sowa#abstract__abstract_entity distinguished from sumo#abstract because John Sowa does not seem to categorize all types of relations, sets, classes, attributes, quantities and graphs under this category; see http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/toplevel.htm and http://www.jfsowa.com/ontology/roles.htm
supertype: sumo#abstract__entity_without_spatial_feature (sumo) e.g., knowledge, motivation, measure; properties or qualities as distinguished from any particular embodiment of the properties/qualities in a physical medium; instances of sumo#abstract can be said to exist in the same sense as mathematical objects such as sets and relations, but they cannot exist at a particular place or time without some physical encoding or embodiment
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subtype: sumo#proposition__abstract_relative_thing___situation_description piece of information; this piece of information may be represented by content_bearing_object(s) such as a string, a sound or an icon; click here for details
subtype: sowa#description__abstract_relative_continuant click here for details
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instance: "cats are furry animals" "most cats are furry animals"
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