A Web-Based Genealogy System Presented by: Christine Fang Ian Stuart Advisors: Dr. C. Tappert Dr. S. Tuohy

A Web-Based Genealogy System Web-based application for family trees and genealogical information Allows groups to work on common projects instead of funneling work through a single person Features an intuitive GUI for data entry and tree navigation

A Web-Based Genealogy System Registration and Login: Users create personal accounts A user may have access to several trees at once Any user may initiate a new tree project, becoming the tree’s “administrator”

A Web-Based Genealogy System Creating a Tree: The system creates a unique ID for every new tree a user creates The creator/administrator of a new tree may determine the access rights of any other user invited to participate Modification allowed (read/write access) Viewing only (read-only access)

A Web-Based Genealogy System Growing a Tree: Family trees “grow” by defining relationships that new members have to existing members within each tree - Parents - Children - Spouses/Partners Unique IDs are assigned to each new member Relationships are defined automatically

A Web-Based Genealogy System Displaying a Tree: Every family member of a tree can become the focus of tree display - Ancestors - Descendants The system encourages a unified effort to tree development instead of multiple trees Each user controls his/her own custom set of display preferences for each tree.

A Web-Based Genealogy System TableDescription accessAccess rights and user preferences for each tree project of each user memberData for the family members of family trees (names, gender, DOB, etc.) partnersPartnership data between family members (marriages, divorces, etc.) treeData for each family tree (tree name, membership size) usersUser data (user ID, names, , etc.) sessionSession data (links sessions to users)