Online National Polling TGMC 2009 REPORT

ONLINE NATIONAL POLLING 2009
THE GREAT MIND CHALLENGE 2009
ONLINE NATIONAL POLLING
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION
TEAM
theKappas
TEAM MEMBERS
Abhilash Jain
Anurag Mishra
Brijendra Swaroop Gaur
Harshit Srivastava
PROJECT GUIDE
Mr. Anshuman Tyagi
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INDEX
1. INTRODUCTION….................................................................................................................4
1.1 PURPOSE..................................................................................................................................4
1.2 SCOPE.......................................................................................................................................4
1.3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS...........................................................5
1.4 TECHNOLOGIES……….........................................................................................................6
1.5 OVERVIEW……......................................................................................................................6
2 OVERALL DESCRIPTION………..........................................................................................7
2.1 PRODUCT’S PERSPECTIVE..................................................................................................7
2.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE.......................................................................................................8
2.3 HARDWARE INTERFACE.....................................................................................................8
2.4 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE……….............................................................................8
2.5 PRODUCT FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................................9
2.6 USER CHARACTERISTICS……..........................................................................................10
2.7 CONSTRAINTS......................................................................................................................10
2.8 USE-CASE MODEL SURVEY..............................................................................................11
2.9 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES............................................................................14
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3 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS………....................................................................................15
3.1 USE-CASE REPORTS……....................................................................................................15
3.2 DATABASE STRUCTURE……....…………………………………………………………25
3.3 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS………...................................................................31
FAQS………………………………………………………………………………………..…...32
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE
The purpose of this project is to build an Online Polling System so that more and more voters
are able to cast their votes in case they are not able to reach the Polling Stations. This system
is solely designed for those who are far away from their polling zone still they can vote from
that place. It can also help people cast their vote online even when they are not in the country.
1.2 SCOPE
Online National Polling provides a hassle free environment to voters for practicing their right to
vote just by casting their votes online. Voting is one of our fundamental duties as responsible
citizens of the country but it is seen that nowhere around the country a 100% people come to
vote during the elections in their territory.The candidates who are competing in the elections try
to bring as many as possible voters under their influence by hook or by crook.The aspects that
are considered as corrupt practices or electoral offences:
(i) Offering or accepting money or any other gratification either to vote for or not to vote for a
particular candidate.
(ii) Inducement by way of liquor, feast, gifts, etc. to vote for or not to vote for a particular
candidate.
(iii) Inducement to vote or not to vote for a particular candidate on the grounds of religion, caste,
community, sectarian beliefs or place of birth.
(v) Offer of free conveyance to any elector to go to or from any polling station.
(vi) In the rural areas the influential people keep their men at the polling booths to threaten the
common man to vote for them The other aspects which the Online National Polling takes into
consideration are
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• There are many portions of the country like the North East where there is locally sponsored
terrorism, at such places the security conditions are also not very bright, so naturally people feel
afraid to come out of their houses and go to vote
• Net savvy new generation want hassle free voting system. Also the people in metros want a
system through which they can vote for their territory without travelling. Keeping in mind these
situations and to improve the state of democracy in the country Online National Polling is
designed.
1.3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
SLA: SLA is a formal written agreement made between two parties .The service provider & the
service recipient. It defines the term of engagement the fundamental rules that will govern the
relationship.
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language is a markup language used to design static web pages.
EJB: Enterprise Java Beans.
J2EE: Java 2 Enterprise Edition is a programming platform— part of the Java platform—for
developing and running distributed multitier architecture Java applications, based largely on
modular software components running on an application server.
DB2: DB2 Database is the database management system that delivers a flexible and cost
effective database platform to build robust on demand business applications.
WAS: Web sphere application server is an application server that runs business applications and
supports the J2EE and web services standards.
WSAD: Web sphere studio application developer is a toolkit which is designed for the creation
of more complex projects, providing fully dynamic web application utilizing EJB’s . This consist
of EJB tools , CMP ,data mapping tools & a universal test client that is designed to aid testing of
EJB’s.
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HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a transaction oriented client/server protocol between web
browser & a Web Server.
HTTPS: Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol is a HTTP over SSL (secure socket layer).
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communication protocols

