sumo#abstract__entity_without_spatial_feature  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
  closed_exclusion:  sumo#physical  sumo#object
  supertype:  pm#non_spatial_object__nonspatialobject (pm)  abstraction or description content/medium/container (a description medium that has some spatial feature is both instance of sumo#object and pm#non_spatial_object
  subtype:  pm#psychological_entity__psychologicalentity  feature/product of mental activity, e.g., feeling
     subtype:  dl#mental_object__MOB  e.g., a percept, a sense datum
     subtype:  #psychological_feature__psychologicalfeature  a feature of the mental life of a living organism
     subtype:  pm#unit_of_measure_for_a_psychological_attribute
  subtype:  sumo#Attribute
     subtype:  sumo#internal_attribute  any attribute of an entity that is an internal property of the entity, e.g., its shape, its color, its fragility, etc
     subtype:  sumo#relational_attribute  any attribute that an entity has by virtue of a relationship that it bears to another entity or set of entities, e.g., social_roles and positional_attributes
     subtype:  dl#quality__Q  an attribute/dimension of something, e.g., its color, but not the measure of this color
  subtype:  pm#type  second-order type or more
     subtype:  rdfs#class__clas  rdfs#class has pm#binary_relation_type as instance and hence is different from sumo#class
     subtype:  dolce#universal__UNIVERSAL
     subtype:  pm#1st_order_type__1stordertype__type1  all 1st order types are implicitely or explicitely instance of that 2nd-order type
     subtype:  pm#2nd_order_type__2ndordertype__type2  all 2nd order types are implicitely or explicitely instance of that 3rd order type
  subtype:  pm#set_or_class  like sumo#set_or_class but including rdfs#class too
     subtype:  sumo#set_or_class  the "set_or_class" of "sets" and "classes", i.e. any "instance" of "abstract" that has "elements" or "instances"
     subtype:  rdfs#class__clas  rdfs#class has pm#binary_relation_type as instance and hence is different from sumo#class
  subtype:  pm#description_content__descriptioncontent__information  e.g., a narration, an hypothesis
     subtype:  pm#knowledge_representation__knowledgerepresentation  what a formal/semi-formal statement expresses
     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#intention__abstract_mediating_thing  click here for details
     subtype:  dl#fact
     subtype:  pm#narration  report, story, biography, etc.
     subtype:  pm#fact_generalization  description generalizing facts or ideas
     subtype:  pm#description_with_KADS_inference_structure  dataflow graph of "inferences" (tasks) the inputs/outputs of which are described by "roles"
     subtype:  kads#role
     subtype:  rdf#description
     subtype:  #subject_matter__subjectmatter__message__content__substance  what a communication that is about something is about
     subtype:  #written_material__writtenmaterial__writing__piece_of_writing  the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
     subtype:  #code.laws__codification  a set of rules or principles or laws especially written ones
     subtype:  #public_knowledge__general_knowledge__generalknowledge  knowledge that is available to anyone
     subtype:  #cognitive_factor__cognitivefactor  something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
     subtype:  #perception.cognition  knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"
     subtype:  #cognitive_content__cognitivecontent__content__mental_object  the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
     subtype:  #history.cognition  all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge: "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"
     subtype:  #mental_attitude__attitude  a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"
  subtype:  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
     subtype:  sowa#form__abstract_independent_thing  click here for details
     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#intention__abstract_mediating_thing  click here for details
  subtype:  dl#abstract__abstraction__ab
     subtype:  dl#fact
     subtype:  dl#set
     subtype:  dl#region__R  the measure of an attribute/dimension
  subtype:  sumo#quantity  any specification of how many or how much of something there is
     subtype:  pm#atomic_ADT__atomic_abstract_data_type
     subtype:  sumo#physical_quantity  a measure of some quantifiable aspect of the modeled world, such as 'the earth's diameter' (a constant length) and 'the stress in a loaded deformable solid' (a measure of stress, which is a function of three spatial coordinates); physical_quantities need not be material, e.g., amounts of money (in specified currencies) would be instances of sumo#physical_quantity
  subtype:  lis#abstract_object  a thing that does not exist in space-time; click here for details
     subtype:  lis#class__clas  click here for details
     subtype:  lis#multidimensional_object  ordered list of thing; click here for details
     subtype:  lis#relationship (?,?)  indicates something that one thing has to do with another; click here for details

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