Knowledge spaces in the Internet and Semantic Web (Part 1)

A new line of investigation that integrates studies on artificial intelligence and Internet technologies, which is known as the Semantic Web, is presented. A review of the present state of research is given; problems on the establishment of knowledge spaces on the Internet, the means and methods for the extraction of knowledge from texts in natural languages, as well as questions on the use of knowledge spaces in the creation of applied intelligent systems operating on the Internet, are considered.