used to connect hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols, the two main ones being
TCP and IP.
1.4 TECHNOLOGIES
J2EE: Application Architecture
DB2-Express C: Database Architecture
Eclipse: IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
Server: WAS
1.5 OVERVIEW
The SRS will include two sections:
Overall Description will describe major components of the system, interconnection and external
interfaces.
Specific Requirements will describe the functions of actors, their role in the system and
constraints.
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2. OVERALL DESCRIPTION
2.1 PRODUCT’S PERSPECTIVE
A clean interface is built which is easy to understand and work on so that a person having little
knowledge in field of computers can also work easily and cast his vote.
The web pages (XHTML/JSP) are present to provide the user interface on customer client side.
Communication between customer and server is provided through HTTP/HTTPS protocols.
The Client Software is to provide the user interface on system user client side and for this
TCP/IP protocols are used.
On the server side web server is for EJB and database server is for storing the information.
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2.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE
Client on Internet: Web Browser, Operating System (any)
Client on Intranet: Client Software, Web Browser, Operating System (any)
Data Base Server: DB2 Express-C, Operating System (any)
Development End: WSAD (J2EE, Java, Servlets, HTML), DB2, OS (Windows), Web Server.
2.3 HARDWARE INTERFACE
CLIENT SIDE
Software Processor RAM (Minimum) Disk Space

Internet Explorer Pentium III at 1 GHz 128 MB 100MB
6.0 (or higher)
SERVER SIDE
WAS Pentium III at 1 GHz 512 MB 1GB

DB2 Express-C Pentium III at 1 GHz 512 MB 1GB
2.4 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE
• It uses HTTP/HTTPS protocol on client side.
• Firewall security is required for securing the server.
• TCP/IP protocol is the basic need for client side.
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2.5 PRODUCT FUNCTION
2.5.1 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (OR PRIMARY FUNCTIONS)
VOTING
The main task of Online National Polling is to design a software which enables the general
public of the country to exercise their right to vote online. An electoral roll, list of all eligible
citizens who are entitled to cast their vote in an election, is displayed on the HTML pages and
also the party manifestos.
POLLING INFORMATION
All the information regarding the polling and the candidates of the locale is given directly to the
people.
Mobility of voting: The voter now can vote from anywhere in the world for his locale. This also
saves the time and money of the concerned government.
COUNTING OF VOTES
The votes are directly stored into the database which can further be retrieved by the authorities or
administrators by just passing one query into the database with authentication.
2.5.2 NON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (OR SECONDARY FUNCTIONS):
MORE EASY AND QUICK MANAGEMENT:
The data is stored at single place and security firewalls can be provided so that its management is
easy.
GENERAL AWARENESS
The project also spreads the general awareness among the people and tells them why they MUST
exercise their votes in the welfare of the country. This is done by the means of displaying videos,
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spreading information about the causes and effects of people practicing their votes. It also awares
the general public on what measures they should take while chosing a candidate to be their
representative in the legislative assembly.
SECURITY
The data including the candidate list and voter registration are kept safe by efficient management
of database provided by DB2 Express-C.
AVAILABILITY
The project has been so designed that it provides the 24x7 availability to the users.
2.6 USER CHARACTERISTICS
The user should be aware of the normal internet usage and comfortable with the browser
interface. He should be aware of the general voting trend of the country. The user need not know
about the internal structure of the Java environment and working.
2.7 CONSTRAINTS
 Elections CAN exist on more than one day.

 GUI is only in English.
 Login and password is used for identification of voters, polling officers, and there is no
facility for guest.
 This system MUST only be used for a state-wide election or smaller.
 All poll workers MUST be trained on the systems in which they will assist.
 All devices MUST be tamper evident.
 A random sampling of devices MUST be put through additional pre & post election
testing.
 Limited to HTTP/HTTPS.
 All devices MUST undergo a full re-installation and product upgrade between elections.
 All devices MUST be secured while in transit, storage, and in use.
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2.8 USE-CASE MODEL SURVEY
2.8.1 USE CASE DIAGRAM
A use case diagram in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a type of behavioral diagram
defined by and created from a Use-case analysis. Its purpose is to present a graphical overview
of the functionality provided by a system in terms of factors, their goals (represented as use
cases), and any dependencies between those use cases. The use case model for any system
consists of a set of “use cases”. Intuitively, use cases represent the different ways in which a
system can be used by the users. A simple way to find all the use cases of a system is to ask the
question: “What the users can do using the system?”
PURPOSE OF USE CASE
The main purpose of a use case diagram is to show what system functions are performed for
which actor. Roles of the actors in the system can be depicted. The use cases do not mention any
specific algorithm to be used or the internal data representation, internal structure of the
software, etc. A use case typically represents a sequence of interactions between the user and the
system. These interactions consist of one mainline sequence. The mainline sequence represents
the normal interaction between a user and the system. The mainline sequence is the most
occurring sequence of interaction.
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Provide Registration
Provide Information
Profile Voters
Candidates
View Candidate details,

