Functional Requirements

This list contains the functional requirements for the system to be developed during the project's execution. This list is non-exhaustive and should be expanded upon as the developers identify a need.

Purpose/Description	Account Creation
Inputs	FName, LName, Email, Password, Affiliation (opt), Credentials (Opt).
Processing	Required Field check, Email-type check, password match check.
Outputs	Failure: Required Fields empty, invalid email type, passwords don’t match. Success: Account creation successful.

Purpose/Description	Sign In
Inputs	Email, Password.
Processing	Required Field Check, email type check, user exist check, password match check.
Outputs	Failure: Email or password does not match; required fields empty. Success: sign in successful.

Purpose/Description	File Uploading & Tagging
Inputs	User File, File type, file name, subject, grade, date created.
Processing	Required field check, file size check, file type check.
Outputs	Failure: File too large, incorrect file type, required fields empty,file upload failed. Success: file upload successful.

Purpose/Description	File Storage
Inputs	none
Processing	File storage.
Outputs	Failure: Server-side logging. Success: Server-side logging.

Purpose/Description	File Moderation
Inputs	File approval/disapproval, comments.
Processing	updating file approval status.
Outputs	Failure: Could not complete action. Success: Action Complete.

Purpose/Description	File Rating
Inputs	0-5 star rating for document.
Processing	Rating entry made in database.
Outputs	Rating visible to user.

Purpose/Description	File Reporting
Inputs	Report button selected, reason selected.
Processing	Report entry made in database.
Outputs	“Report submitted” message.

Purpose/Description	Watermark/License adding
Inputs	File uploaded.
Processing	Watermark/License is Prepended.
Outputs	File with watermark/license is saved in file storage.

Purpose/Description	Document Search
Inputs	Keywords entered by user.
Processing	Database tags searched for keywords.
Outputs	Files presented to user.

Purpose/Description	User Analytics
Inputs	User actions on system.
Processing	Data relating to actions written to database.
Outputs	none

Purpose/Description	FAQ
Inputs	none
Processing	FAQ's Fetched from Database.
Outputs	List of FAQ’s with answers provided.

Purpose/Description	Password Reset
Inputs	Password Reset request, email address, verification cookie/session/token, new password.
Processing	Email verification, token verification and password match verification.
Outputs	Failure: Failure message. Success: Email Verification Message to generate token, success Message.