkinFn ?cave))) (subclass SubmergedLandArea GeographicArea) (documentation SubmergedLandArea EnglishLanguage "&%SubmergedLandArea is the class of land regions that are located beneath bodies of water.") (=> (instance ?LAND SubmergedLandArea) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (orientation ?LAND ?WATER Below) (orientation ?WATER ?LAND On) (meetsSpatially ?LAND ?WATER)))) (subclass ContinentalShelf SubmergedLandArea) (documentation ContinentalShelf EnglishLanguage "A &%ContinentalShelf is a natural undersea extension of land around a &%Continent. The shelf is a gently sloped (average less than one percent) plain that is an extension of the &%CoastalPlain found off the coast of most continents.") (subclass ContinentalMargin SubmergedLandArea) (documentation ContinentalMargin EnglishLanguage "&%ContinentalMargin is class of &%SubmergedLandAreas that are the extension of land underwater at the edge of a continent, before a drop to the sea floor. A &%ContinentalMargin includes the &%ContinentalShelf and the continental break, slope, or rise at the outer edge.") (=> (instance ?SHELF ContinentalShelf) (exists (?MARGIN) (and (instance ?MARGIN ContinentalMargin) (properPart ?SHELF ?MARGIN) (overlapsSpatially ?SHELF ?MARGIN)))) (subclass SeabedArea SubmergedLandArea) (documentation SeabedArea EnglishLanguage "&%SeabedArea is the class of &%SubmergedLandAreas that are part of the sea floor.") (instance SeacoastFn BinaryFunction) (domain SeacoastFn 1 GeographicArea) (domain SeacoastFn 2 SaltWaterArea) (range SeacoastFn Seacoast) (documentation SeacoastFn EnglishLanguage "(&%SeacoastFn ?LAND ?SEA) denotes the &%Seacoast where the &%GeographicArea ?LAND borders the &%SaltWaterArea ?SEA.") (subclass Seacoast ShoreArea) (subclass Seacoast LandForm) (documentation Seacoast EnglishLanguage "A &%Seacoast is the &%ShoreArea along the margin of an ocean, extending inland approximately 1-3 km from the low water mark.") (=> (and (instance ?COAST Seacoast) (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (orientation ?WATER ?COAST Adjacent)) (instance ?WATER SaltWaterArea)) (subclass Shoreline LandArea) (documentation Shoreline EnglishLanguage "&%Shoreline is the class of &%LandAreas that are the edge of a larger land mass abutting a bordering &%WaterArea.") (=> (instance ?LINE Shoreline) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (meetsSpatially ?WATER ?LINE)))) (=> (instance ?SHORE ShoreArea) (exists (?LINE) (and (instance ?LINE Shoreline) (part ?LINE ?SHORE)))) (=> (and (instance ?SHORE ShoreArea) (instance ?WATER WaterArea) (orientation ?SHORE ?WATER Adjacent)) (exists (?LINE) (and (instance ?LINE Shoreline) (part ?LINE ?SHORE) (meetsSpatially ?LINE ?WATER)))) (=> (meetsSpatially ?X ?Y) (orientation ?X ?Y Adjacent)) (instance ShorelineFn BinaryFunction) (domain ShorelineFn 1 GeographicArea) (domain ShorelineFn 2 WaterArea) (range ShorelineFn LandArea) (documentation ShorelineFn EnglishLanguage "(&%ShorelineFn ?LAND ?WATER) denotes the &%Shoreline where the &%GeographicArea ?LAND borders the &%WaterArea ?WATER.") (subrelation ShorelineFn BorderFn) ;--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ;; H. Vegetation and biomes (instance vegetationType BinaryPredicate) (instance vegetationType AsymmetricRelation) (documentation vegetationType EnglishLanguage "(&%vegetationType ?area ?type) associates a particular &%GeographicArea with a type of &%Plant that is found there.") (domain vegetationType 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass vegetationType 2 Plant) (=> (and (vegetationType ?REGION ?TYPE) (subclass ?TYPE Plant) (instance ?REGION GeographicArea)) (exists (?PLANT) (and (instance ?PLANT ?TYPE) (located ?PLANT ?REGION)))) (=> (and (not (vegetationType ?REGION ?TYPE)) (subclass ?TYPE Plant) (instance ?REGION GeographicArea)) (not (exists (?PLANT) (and (instance ?PLANT ?TYPE) (located ?PLANT ?REGION))))) (instance vegetationTypePattern TernaryPredicate) (documentation vegetationTypePattern EnglishLanguage "(&%vegetationTypePattern ?AREA ?TYPE ?DENSITY) means that in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA the &%Plant ?TYPE is found with ?DENSITY.") (domain vegetationTypePattern 1 GeographicArea) (domainSubclass vegetationTypePattern 2 Plant) (domain vegetationTypePattern 3 Attribute) (=> (vegetationTypePattern ?AREA ?TYPE ?DENSITY) (vegetationType ?AREA ?TYPE)) (instance CanopiedVegetation Attribute) (documentation CanopiedVegetation EnglishLanguage "&%CanopiedVegetation describes the density of vegetation in a &%RainForest or &%Jungle.") (instance DenseVegetation Attribute) (documentation DenseVegetation EnglishLanguage "&%DenseVegetation describes the density of vegetation in a &%Forest.") (instance GroundCoverVegetation Attribute) (documentation GroundCoverVegetation EnglishLanguage "&%GroundCoverVegetation describes the density of uniform