1. Web Interface to Dissertation Database Matt Rotundo, Arun Jose, Brian Richards, Patrick Stankard, and Diah Schur

2. PHP, MySQL, HTML, and CSS used Create web interface for DPS dissertation database system o Add/delete/modify tables and queries o Listing tables for queries Description of System

3. Summary of Specifications  Provide User Authentication and authorization  Provide an easy to use administration interface to Add/Edit/Delete data  Improve quality of existing reports

4. Aimed for simple and accessible design Visually-pleasing Print tables in an organized and easy-to- read manner No tradeoffs were required in designing web pages (HTML and CSS) o All customer requests were fulfilled Design Decisions and Related Tradeoffs

5. How to Address Changes in Requirements?  The system is made flexible to handle changes  Address critical issues immediately  Prioritize the change requests  Implement high changes based on priority and resource availability  Use Model-View-Controller (MVC) development methodology to create a readily modifiable application structure

6. Entity Relationship Diagram

7. Components Built / Planned Built: Interface to  View/Add/Edit People  View/Add/Edit Dissertations  View/Add/Edit External Publications Basic authentication User profile view

8. Components Built/ Planned (Continued...) Planned:  Multi-tier authentication  Validation of input data Potential: CSV / XML data export E-Mail notifications Social media integration

9. System Components

10. Application Structure PHP Based MVC Structure Controllers o Authentication o Database abstraction Models o Person o Dissertation o External Publication o Category o Research Method

11. On to the application! http://vulcan.seidenberg.pace.edu/~cs691-team03-2012/

12. Possible Additions Input validation Advanced user administration roles Detailed user profile pages User profile admin (image upload, email, login/pass reset) Send e-mail on action (edit dissertation, add user to system, etc.) Content uploading / storage (pdf/doc files) extend publication reference functionality Data export csv/xml Social networking integration front-end individual document views (not just tabular views)

13. Thanks!