Party Manifestos and
Display
Check Awareness Information
Final Result
System
Administrator
Field
Officers
Candidate
Voter Registration Registration
(on Polling day)
Check
Connection
View Own Details

Voters
Candidates View Own Details
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1. ADMINISTRATOR (ELECTION COMMISSION OFFICERS)
He is responsible for providing all the information of candidates who have applied for the
polling.
• Register candidates
Registration of new candidates is done on the site.
• Providing information of candidates
All the candidates have to submit their information to the administrator so that it can be shown
onto the site to the general public of the country.
• Providing the list of candidates
Provides the list of all the candidates in the local as well as national level.
• Display Results
Add the polling results to the database to calculate the final results to display on the site
immediately.
2. FIELD OFFICERS
All the responsibility of maintaining the connection and availability of the system is taken by this
entity. Online registration for the voter which will be verified by the field officers. All new
voters are been authenticated and added to voter list after they are verified.
3. GENERAL PUBLIC
Provide information for Voter registration.
4. CANDIDATES
Provide information for Candidate registration
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2.9 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES
• The voting is done throughout the country on a single day.
• All the candidates have their respective data on portals of their parties which can be linked with
the main electronic voting site.
• Role of every user is predefined and no other extensions can be done without the permission of
election commissioner and administrator both.
• User Id and password are provided with Voter-Id which can further be modified.
Important: During the making of this project it has been assumed that the city is not been
divided into different wards. In fact the whole city can be treated as a ward and all the
candidates of a particular city compete under one ward only. The voters also cast their votes
under one ward only.
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3. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
3.1 USE-CASE REPORTS
A) ADMINISTRATOR
Responsible for providing all the information of candidates who have applied for the polling and
voter registration.
I) PROFILE OF CANDIDATES
All the candidates have to submit their information to the administrator so that it can be
displayed on the site.
II) PROVIDING THE LIST OF CANDIDATES
He will provide the list of all the candidates at the local as well as national level.
NAME OF USE-CASE:- PROFILE OF CANDIDATES
Profiles <<include>>
Candidate’s
Administrator Database
Information
DESCRIPTION
Administrator inserts the candidate’s profile data in the database only after verification. After
then only the profile is displayed on the portal.
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PRECONDITIONS
• Data is verified by the Administrator.
• Administrator is logged in already.
NORMAL FLOW OF EVENTS:
• Administrator clicks on to the link of view profiles on his home page.
• Data is already provided by the candidate and the administrator verifies it.
• Query is submitted and data is saved on database.
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Administrator clicks on
View Profile tab on his
Homepage
Administrator gets the

data by Candidate’s
registration form
Administrator
No
Verifies the Upload Failure
data
Yes
Upload Successful
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B) FIELD OFFICERS
All the responsibility of maintaining the connection and availability of the system is taken by
this person. He is also responsible for voter registration done on the day of polling.
I) MANAGING CONNECTIVITY AND AVAILABILITY OF THE SYSTEM
All the connectivity and system availability is maintained while polling process continues.
II) ON-SPOT VOTER REGISTRATION
Voters who were not able to register themselves beforehand, the field officers do their
registration thereby itself on the day of polling.
NAME OF CASE USED:- AUTHENTICATE NEW VOTERS
Profile <<include>>
Voter’s Field Database
Information Officer
DESCRIPTION
All newly registered voters are given a unique id by the Administrator which is useful for them
while voting because they are registered in database with this id.
PRECONDITIONS
• All the formalities are done such as Voter Id-card.
• Voters are verified.
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NORMAL FLOW OF EVENT
• Data verified by election commission.
• Data sent to Administrator.
• Voter’s information is verified by the administrator and stored in database and given a unique
id for login.
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Field Officer clicks on

View Profile tab on his
Homepage
Field Officer gets the

data by Voter’s
registration details
Field Officer
No
Verifies the Upload Failure
data
Yes
Upload Successful
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C) CANDIDATES
The candidates who are competing for elections in their respective constituencies are provided
with a registration form. After filling the form and getting it verified by the Administrator, the
candidates are eligible for voting.
I) PROVIDE PROFILE INFORMATION
The candidate provides the information regarding his/her qualification, profession, party which
he wants to join, etc by filling the registration form.
NAME OF CASE USED:- PROVIDE PROFILE INFORMATION
Profile <<include>>
Candidate’s Administrator’s
Information Verification Database
DESCRIPTION
All the candidates wishing to contest elections have to provide their detailed information on the
form uploaded on the site. This information is then verified by the Administrator, only after
which the candidate can fight elections.The candidate is also given a unique id by the
Administrator which can be used by them for updating profile information.
PRECONDITIONS
• All the formalities are done such as age verification, medical checkup, etc.
• Candidates are verified.
• Profile details provided by the Candidate.
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• Candidate’s information is verified by the administrator and only after successful verification,
they are given a unique Id for login.
D) VOTERS
The candidates who are competing for elections in their respective constituencies are provided
with a registration form. After filling the form and getting it verified by the Administrator, the
candidates are eligible for voting.
I) PROVIDE PROFILE INFORMATION
The candidate provides the information regarding his/her qualification, profession, party which
he wants to join, etc by filling the registration form.
II) CAST THEIR VOTES
The voters practice their right to vote by logging into their account. After login the candidate list
is displayed and the voter can chose which candidate to vote.
III) GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT PARTY MANIFESTOS AND CANDIDATE