low vegetation in a field or meadow.") (instance ScatteredVegetation Attribute) (documentation ScatteredVegetation EnglishLanguage "&%ScatteredVegetation describes the pattern of vegetation in which plants appear at intervals.") (instance SparseVegetation Attribute) (documentation SparseVegetation EnglishLanguage "&%SparseVegetation describes the pattern of vegetation in an area where there is very little vegetation.") ;; KJN: Moving this to MILO as it has too many dependencies there. ;;(subclass BotanicalTree FloweringPlant) ;;(documentation BotanicalTree EnglishLanguage "&%BotanicalTree is an imprecise term ;;for a perennial woody plant that is larger than a bush or shrub, ;;generally understood to describe a large growth having one main trunk ;;with few or no branches projecting from its base, a well-developed crown ;;of foliage, and a height at maturity of at least 12 feet.") (subclass Shrub FloweringPlant) (documentation Shrub EnglishLanguage "&%Shrub is the class of low, perennial, typically multi-stemmed woody plants, called shrubs or bushes.") (=> (and (instance ?TREE BotanicalTree) (instance ?BUSH Shrub) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (height ?TREE (MeasureFn ?TALL ?U)) (height ?BUSH (MeasureFn ?SHORT ?U))) (greaterThan ?TALL ?SHORT)) ;; added definitons for Succulent and Cactus (subclass Succulent FloweringPlant) (documentation Succulent EnglishLanguage "&%Succulents are &%Drought resistant &%Plants in which their &%Plantleaf and PlantStem &%contain water-storing &%Tissue.") ;; drought resistant (=> (instance ?P Succulent) (modalAttribute (exists (?D) (and (instance ?D Drought) (experiencer ?D ?P) (attribute ?P Living))) Likely)) (subclass Cactus FloweringPlant) (documentation Cactus EnglishLanguage "The word &%Cactus derives, through Latin, from Greek Kaktos, a name for spiny plant. Most Cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Almost all cacti are succulents. Areoles are structures unique to cacti. (Reference wikipedia)") ;; Most Cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought (=> (instance ?CAC Cactus) (modalAttribute (and (instance ?AREA GeographicArea) (located ?CAC ?AREA) (exists (?D) (and (instance ?D Drought) (eventLocated ?D ?AREA)))) Likely)) ;; Areoles are parts of a Cactus (=> (instance ?A PlantAreole) (exists (?C) (and (instance ?C Cactus) (part ?A ?C)))) (subclass Lichen NonFloweringPlant) (documentation Lichen EnglishLanguage "&%Lichen is the class of complex thallyphytic plants made up of &%Alga and &%Fungus growing symbiotically.") (=> (instance ?LICH Lichen) (exists (?ALGA) (and (instance ?ALGA Alga) (part ?ALGA ?LICH)))) (=> (instance ?LICH Lichen) (exists (?FUNG) (and (instance ?FUNG Fungus) (part ?FUNG ?LICH)))) ;;-------------------------------- ; Biome types: (subclass Biome Ecosystem) (documentation Biome EnglishLanguage "&%Biome is the class of &%GeographicAreas representing major kinds of ecological communities, that is, areas in which certain kinds of plants, animals, weather, and terrain interact to produce and support a distinctive ecosystem.") (subclass Forest LandArea) (disjoint Forest Field) (documentation Forest EnglishLanguage "&%Forest is the class of large &%LandAreas that are covered by trees and associated undergrowth, either growing wild or managed for the purpose of timber production.") (=> (instance ?FOREST Forest) (vegetationTypePattern ?FOREST BotanicalTree DenseVegetation)) (subclass RainForest Biome) (subclass RainForest Forest) (documentation RainForest EnglishLanguage "&%RainForest is the subclass of &%LandAreas that are densely planted with trees.") (=> (instance ?FOREST RainForest) (vegetationTypePattern ?FOREST BotanicalTree CanopiedVegetation)) (subclass TropicalRainForest RainForest) (subclass TemperateRainForest TemperateHardwoodForest) (subclass TemperateRainForest RainForest) (subclass TemperateHardwoodForest Biome) (subclass TemperateHardwoodForest Forest) (subclass BorealForest Biome) (subclass BorealForest Forest) (subclass Okoume BotanicalTree) (subclass PineTree BotanicalTree) (documentation PineTree EnglishLanguage "Pines are coniferous &%BotanicalTrees of the genus Pinus, in the family Pinaceae. They are evergreens, with needle- shaped leaves and propagate by dropping pine cones, which contains seeds. (from Wikipedia)") (=> (instance ?FOREST BorealForest) (vegetationType ?FOREST PineTree)) (subclass Jungle Biome) (subclass Jungle LandArea) (documentation Jungle EnglishLanguage "&%Jungle is a subclass of fertile &%LandAreas that are overgrown with tropical vegetation.") (=> (instance ?FOREST Jungle) (vegetationTypePattern ?FOREST Plant DenseVegetation)) (subclass Swamp Biome) (documentation Swamp EnglishLanguage "&%Swamp is a subclass of &%Biome that is &%Damp and overgrown with vegetation.") (=> (instance ?SWAMP Swamp) (attribute ?SWAMP Damp)) (=> (instance ?SWAMP