---
name: "OntologySUMO"
description: "We present a tentative alignment of Active Inference terms with SUMO (Suggested Upper Merged Ontology) entities. For a subset of Active Inference terms, we identify published SUMO files likely to cont..."
tags: ["ontology-alignment", "sumo", "active-inference-ontology", "knowledge-representation", "formal-ontology", "semantic-mapping"]
domain: "AII Ecosystem"
citation: "David S. Douglass, Adam Pease, Daniel Friedman, et al. (2024). *OntologySUMO*. AII Ecosystem."
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.11459322"
---

# OntologySUMO

**David S. Douglass, Adam Pease, Daniel Friedman, et al.** (2024) · AII Ecosystem

## Context

This work addresses topics in **AII Ecosystem**: ontology alignment, SUMO, Active Inference Ontology, knowledge representation.

## Methods

Primary methods and techniques applied in this work:

- Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) formalization
- Cross-domain ontology alignment

## Key Findings

Core contributions and results:

- SUMO formalization enables principled cross-domain reasoning for AI systems
- Upper ontology alignment bridges cognitive science and artificial intelligence through shared category structures

## Related Works

- [2022_ActiveDiffusion](../2022_ActiveDiffusion/)
- [2023_AII_v1](../2023_AII_v1/)
- [2024_AII_v2](../2024_AII_v2/)

## Validation

Verification points for this work:

- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11459322
- PDF SHA-256: See zenodo_record
- Pairing confidence: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-06-30T23:25:32Z

## Prerequisites

- Familiarity with ontology alignment, SUMO, Active Inference Ontology
- Background in AII Ecosystem fundamentals
- Access to source repository: N/A

## Instructions

When working with this paper:

1. Reference the DOI for citation: `10.5281/zenodo.11459322`
2. Apply methods listed in the Methods section for related analysis.
3. Validate findings against the original PDF and metadata.