Direct Congress Dan Skorupski Dan Vingo 15 October 2008

Modules Retrieval and storage of legislation Displaying collected data to the user User accounts Voting on legislation Discussion forums

Retrieval/Storage of Legislation Input is (X)HTML and XML, will be parsed by our system and meta-data will be stored in our database as well as the actual legislation. Output in database format whether that be MySQL or SQLite. Tests to ensure that data is not corrupt and has not been tampered with.

Display of data Data will be displayed through a web browser in various formats Input will be data from the database Output is in XHTML This will be written in python so multiple unit tests can be written to test each function/method Tests to ensure that data displayed corresponds to user input and against SQL injections eg. Search for legislation on a certain date; all results should have that date

User Accounts Input is user information through HTML forms Output is information stored in the database Tests to ensure data gets stored correctly Tests to ensure automated systems cannot sign up.

Voting on Legislation Input is a voting decision through an HTML form Output is data stored in the database Tests will be performed to ensure data persists correctly. Tests to be done by human to view the data through a web browser.

Mobile version Input is through WML (Wireless Markup Language)‏ All tests for all modules will have equivalent mobile versions.

Task Breakdown Retrieval of data, parsing, and storage – Dan S. User profile system setup along with database interaction – Dan V. Site navigation (linking) - Dan S. Forum implementation and voting system – Dan V. Testing complete for the above modules System integration – Dan S. and V. Time permitting implementation of mobile version