Swamp) (vegetationTypePattern ?SWAMP Grass DenseVegetation)) (subclass Desert LandArea) (documentation Desert EnglishLanguage "&%Desert is a subclass of &%LandAreas that are arid regions having sparse or no vegetation.") (=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (attribute ?DESERT Dry)) (=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (or (groundSurfaceType ?DESERT Rock) (groundSurfaceType ?DESERT Sand))) (=> (instance ?DESERT Desert) (not (vegetationType ?DESERT BotanicalTree))) (subclass Oasis Biome) (subclass Oasis LandArea) (documentation Oasis EnglishLanguage "&%Oasis is a subclass of &%LandAreas that are fertile places within a desert, which have water and some vegetation.") (=> (instance ?OASIS Oasis) (exists (?DESERT) (and (instance ?DESERT Desert) (located ?OASIS ?DESERT)))) (=> (instance ?OASIS Oasis) (exists (?WATER) (and (instance ?WATER FreshWaterArea) (located ?WATER ?OASIS)))) (=> (instance ?OASIS Oasis) (attribute ?OASIS FertileTerrain)) (subclass Grassland Biome) (subclass Grassland LandArea) (documentation Grassland EnglishLanguage "&%Grassland is the class of &%LandAreas where the predominant vegetation is some kind of grass.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Grassland) (vegetationTypePattern ?PLAIN Grass GroundCoverVegetation)) (subclass Prairie Grassland) (subclass Prairie Plain) (documentation Prairie EnglishLanguage "&%Prairie is a class of large plains &%LandAreas with tall grass vegetation.") (subclass Pampa Grassland) (subclass Pampa Plain) (documentation Pampa EnglishLanguage "&%Pampa is a class of vast, level, typically grassy &%Plains of land in South America.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Pampa) (located ?PLAIN SouthAmerica)) (subclass Savanna Grassland) (subclass Savanna Plain) (documentation Savanna EnglishLanguage "&%Savanna is a class of tropical or subtropical &%Grasslands, typically treeless.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Savanna) (not (vegetationType ?PLAIN BotanicalTree))) (subclass Steppe Plain) (documentation Steppe EnglishLanguage "&%Steppe is a subclass of &%Plain, representing vast, level, treeless areas of land in Asia or SE Europe.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Steppe) (not (vegetationType ?PLAIN BotanicalTree))) (=> (instance ?PLAIN Steppe) (or (located ?PLAIN Europe) (located ?PLAIN Asia))) (subclass Veldt Grassland) (subclass Veldt Plain) (documentation Veldt EnglishLanguage "&%Veldt is a subclass of &%Grasslands which have scattered shrubs or trees.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Veldt) (located ?PLAIN Africa)) (=> (instance ?PLAIN Veldt) (vegetationTypePattern ?PLAIN Shrub ScatteredVegetation)) (subclass Tundra Biome) (subclass Tundra Plain) ; (subclass Tundra ArcticRegion) (documentation Tundra EnglishLanguage "&%Tundra is a subclass of flat, treeless &%Plains areas lying within the &%ArcticRegion. Subsoil in &%Tundra is permanently frozen.") (=> (instance ?PLAIN Tundra) (vegetationType ?PLAIN Lichen)) (=> (instance ?PLAIN Tundra) (vegetationType ?PLAIN Moss)) ;; KJN: Moving this to Mid-level-ontology.kif to remove dependencies ;;(subclass Agriculture Maintaining) ;;(documentation Agriculture EnglishLanguage "&%Agriculture is a class of &%Processes ;;in which land, plants, or animals are cultivated in order to produce ;;food or other organic products.") ;;(=> ;; (instance ?AGRO Agriculture) ;; (exists (?GROWTH) ;; (and ;; (instance ?GROWTH Growth) ;; (subProcess ?GROWTH ?AGRO)))) ; ; ---------------------------------------------- ; ; Natural Disasters that are not related to Weather ; (covered in CIA World Fact Book) ; ; ; ---------------------------------------------- (subclass Landslide GeologicalProcess) (subclass Mudslide Landslide) (subclass Mudflow Landslide) (subclass Rockslide Landslide) ; TurbidityCurrents are underwater mudslides w/salt water (subclass VolcanicGasRelease VolcanicEruption) (subclass LandSubsidence GeologicalProcess) ;; &%elevation decreases (=> (instance ?SINKING LandSubsidence) (exists (?LAND) (and (instance ?LAND LandArea) (eventLocated ?SINKING ?LAND) (patient ?SINKING ?LAND)))) (=> (and (instance ?SINKING LandSubsidence) (patient ?SINKING ?LAND) (instance ?LAND LandArea) (instance ?U UnitOfLength) (elevation ?LAND (MeasureFn ?HEIGHT1 ?U))) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?SINKING)) (exists (?HEIGHT2) (and (elevation ?LAND (MeasureFn ?HEIGHT2 ?U)) (lessThan ?HEIGHT2 ?HEIGHT1))))) (subclass Locust Animal) (subclass Swarming Motion) (subclass Famine SocialInteraction) ;;------------------------------------------------------------------------ ;; J. Environmental Areas of Concern (subclass AreaOfConcern RelationalAttribute) (documentation AreaOfConcern EnglishLanguage "&%AreaOfConcern is a subclass of &%Attributes that represent and classify the kinds of interests that agents