IEEE Standard Upper Ontology

The IEEE Standard Upper Ontology is a formal framework developed to organize and categorize fundamental concepts shared across various fields and systems. It provides a common foundation of basic ideas—like objects, events, and relationships—that helps different technologies and applications understand and communicate about the world consistently. By establishing standardized, clear definitions, it facilitates data integration, interoperability, and reasoning across diverse domains, supporting complex systems like AI, information sharing, and knowledge management. Essentially, it acts as a universal blueprint for how to structure and connect basic concepts in a logical and agreed-upon way.