#topic__subject__issue__matter some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
supertype: cognitive_content__cognitivecontent__content__mental_object the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
subtype: res_judicata__resjudicata__res_adjudicata__resadjudicata a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
subtype: area.topic a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
subtype: gray_area__grey_area an intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
subtype: territory an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"
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