Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:47:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DemostenesSS.pdf: 468027 bytes, checksum: 7ef30fc93402336c75356410113f8a56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-05-19 / Programs manipulate information. However, information is abstract in nature and needs to be represented, usually by data structures, making it possible to be manipulated. This work presents the AGraphs, a representation and exchange format of the data that uses typed directed graphs with a simulation of hyperedges and hierarchical graphs. Associated to the AGraphs format there is a manipulation library with a simple programming interface, tailored to the language being represented. The AGraphs format in ad-hoc manner was used as representation format in tools developed at UFRN, and, to make it more usable in other tools, an accurate description and the development of support tools was necessary. These accurate description and tools have been developed and are described in this work. This work compares the AGraphs format with other representation and exchange formats (e.g ATerms, GDL, GraphML, GraX, GXL and XML). The main objective this comparison is to capture important characteristics and where the AGraphs concepts can still evolve / Programas manipulam informa??es. Entretanto, as informa??es s?o essencialmente abstratas e precisam ser representadas, normalmente por estruturas de dados, permitindo a sua manipula??o. Esse trabalho apresenta os AGraphs, um formato de representa??o e transfer?ncia de dados que usa grafos direcionados tipados que permitem a simula??o de hiperarestas e de grafos hier?rquicos. Associado ao formato AGraphs existe uma biblioteca de manipula??o com uma interface simples de ser usada, mas dependente da linguagem. O formato AGraphs foi usado de maneira ad-hoc como formato de representa??o em algumas ferramentas desenvolvidas na UFRN, e, com a possibilidade de uso em outras aplica??es, tornou-se necess?ria uma defini??o precisa e o desenvolvimento de ferramentas de suporte. A defini??o precisa e as ferramentas foram desenvolvidas e s?o descritas neste trabalho. Finalizando, compara??es do formato AGraphs com outros formatos de representa??o e transfer?ncia de dados (ATerms, GDL, GraphML, GraX, GXL e XML) s?o realizadas. O principal objetivo destas compara??es ? obter as caracter?sticas significantes e em que conceitos o formato e a biblioteca AGraphs deve amadurecer