Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:55:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FabioAPP.pdf: 1226499 bytes, checksum: 476c4c4dd5d62663a94a43090900b128 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / The popularization of the Internet has stimulated the appearance of Search Engines that have as their objective aid the users in the Web information research process. However, it s common for users to make queries and receive results which do not satisfy their initial needs. The Information Retrieval in Context (IRiX) technique allows for the information related to a specific theme to be related to the initial user query, enabling, in this way, better results. This study presents a prototype of a search engine based on contexts built from linguistic gatherings and on relationships defined by the user. The context information can be shared with softwares and other tool users with the objective of promoting a socialization of contexts / A populariza??o da Internet estimulou o surgimento das M?quinas de Busca, que t?m como objetivo auxiliar os usu?rios no processo de pesquisa da informa??o na Web. Por?m, ? comum usu?rios formularem consultas e receberem resultados que n?o satisfazem a sua inten??o inicial de pesquisa. A t?cnica Information Retrieval in Context (IRiX) permite que informa??es relacionadas a um determinado tema possam ser atribu?das ? consulta formulada originalmente pelo usu?rio, possibilitando, dessa forma, melhores resultados. Este trabalho apresenta um prot?tipo de M?quina de Busca baseada em contextos constru?dos a partir de um conjunto de sintagmas e de relacionamentos definido pelo usu?rio. As informa??es de contextos podem ser compartilhadas com softwares e com outros usu?rios da ferramenta a fim de promover a socializa??o de contextos.