have.") (instance regionalIssue BinaryPredicate) (domain regionalIssue 1 GeographicArea) (domain regionalIssue 2 AreaOfConcern) (documentation regionalIssue EnglishLanguage "(&%regionalIssue ?AREA ?ISSUE) means that the &%AreaOfConcern ?ISSUE is relevant to a problem in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA.") ; rework this AreaOfConcern hierarchy, and associate the relevant processes: (subclass EnvironmentalIssue AreaOfConcern) (documentation EnvironmentalIssue EnglishLanguage "The class of Attributes that stand for issues of environmental concern.") (instance AcidificationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AcidRainIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AerosolParticulateIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance DeforestationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (subclass SoilQualityIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance SoilErosionIssue SoilQualityIssue) (instance SoilDegradationIssue SoilQualityIssue) (instance SoilExhaustionIssue SoilQualityIssue) (subclass EnvironmentalWaterIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance LimitedFreshWaterIssue EnvironmentalWaterIssue) ;; WaterResource or FreshwaterResource (instance InadequatePotableWaterIssue EnvironmentalWaterIssue) (instance OvergrazingIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance DesertificationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AirPollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance SoilPollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance SoilPollutionIssue SoilQualityIssue) (instance WaterPollutionIssue EnvironmentalWaterIssue) (subAttribute GroundwaterPollutionIssue WaterPollutionIssue) (subclass PollutionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance IndustrialPollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance VehicleEmissionsIssue PollutionIssue) (instance PowerPlantEmissionsIssue PollutionIssue) (instance ToxicWasteDisposalIssue PollutionIssue) (instance RawSewagePollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance WaterInfrastructureIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (subAttribute WastewaterIssue WaterInfrastructureIssue) (instance SolidWasteDisposalIssue PollutionIssue) (instance OverpopulationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (subclass BiodiversityIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance SiltationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance OzoneDepletionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance UVLevelsIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance ClimateChangeIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (subAttribute ClimateWarmingIssue ClimateChangeIssue) (instance WaterManagementIssue EnvironmentalIssue) ;; see WaterInfrastructureIssue (instance EndangeredSpeciesIssue BiodiversityIssue) (subAttribute EndangeredMarineWildlifeIssue EndangeredSpeciesIssue) (instance FragileEcosystemIssue BiodiversityIssue) (subAttribute ThinningPolarIcepackIssue ClimateChangeIssue) (instance ToxicChemicalPollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance NuclearEnvironmentalIssue PollutionIssue) (instance OilPollutionIssue PollutionIssue) (instance FishStockDepletionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance UrbanizationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) ;; urban waste disposal (subAttribute SoilSalinityIssue SoilDegradationIssue) (instance FarmingPracticesIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AgriculturalChemicalsIssue EnvironmentalIssue) ;; nitrogen, phosphorus - agricultural runoff (instance PesticideIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance LandClearingIssue BiodiversityIssue) ;; ? (instance ForestDegradation EnvironmentalIssue) (subAttribute HydrocarbonEmissionsIssue AirPollutionIssue) (instance CoastalDegradation EnvironmentalIssue) ;; damage to coastline, coral reefs, and sea vegetation (instance CoralReefDecayIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance CoastalMarinePollutionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance PopulationMigrationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (subclass DiseaseConditionsIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance WaterBorneDiseaseIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance InadequateSanitationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance PollutedFishStocksIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance NuclearPollutionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance WildlifePoachingIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AsbestosDisposalIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance IllegalWildlifeTradeIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance WetlandDegradationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance LossOfHabitatIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance AgriculturalExpansionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance MiningPollutionIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance LandminesIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance DroughtIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance IndigenousPeoplesPreservationIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance InvasiveSpeciesIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance DriftNetFishingIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance UnexplodedOrdinanceIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance FamineIssue EnvironmentalIssue) (instance OverhuntingIssue EnvironmentalIssue) ; ResourceDepletion - air, water, wildlife, farmland, minerals ; Pollution - air, water, soil: from organics, oil, hydrocar, metallurg ; Sanitation - water, food supply, toxicity ;;-------------------------------- ;; Misc (instance GeographicPartTypeFn BinaryFunction) (domainSubclass GeographicPartTypeFn 1 GeographicArea) (domain GeographicPartTypeFn 2 GeographicArea) (rangeSubclass GeographicPartTypeFn GeographicArea) (documentation GeographicPartTypeFn EnglishLanguage "(&%GeographicPartTypeFn ?TYPE ?AREA) evaluates to the &%Class of all &%instances of ?TYPE that are &%located in the &%GeographicArea ?AREA.") (=> (equal ?CLASS (GeographicPartTypeFn ?TYPE ?AREA)) (subclass ?CLASS ?TYPE)) ;; NS: Depending on the bindings/substitutions for ?TYPE and ?AREA, ;; the consequent could be much more specific than &%part. (=> (instance ?GEO (GeographicPartTypeFn ?TYPE ?AREA)) (part ?GEO ?AREA)) (=> (and (instance ?GEO (GeographicPartTypeFn ?TYPE ?AREA)) (subclass ?TYPE GeopoliticalArea) (instance ?AREA GeopoliticalArea)) (geopoliticalSubdivision ?GEO ?AREA)) (=> (and (instance ?GEO (GeographicPartTypeFn StateOrProvince ?AREA)) (instance ?AREA Nation)) (primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision ?GEO ?AREA)) ;; NS: TO DO: Much more should be said about England and Wales ;; beyond what is represented here. (instance England GeographicArea) (documentation England EnglishLanguage "&%England, with &%Wales, &%Scotland, and &%NorthernIreland, is one of the four constituent &%Nations of the &%UnitedKingdom.") (orientation Scotland England North) (meetsSpatially Scotland England) (orientation NorthernIreland Scotland Southwest) (orientation NorthernIreland England Northwest) (instance Wales GeographicArea) (documentation Wales EnglishLanguage "&%Wales, with &%England, &%Scotland, and &%NorthernIreland, is one of the four constituent &%Nations of the &%UnitedKingdom.") (orientation Wales England West) (meetsSpatially Wales England) (orientation NorthernIreland Wales Northwest) (orientation Scotland Wales North) (orientation IsleOfMan NorthernIreland East) (orientation Ireland Wales West) (primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision Scotland UnitedKingdom) (primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision NorthernIreland UnitedKingdom) (primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision England UnitedKingdom) (primaryGeopoliticalSubdivision Wales UnitedKingdom) ;; NS: Note that in 2007, Denmark's 13 "counties" were replaced ;; by five administrative "regions". (equal AmericanState (GeographicPartTypeFn StateOrProvince UnitedStates)) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;New definitions by Jennie July 2017 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ; 1 Deposition (documentation Deposition EnglishLanguage "The &%Class of &%Processes where an &%Object is cooled and converted directly from a &%Gas to a &%Solid, without going through the state of being a &%Liquid.") (documentation Deposition ChineseLanguage "这个 &%Process &%Class 发生在当 &%Object 遇冷,而 无需经过 &%Liquid 状态直接从 &%Gas 转成 &%Solid。") (subclass Deposition StateChange) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Deposition "deposition") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Deposition "凝华") (=> (and (instance ?DEPOSITION Deposition) (patient ?DEPOSITION ?OBJ)) (exists (?PART) (and (part ?PART ?OBJ) (holdsDuring (BeginFn (WhenFn ?DEPOSITION)) (attribute ?PART Gas)) (holdsDuring (EndFn (WhenFn ?DEPOSITION)) (attribute ?PART Solid)) (not (holdsDuring (WhenFn ?DEPOSITION) (attribute ?PART Liquid)))))) (=> (and (instance ?DEPOSITION Deposition) (patient ?DEPOSITION ?OBJ) (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?DEPOSITION)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?X Joule))) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?DEPOSITION)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?Y Joule)))) (lessThan ?Y ?X)) ; 2 Sublimation (documentation Sublimation EnglishLanguage "The &%Class of &%Processes where an &%Object gains energy from its surrounding and is