Using contextual queries

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003:2003:998.

Abstract

Search engines generally treat search requests in isolation. The results for a given query are identical, independent of the user, or the context in which the user made the request. An approach is demonstrated that explores implicit contexts as obtained from a document the user is reading. The approach inserts into an original (web) document functionality to directly activate context driven queries that yield related articles obtained from various information sources.

MeSH terms

  • Databases as Topic
  • Information Storage and Retrieval*
  • Internet
  • Software*