PROFILES
Party manifestos are already stored in database and the voter is displayed this on his homepage.
He can also view the profiles of all the candidates who are contesting for elections.
NAME OF CASE USED:- PROVIDE PROFILE INFORMATION
Profile <<include>>
Voter’s Field Officer’s
Information Verification Database
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DESCRIPTION
All the voters wishing to cast their vote have to provide their detailed information on the form
uploaded on the site. This information is then verified by the Administrator, only after which the
voter can vote.The voter is also given a unique id by the Administrator which can be used by
them for login and viewing party manifestos and candidate profiles.
PRECONDITIONS
• All the formalities are done such as age verification, medical checkup, etc.
• Information details provided by the Voters.
• Voters’s information is verified by the administrator and only after successful verification, they
are given a unique Id for login.
NAME OF CASE USED:- CASTING VOTES
DESCRIPTION
All the voters who login to cast their vote are provided a list of eligible candidates on their
homepage who are fighting elections from their respective constituency.
PRECONDITIONS
• Candidate registration is done.
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• Voters Login.
• Candidate details provided to Voters.
• Voters can judge which candidate to chose from as their representative.
NAME OF CASE USED:- GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT PARTY MANIFESTOS

AND CANDIDATE PROFILES.
DESCRIPTION
Party manifestos are already stored in database and the voter is displayed this on his homepage.
He can also view the profiles of all the candidates who are contesting for elections.
PRECONDITIONS
Voters are verified.
Party manifesto is up to date.
Voters are displayed their right to vote.
• Voter logins through unique voter ID.
• Information displayed on home page.
• Voter can view what party is standing for elections and what are their candidate from
respective constituencies.
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3.2 DATABASE STRUCTURE
KANPUR
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
LUCKNOW
CITYNAME
CITYCODE UTTAR
SHUKLAGANJ
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
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AMRITSAR
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
LUDHIANA
CITYNAME
CITYCODE PUNJAB
JALANDHAR
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
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VADODARA
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
GANDHINAGAR
CITYNAME
CITYCODE GUJARAT
AHMEDABAD
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
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MANALI
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
SHIMLA
CITYNAME
CITYCODE HIMACHAL
KULLU
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
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BENGALURU
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
HAMPI
CITYNAME
CITYCODE KARNATAKA
MYSORE
CITYNAME
CITYCODE
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PARTY STATES PUNJAB
PARTYNAME PARTYNAME CITYNAME

