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ContentBearingObject
subject			fact

ContentBearingObject	documentation Any Object that expresses information
	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?PLAN Plan) (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (containsInformation ?OBJ ?PLAN)) (exists (?PLANNING) (and (instance ?PLANNING Planning) (result ?PLANNING ?OBJ))))
	has axiom (=> (instance ?ACTION Communication) (exists (?OBJ) (and (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (patient ?ACTION ?OBJ))))
	has axiom (=> (realization ?PROCESS ?PROP) (exists (?OBJ) (and (instance ?OBJ ContentBearingObject) (containsInformation ?OBJ ?PROP))))
	has relatedInternalConcept containsInformation
	is first domain of containsInformation
	is first domain of equivalentContentClass
	is first domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is first domain of subsumesContentClass
	is first domain of subsumesContentInstance
	is second domain of equivalentContentClass
	is second domain of equivalentContentInstance
	is second domain of subsumesContentClass
	is second domain of subsumesContentInstance
	is a kind of Object
Object	is disjoint from Process
	is third domain of between
	is third domain of capability
	is third domain of connects

Kinds of ContentBearingObject :

• Icon (2 facts) - This is the subclass of ContentBearingObjects which are not part of a Language and which have some sort of similarity with the Objects that they represent. This Class would include symbolic roadway signs, 'icons' in a graphical computer operating system, etc
• LinguisticExpression (17 kinds, 85 facts) - This is the subclass of ContentBearingObjectss which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words
• Text (1 kind, 6 facts) - A set of Sentences that express a discourse on a subject of some sort

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