converted directly from a &%Solid to a &%Gas, without going through the state of being a &%Liquid.") (documentation Sublimation ChineseLanguage "这个 &%Process &%Class 发生在当 &%Object 从周围 环境获得能量,而无需经过 &%Liquid 状态直接从 &%Solid 转成 &%Gas。") (subclass Sublimation StateChange) (relatedInternalConcept Deposition Sublimation) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Sublimation "sublimation") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Sublimation "升华") (=> (and (instance ?SUBLIMATION Sublimation) (patient ?SUBLIMATION ?OBJ)) (exists (?PART) (and (part ?PART ?OBJ) (holdsDuring (BeginFn (WhenFn ?SUBLIMATION)) (attribute ?PART Solid)) (holdsDuring (EndFn (WhenFn ?SUBLIMATION)) (attribute ?PART Gas)) (not (holdsDuring (WhenFn ?SUBLIMATION) (attribute ?PART Liquid)))))) (=> (and (instance ?SUBLIMATION Sublimation) (patient ?SUBLIMATION ?OBJ) (holdsDuring (ImmediatePastFn (WhenFn ?SUBLIMATION)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?X Joule))) (holdsDuring (ImmediateFutureFn (WhenFn ?SUBLIMATION)) (measure ?OBJ (MeasureFn ?Y Joule)))) (greaterThan ?Y ?X)) ; 4 Micrometer (New) (documentation Micrometer EnglishLanguage "Submultiple of Metre. Symbol:µm. It is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one million of a metre.") (documentation Micrometer ChineseLanguage "这是米的约数,符号:µm。1微米是1000000分之一米。") (instance Micrometer UnitOfLength) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Micrometer "micrometer") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Micrometer "微米") (equal (MeasureFn ?NUMBER Micrometer) (MeasureFn (MultiplicationFn ?NUMBER 0.0000001) Meter)) ; 5 Crystal (Georgraphy.kif) (New) (documentation Crystal EnglishLanguage "A &%Crystal &%Solid is a &%Substance with a &%CrystallineStructure.") (documentation Crystal ChineseLanguage "&%Crystal &%Solid 是一种拥有 &%CrystallineStructure 的 &%Substance。") (subclass Crystal Substance) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Crystal "crystal") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Crystal "水晶") ; 6 Crystalline Structure (New) (documentation CrystallineStructure EnglishLanguage "&%CrystallineStructure is a &%subclass of &%StructureAttribute which belongs to a &%Crystal &%Solid.") (documentation CrystallineStructure ChineseLanguage "&%CrystallineStructure 是 &%StructureAttribute 的 &%Subclass,它属于&%Crystal &%Solid 的结构。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage CrystallineStructure "crystalline structure") (termFormat ChineseLanguage CrystallineStructure "晶体结构") (subclass CrystallineStructure StructureAttribute) (subclass MonoCrystalline CrystallineStructure) (termFormat EnglishLanguage MonoCrystalline "mono crystalline") (termFormat ChineseLanguage MonoCrystalline "单晶结构") (subclass PolyCrystalline CrystallineStructure) (termFormat EnglishLanguage PolyCrystalline "poly crystalline") (termFormat ChineseLanguage PolyCrystalline "多晶结构") (=> (and (instance ?C Crystal) (attribute ?C MonoCrystalline) (instance ?Sub Substance) (attribute ?Sub Solid) (attribute ?Sub PolyCrystalline) (instance ?S Substance) (surface ?S ?Sub) (not (part ?C ?S))) (exists (?CLNT) (and (instance ?CLNT Collection) (memberCount ?CLNT ?X) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?X 4) (=> (member ?MBR ?CLNT) (and (part ?MBR ?Sub) (meetsSpatially ?C ?MBR)))))) ; 7 SulphurDioxide (new) Geography.kif (subclass SulphurDioxide CompoundSubstance) (documentation SulphurDioxide EnglishLanguage "&%SulfurDioxide is a toxic &%Gas with a chemical formula of SO2.") (documentation SulphurDioxide ChineseLanguage "&%SulfurDioxide 是一种有毒的 &%Gas,它的化学 公式为SO2。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage SulphurDioxide "sulphur dioxide") (termFormat ChineseLanguage SulphurDioxide "二氧化硫") (molecularRatio Sulphur 1 SulphurDioxide) (molecularRatio Oxygen 2 SulphurDioxide) (=> (and (instance ?Y SulphurDioxide) (holdsDuring ?T (property ?Y StandardAmbientTemperaturePressure))) (holdsDuring ?T (attribute ?Y Gas))) (=> (instance ?Y SulphurDioxide) (modalAttribute (exists (?D ?P) (and (instance ?D Damaging) (instance ?P Human) (instrument ?D ?Y) (patient ?D ?P))) Possibility)) ; 8 NitricOxide (new) (subclass NitricOxide CompoundSubstance) (documentation NitricOxide EnglishLanguage " &%NitricOxide is a chemical compound in the state of &%Gas, with a chemical formula of NO.") (documentation NitricOxide ChineseLanguage " &%NitricOxide 是一种状态为 &%Gas 的化学复合物, 它的化学公式是 NO。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage NitricOxide "nitric oxide") (termFormat ChineseLanguage NitricOxide "一氧化氮") (molecularRatio Nitrogen 1 NitricOxide) (molecularRatio Oxygen 1 NitricOxide) (=> (and (instance ?Y NitricOxide) (holdsDuring ?T (property ?Y StandardAmbientTemperaturePressure))) (holdsDuring ?T (attribute ?Y Gas))) ; 9 NitrogenDioxide (new) (subclass NitrogenDioxide CompoundSubstance) (documentation NitrogenDioxide EnglishLanguage "&%NitrogenDioxide is a chemical compound in the state of &%Gas, with a chemical formula of NO2.") (documentation NitrogenDioxide ChineseLanguage "&%NitrogenDioxide 是一种状态为 &%Gas 的化学 复合物,它的化学公式是 NO2。