ABSTRACT
A concept in ontology is considered as a semantic unit of the domain area. The Web Ontology Language is a family of knowledge representation languages for authoring ontologies. Ontologies resemble class hierarchies in object-oriented programming but there are several critical differences. This chapter describes a knowledge model oriented on the asynchronous mode of open distance learning (ODL). New methods of procedural knowledge representation and ODL technologies allow creating effective systems of computer training. On the basis of the ontological approach, one can create a conceptual model of the knowledge domain, where the concepts are the atomic, elementary semantic structures. The goal of the concept network creation algorithm is to identify the knowledge in a specific subject’s domain and convert the knowledge to a form of a concept network. The didactic materials’ compilation algorithm adapts didactic materials for the student by taking under consideration the general educational standards and pedagogical conditions of the learning process.
