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The book provides an overview of the basic concepts in the field of knowledge representation, examples of well-known systems based on ontologies and thesauri, describes the tasks that are solved with their help, and analyses the tools for designing and presenting ontologies and information retrieval thesauri. In addition, the guide discusses information retrieval technologies using traditional methods (keyword-based ranked search) and approaches to improving the quality of search using thesauri and ontologies.

The manual contains sufficient material to understand the capabilities, limitations and description languages of ontologies, learn how to design and evaluate software solutions created with their help, and find sources of information for further professional development in this area.

For analysts, IT specialists, managers involved in the creation of information systems that use semantic technologies to solve applied problems, students of relevant specialities.