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage NitrogenDioxide "nitrogen dioxide") (termFormat ChineseLanguage NitrogenDioxide "二氧化氮") (molecularRatio Nitrogen 1 NitrogenDioxide) (molecularRatio Oxygen 2 NitrogenDioxide) (=> (and (instance ?Y NitrogenDioxide) (holdsDuring ?T (property ?Y StandardAmbientTemperaturePressure))) (holdsDuring ?T (attribute ?Y Gas))) ; 10 Pebble (New) (documentation Pebble EnglishLanguage "&%Pebbles are &%Rock fragments between 2 &%Millimeters to 64 &%Millimeters in &%approximateDiameter on the Wentworth Scale.") (documentation Pebble ChineseLanguage "&%Pebble 是零散的 &%Rock, 按照溫特瓦分級,它的 &%approximateDiameter 在 2 &%Millimeter 到 64 &%Millimeter 之间。") (partition Rock Boulder Cobble Pebble) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Pebble "pebble") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Pebble "卵石") (subclass Pebble Rock) (=> (and (instance ?Particle Pebble) (approximateDiameter ?Particle (MeasureFn ?Size Millimeter))) (and (greaterThan 64.0 ?Size) (greaterThan ?Size 2.0))) ; 11 Cobble (New) (documentation Cobble EnglishLanguage "&%Cobbles are &%Rock fragments between 64 &%Millimeters to 256 &%Millimeters in &%approximateDiameter on the Wentworth Scale.") (documentation Cobble ChineseLanguage "&%Cobble 是零散的 &%Rock,按照溫特瓦分級,它的 &%approximateDiameter 在 64 &%Millimeter 到 256 &%Millimeter 之间。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Cobble "cobble") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Cobble "大卵石") (subclass Cobble Rock) (=> (and (instance ?Particle Cobble) (approximateDiameter ?Particle (MeasureFn ?Size Millimeter))) (and (greaterThan 256.0 ?Size) (greaterThan ?Size 64.0))) ; 12 Boulder (New) (documentation Boulder EnglishLanguage "&%Boulders are &%Rock fragments larger than 256 &%Millimeters in &%approximateDiameter on the Wentworth Scale.") (documentation Boulder ChineseLanguage "&%Boulder 是零散的 &%Rock,按照溫特瓦分級,它的 &%approximateDiameter 大于 256 &%Millimeter。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Boulder "boulder") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Boulder "巨石") (subclass Boulder Rock) (=> (and (instance ?Particle Boulder) (approximateDiameter ?Particle (MeasureFn ?Size Millimeter))) (greaterThan ?Size 256.0)) ; 13 SolubilityAttribute (New) (documentation SolubilityAttribute EnglishLanguage "&%SolubilityAttribute is a &subclass of &%InternalAttributes. It describes the property of a &%Solid, &%Liquid or &%Gas &%Substance to say whether it can dissolve in another &%Substance of either &%Solid, &%Liquid or &%Gas state.") (documentation SolubilityAttribute ChineseLanguage "&%SolubilityAttribute 是 &%InternalAttribute 的 &subclass。 它表示一种 &%Solid、 &%Liquid 或 &%Gas &%Substance 是否能够 溶解于另外一种 &%Solid、 &%Liquid 或 &%Gas 态 &%Substance 中。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage SolubilityAttribute "solubility attribute") (termFormat ChineseLanguage SolubilityAttribute "可溶性") (subclass SolubilityAttribute InternalAttribute) ; 14 Soluble (New) (documentation Soluble EnglishLanguage "If a &Substance has the &%SolubilityAttribute of being &%Soluble, then it can be combined with another &%Substance to become a %Solution.") (documentation Soluble ChineseLanguage "如果一种 &Substance 有 &%Soluble &%SolubilityAttribute 的话,那么它就能和另外一个 &%Substance 结合成为一种均匀混合物。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Soluble "soluble") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Soluble "可溶的") (subclass Soluble SolubilityAttribute) (contraryAttribute Soluble Insoluble) (=> (and (instance ?X Substance) (attribute ?X Soluble)) (modalAttribute (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (instance ?Y Substance) (instance ?Z Solution) (piece ?X ?Z) (piece ?Y ?Z))) Possibility)) ; 15 Insoluble (New) (documentation Insoluble EnglishLanguage "If a &Substance has the &%SolubilityAttribute of being &%Insoluble, then it cannot be combined with another &%Substance to become a solution mixture.") (documentation Insoluble ChineseLanguage "如果一种 &Substance 有 &%Insoluble &%SolubilityAttribute 的话,那么它就不能和另外一个 &%Substance 结合成为一种均匀混合物。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Insoluble "insoluble") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Insoluble "不可溶的") (subclass Insoluble SolubilityAttribute) (=> (and (instance ?X Substance) (attribute ?X Insoluble)) (not (modalAttribute (exists (?Y ?Z) (and (instance ?Y Substance) (instance ?Z Solution) (piece ?X ?Z) (piece ?Y ?Z))) Possibility))) ; 16 Colloid (New) (documentation Colloid EnglishLanguage "A &%Colloid is a &%Mixture in which microscopically dispersed &%Insoluble particles, between 0.95 and 977 &%Nanometers in &%approximateDiameter on the Wentworth Scale are suspended throughout another &%Substance.") (documentation Colloid ChineseLanguage "&%Colloid 是一种 &%Mixture,它是由一种极为微小、 按照溫特瓦分級,颗粒 &%approximateDiameter 介于 0.95 and 977 &%nanometer 的&%Insoluble &%substance 均匀悬浮在另外一种 &%substance 中。