The Web Host Access Tools (WHAT): Exploring Context Sensitive Information Access

摘要

Search engines are an integral part of web based information gathering and retrieval, but they are significantly dependent upon the words or word phrases input by the end user. The search engine usually contributes no additional semantic data toward the information acquisition process. This paper presents an intelligent search agent, the "Web Host Access Tools" (WHAT), which introduces the notion of queries conducted within a specific contextual meaning. Given a context and adaptive associated keywords that personalize to the search history and preferences of the user, WHAT performs more intelligent resource filtering than conventional search engines, providing more relevant results while filtering irrelevant references.