Ontology development methods and tools for intellectualization of internet resources

The problem of Internet resource intellectualization and "Semantic Web" development is analyzed. New generation of Internet applications (based on the concept of "ontology" for semantic description of Internet resources and cooperative activities) are overviewed. Different approaches to "ontology" concept definition are compared. Ontology development criteria and basis of primary concepts are given. Methods for formal ontology definition and integration (together with relevant programming language tools for ontology description) are described. Software tools requirement are proposed. Examples of successful implementations of different ontology-based web projects are given.