Ontology-based approach to creation of an information system on cultural heritage

The article is devoted to a set of technological solutions developed in order to create a modern information system in culture heritage domain. A crucial aspect of the technology is in using ontologies from two points of view: formal and linguistic. The technology allows extension to similar subject domains. A process of development of an applied ontology in cultural heritage domain is discussed with respect to two problems: integration of heterogeneous data sources and intelligent information retrieval. Two applications of the developed ontology are described. In conclusion a structure of a demonstration program tool is provided.