MASPLAS ’02

April 19, 2002

Venue: Presenter: Suma PramodPace University Team Members:1 Martine Avenue Connie Barbosa Patrick CunningWhite Plains, NY Niti Pandey Olga Pavlenko

A Web-Based Genealogy Application System

New to Genealogy

• Connect yourself to the largest family tree online and see how you are related to the rest of humanity!

• Discover what has already been done on YOUR family tree.

• Save time and effort. Start your research where others have left off.

• Meet and collaborate with family members around the world.

• Create your family tree and watch it grow automatically over time.

“FAMILYGENES”

• Family Tree Software - "FAMILYGENES" is a Web-based application software for building personal family trees.

• This software is a web-interface with Cold Fusion tags and MYSQL database backend, that allows family members to update and maintain their branch of the family tree.

Features of Family Tree Software:  Web Interface  Secure login  Family information stored at remote database Allows family members to update information

remotely Family tree information is available on the

internet • URL for the software is at

http://205.232.111.77/CS615/Team11/Project/home.htm

Backup of the Project is available at:http://www.freecfm.com/p/ptk_ing/project/home.htm

Database Structure

Get started by creating or submitting your family tree!

New User Registration

Registered Users Can Update Information

Add Member Information

Displays Member Information

View Member Family Tree

XML View of Ancestors

An Example : Genealogy of Royalty of England

XML View of Ancestors – KINGS OF ENGLAND

Conclusion

• Removes major weaknesses of currently available family tree software, concerning how it can be updated and maintained.

• Tedious task of inputting family information by one family member is over.

• It enables a family spread around the world to use the same Web Based system.

Future• This product can be commercialized using .NET rules.• The user would pay for the service instead of buying the

shrink-wrapped software.

References• [1] http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/ • [2] http://cf-software.com/• [3] http://genealogy.sierrahome.com/• [4] Requirements that handle IKIWISI, COTS, and Rapid

Change (2000) • Barry Boehm, Director of University of South California’s Center

for Software Engineering• [5] Programming ColdFusion (2001), Rob Brooks-Wilson,

O’Reily Publications• [6] The Cold Fusion Web Application Construction (1998)• Ben Forta, Steven Drucker, David Watts, Que Corporation, II

Edition• [7] SAMS teach yourself ColdFusion Express in 24 hours

(2001) Ben Forta and Sue Hove, Sams Publications