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Colloid "colloid") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Colloid "胶体") (subclass Colloid Mixture) (=> (instance ?Z Colloid) (exists (?P ?S) (and (part ?P ?Z) (attribute ?P Insoluble) (approximateDiameter ?P (MeasureFn ?S Nanometer)) (greaterThan 977.0 ?S) (greaterThan ?S 0.95)))) ; 17 ParticulateMatter (New) (documentation ParticulateMatter EnglishLanguage "&%ParticulateMatter is a mixture of very small solid or liquid matter suspended in Earth's atmosphere with an &%approximateDiameter of less than 1,000 &%Micrometers (0.001 mm).") (documentation ParticulateMatter ChineseLanguage "&%ParticulateMatter 悬浮在大气中的微小固体或 液体颗粒, 它的 &%approximateDiameter 小于 1,000 &%Micrometer (0.001mm)。") (subclass ParticulateMatter Mixture) (partition ParticulateMatter CoarseParticulateMatter FineParticulateMatter) (termFormat EnglishLanguage ParticulateMatter "particulate matter") (termFormat EnglishLanguage ParticulateMatter "PM") (termFormat ChineseLanguage ParticulateMatter "悬浮颗粒") (=> (instance ?PM ParticulateMatter) (exists (?P ?ATMOSPHERE ?S) (and (instance ?ATMOSPHERE AtmosphericRegion) (located ?PM ?ATMOSPHERE) (part ?P ?PM) (approximateDiameter ?P (MeasureFn ?S Micrometer)) (greaterThan 1000.0 ?S)))) ; 18 CoarseParticulateMatter (New) (documentation CoarseParticulateMatter EnglishLanguage "&%CoarseParticulateMatter are &%ParticulateMatter with an &%approximateDiameter between 2.5 and 10 &%Micrometers.") (documentation CoarseParticulateMatter ChineseLanguage "&%CoarseParticulateMatter 是 &%approximateDiameter 介于 2.5 和 10 &%Micrometer 之间的 &%ParticulateMatter。") (subclass CoarseParticulateMatter ParticulateMatter) (termFormat EnglishLanguage CoarseParticulateMatter "coarse particulate matter") (termFormat EnglishLanguage CoarseParticulateMatter "PM10") (termFormat ChineseLanguage CoarseParticulateMatter "粗悬浮颗粒") (<=> (and (instance ?PM ParticulateMatter) (part ?P ?PM) (approximateDiameter ?P (MeasureFn ?S Micrometer)) (greaterThan 10.0 ?S) (greaterThan ?S 2.5)) (exists (?PM10) (and (instance ?PM10 CoarseParticulateMatter) (part ?PM10 ?PM)))) ; 19 FineParticulateMatter (New) (documentation FineParticulateMatter EnglishLanguage "&%FineParticles are &%ParticulateMatter with an &%approximateDiameter less than 2.5 &%Micrometers.") (documentation CoarseParticulateMatter ChineseLanguage "&%FineParticle 是 &%approximateDiameter 小于 2.5 &%Micrometer 的 &%ParticulateMatter。") (subclass FineParticulateMatter ParticulateMatter) (termFormat EnglishLanguage FineParticulateMatter "fine particulate matter") (termFormat EnglishLanguage FineParticulateMatter "PM2.5") (termFormat ChineseLanguage FineParticulateMatter "细悬浮颗粒") (<=> (and (instance ?PM ParticulateMatter) (part ?P ?PM) (approximateDiameter ?P (MeasureFn ?S Micrometer)) (greaterThanOrEqualTo ?S 2.5)) (exists (?PM25) (and (instance ?PM25 FineParticulateMatter) (part ?PM25 ?PM)))) ; 20 LiquidDrop (New) (documentation LiquidDrop EnglishLanguage "A &%LiquidDrop is a small column of liquid, bounded almost completely by free surfaces.") (documentation LiquidDrop ChineseLanguage "&%LiquidDrop 是一滴液体, 它几乎完全由自由表面包围。") (subclass LiquidDrop Substance) (termFormat EnglishLanguage LiquidDrop "liquid drop") (termFormat ChineseLanguage LiquidDrop "液体滴") (=> (instance ?LD LiquidDrop) (attribute ?LD Liquid)) (=> (and (instance ?LD LiquidDrop) (surface ?S ?LD)) (modalAttribute (exists (?SS ?LL) (and (instance ?LL Substance) (attribute ?LL Liquid) (not (equal ?LD ?LL)) (surface ?SS ?LL) (meetsSpatially ?S ?SS))) Unlikely)) ; 21 Droplet (New) (documentation Droplet EnglishLanguage "A &%Droplet is a &%LiquidDrop of less than 500 &%Micrometer (µm) in &%approximateDiameter.") (documentation Droplet ChineseLanguage "&%Droplet 是 &%approximateDiameter 小于 500 &%Micrometer (µm) 的 &%LiquidDrop。") (subclass Droplet LiquidDrop) (termFormat EnglishLanguage Droplet "droplet") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Droplet "小滴液体") (<=> (and (instance ?LD LiquidDrop) (approximateDiameter ?LD (MeasureFn ?S Micrometer)) (lessThan 500.0 ?S)) (instance ?LD Droplet)) ; 22 Aerosal (New) (documentation Aerosal EnglishLanguage "An &%Aerosal is a &%Colloid of fine &%Solid particles or &%Liquid &%Droplets in air.") (documentation Aerosal EnglishLanguage "&%Aerosal 是一种悬浮在空中,由微小的 &%Solid 颗粒或 &%Liquid &%Droplet 组成 的 &%Colloid。") (termFormat EnglishLanguage Aerosal "aerosal") (termFormat ChineseLanguage Aerosal "气溶胶") (subclass Aerosal Colloid) (=> (and (instance ?C Colloid) (part ?P ?C) (or (attribute ?P Solid) (attribute ?P Liquid)) (instance ?AIR Air) (part ?AIR ?C)) (instance ?C Aerosal))