UDoCument: Electronic Scrapbook for the Information Era

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UDoCument Electronic Scrapbook for the
Information Era Soufiane Berouel, Undergraduate
Student Supervised by Prof. Lily Liang Department
of Computer Science and Information Technology,
University of the District of Columbia, Spring
2009

• Functions in figures 6 and 7 illustrate how
  files are handled in UDoCument
• Figure 6. Folder Tree Structure
  Figure 7. Folder Management

Analysis In the requirements analysis phase, we
defined all functionalities that should be
included in UDoCument, based on the information
we gathered from possible users of the
software. Design During the design, the
different functionalities are grouped under a
hierarchy of the system as generally shown in
figure 3 Figure 3. Hierarchical Task
Analysis The following table presents the sub
functionalities in detail Table 1. List
of Functionalities Implementation UDoCument is
created using java programming language and
NetBeans IDE. Some external packages were used
especially JTwain package for handling
scanners. Testing Every function in UDoCument
was extensively tested. Diverse and complementary
test cases were created that go through most
possible execution paths.
Abstract Problem Scrapbooks have been a way to
collect, organize and preserve information for
many years. However, with the overwhelming
amounts of data coming from internet and other
electronic sources as well as from printed hard
copies, the old style scrapbook can no longer
efficiently satisfy the needs that it intended to
meet. Methods In this project, we design and
implement UDoCument, a scrapbook software which
can be used to collect information from both
electronic media and paper copies. Results The
testing phase proved UDoCument to be fully
functional and can be easily used for daily
information collection.
Introduction Scrapbooks have been a way to
collect, organize and preserve information for
many years. However, the old scrapbook became
unable to satisfy the needs of the information
era users. In the old scrapbook, searching is not
efficient, documents are not reproducible, and
users cannot handle new electronic resources of
data. Figure 1. Old Scrapbook In
this project, we design and implement UDoCument,
a scrapbook software that answers these needs.
The software offers a friendly graphical user
interface and step by step guidance to help the
user get familiar with the product after only few
tries.

• Results
• Figures 4 and 5 illustrate the edit and format
  menus in UDoCument
• Figure 4. Edit Menu
  Figure 5. Format Menu

Approach UDoCument is developed using four
software engineering phases in cycle
requirements analysis, design, implementation,
and finally testing, as illustrated in figure
2 Figure 2. Software Development Cycle
Conclusion We developed UDoCument, an electronic
scrapbook, that allows users to create documents
using images from different resources and texts.
UDoCument satisfies most of the needs of a
scrapbook user in a systematic and efficient
approach. The testing phase proved UDoCument to
be fully functional and can be easily used for
daily information collection.