PARTYSYMBOL
PARTYSYMBOL CITYNAME CITYCODE
STATENAME
PARTYREGID CANDIDATENAME
NOOFVOTES
PARTYVOTES
KARNATAKA
VOTESTOCANDIDATES CITYNAME
CANDID CITYCODE
FNAME
PARTYNAME
PARTYSYMBOL
NOOFVOTES
CITY GUJARAT
STATE
CITYNAME
POLLING
CADREG CITYCODE
FULLNAME
FATHERNAME
BLOODGROUP
DOB UTTAR
SEX
CITYNAME
PRESENTADDRESS
CITYCODE
CONTACTMOBILE
CONTACTLANDLINE
CATOGORY
PROFESSION
EMAIL HIMACHAL
IMAGE CITYNAME
CITY WORKERS STATES
CITYCODE
STATE
PASSWORD STATENAME
CANDID
USERNAME STATECODE
PARTYNAME 30
PARTYSYMBOL
3.3 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS
3.3.1 POWER BACKUP
Whenever the polling is taking place the system should not face any breakdown in the supply of
power otherwise data could be lost or connection could be broken.
3.3.2 PROPER MAINTENANCE
While in operation if any error occurs then there must be a technical person to solve it, he can be
any one of polling agents.
3.3.3 NETWORK AVAILABILITY AND BANDWIDTH ISSUE
High speed network connection is required so that the data can travel swiftly.
3.3.4 SERVER SHOULD BE HIGHLY RESPONSIVE
When polling happens in any country on a single day then it would give a lot of stress on to the
server, the server should be configured in a manner so that it can bear that stress.
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FAQS : YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW THIS
1.WHY SHOULD YOU VOTE?
India is the largest democracy in the world. The right to vote and more importantly the exercise
of franchise by the eligible citizens is at the heart of every democracy. We, the people, through
this exercise of our right to vote have the ultimate power to shape the destiny of country by
electing our representatives who run the Government and take decisions for the growth,
development and benefit of all the citizens.
2. WHO CAN VOTE?
All citizens of India who are 18 years of age as on 1st January of the year for which the electoral
roll is prepared are entitled to be registered as a voter in the constituency where he or she
ordinarily resides. Only persons who are of unsound mind and have been declared so by a
competent court or disqualified due to ‘Corrupt Practices’ or offences relating to elections are not
entitled to be registered in the electoral rolls.
3. WHAT IS THE DISCLOSURE BY CANDIDATES?
3.1 Recently the Election Commission of India has made it mandatory consequent upon a
Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court that all candidates must file an affidavit along with their
nomination form with details such as:-
i. his/her criminal antecedents,
ii. his/her assets and liabilities and those of his/her spouse and dependents, and
iii. his/her educational background.
This has been done with a view that every citizen has a right to know about the candidates
contesting an election and make an informed choice.
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3.2 The Election Commission has directed all Returning Officers to display the copies of
nomination papers and accompanying affidavits received during any day on his notice board
immediately on receipt and make copies of these for distribution to the press and any members of
public who want this information, free of cost. Any citizen of the country can obtain copies of
the nomination form and the affidavit filed by any candidate from the Returning Officer and it
shall not be refused. As a voter you have every right to seek this information and get it.
3.3 Above measures help the electors make an informed choice about the candidate they are
going to vote for.
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ONLINE NATIONAL POLLING 2009

THE GREAT MIND CHALLENGE 2009

ONLINE NATIONAL POLLING

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION

Brijendra Swaroop Gaur

Mr. Anshuman Tyagi

1.3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS...........................................................5

2.1 PRODUCT’S PERSPECTIVE..................................................................................................7

2.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE.......................................................................................................8

2.3 HARDWARE INTERFACE.....................................................................................................8

2.4 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE……….............................................................................8

2.5 PRODUCT FUNCTIONS.........................................................................................................9

2.6 USER CHARACTERISTICS……..........................................................................................10

2.8 USE-CASE MODEL SURVEY..............................................................................................11

2.9 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES............................................................................14

3.1 USE-CASE REPORTS……....................................................................................................15

3.2 DATABASE STRUCTURE……....…………………………………………………………25

3.3 SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS………...................................................................31

1.3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS

EJB: Enterprise Java Beans.

TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communication protocols

J2EE: Application Architecture

DB2-Express C: Database Architecture

Eclipse: IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

The SRS will include two sections:

2.1 PRODUCT’S PERSPECTIVE

2.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE

Client on Internet: Web Browser, Operating System (any)

Client on Intranet: Client Software, Web Browser, Operating System (any)

Data Base Server: DB2 Express-C, Operating System (any)

2.3 HARDWARE INTERFACE

Software Processor RAM (Minimum) Disk Space

WAS Pentium III at 1 GHz 512 MB 1GB

2.4 COMMUNICATION INTERFACE

• It uses HTTP/HTTPS protocol on client side.

• Firewall security is required for securing the server.

• TCP/IP protocol is the basic need for client side.

2.5 PRODUCT FUNCTION

2.5.1 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (OR PRIMARY FUNCTIONS)

2.5.2 NON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS (OR SECONDARY FUNCTIONS):

MORE EASY AND QUICK MANAGEMENT:

2.6 USER CHARACTERISTICS

 Elections CAN exist on more than one day.

2.8 USE-CASE MODEL SURVEY

2.8.1 USE CASE DIAGRAM

PURPOSE OF USE CASE

View Candidate details,

View Own Details

Candidates View Own Details

Registration of new candidates is done on the site.

• Providing information of candidates

• Providing the list of candidates

Provide information for Voter registration.

Provide information for Candidate registration

2.9 ASSUMPTIONS AND DEPENDENCIES

• The voting is done throughout the country on a single day.

3.1 USE-CASE REPORTS

II) PROVIDING THE LIST OF CANDIDATES

NAME OF USE-CASE:- PROFILE OF CANDIDATES

• Data is verified by the Administrator.

• Administrator is logged in already.

NORMAL FLOW OF EVENTS:

• Administrator clicks on to the link of view profiles on his home page.

• Query is submitted and data is saved on database.