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Organization
subject			fact

Organization	documentation An Organization is a corporate or similar institution, distinguished from other Agents. The members of an Organization typically have a common purpose or function. Note that parts of Organizations should not be included here, unless they are subOrganizations of an Organization
	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?ACT OrganizationalProcess) (agent ?ACT ?AGENT)) (or (instance ?AGENT Organization) (exists (?ORG) (and (instance ?ORG Organization) (member ?AGENT ?ORG)))))
	has axiom (=> (and (instance ?WAR War) (agent ?WAR ?AGENT)) (or (instance ?AGENT Nation) (and (instance ?AGENT Organization) (forall (?MEMBER) (=> (member ?MEMBER ?AGENT) (instance ?MEMBER Nation))))))
	has axiom (=> (instance ?ACT OccupationalProcess) (exists (?ORG ?EMP) (and (instance ?ORG Organization) (employs ?ORG ?EMP) (agent ?ACT ?EMP))))
	is first domain of employs
	is first domain of subOrganizations
	is second domain of subOrganizations
	is third domain of occupiesPosition
	is a kind of GroupOfPeople
	is a kind of OrganizationUnit
Object	is disjoint from Process

Kinds of Organization :

• Corporation (2 facts) - An Organization that provides products and/or services for a fee with the aim of making a profit
• EducationalOrganization (2 facts) - A EducationalOrganization is an institution of learning. Some examples are public and private K-12 schools, and colleges and universities
• Government (3 facts) - The ruling body of a Nation or one of the subOrganizations of a Nation
• ReligiousOrganization (4 facts) - An Organization whose members share a set of religious beliefs