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Voluntary Associations Requirements
General Search
A general search for those who are not looking to search for specific places, dieties, etc. Search through everything, including the inscription content as well as the other information about the inscriptions.
Prerequisites
None, should show up for every user.
What a User Sees
Standard text-box with a search button
What a User Does
Type in what you want to search and press the search button
Behavior of the Application/Feature
If the search text is found, the application displays the results on a separate page. If nothing is found, then an error page comes up informing the user that there are no search results.
Example Use Cases
The user is going to use this for their general search through all the aspects of the inscriptions, especially through the text on the inscriptions.
Priority
High
Advanced Search
In the advanced search the user will be able to search for inscriptions based on different criteria such as trade, date, province, deity, modern name, city, type, type of inscription, language, associate ubit, imperial house.
Prerequisites
it should be seen by everybody
What a User Sees
The user sees the search box and different search criteria to choose from
What a User Does
The user chooses the criteria that the search engine should use
Behavior of the advanced search
All the inscriptions satisfying the selected criteria will be displayed
Example Use Cases
type in : “ jupiter” criteria: “deity” click search button Displays: all inscriptions containing jupiter.
Priority
Relative priority of advanced search :high
Detailed View
Provides a detailed view of the page, with information about the province, modern name, city, type, type of inscriptions, literature references, associative unit, web citation, language, date, diety, imperial house, and geographic location (Google maps).
Prerequisites
User has done a search already, and there is at least one result displayed.
What a User Sees
Search results, summarized.
What a User Does
User clicks on a displayed result to access a page with more detailed information about the inscription.
Behavior of the Application/Feature
When the user clicks on the displayed result, a new page is opened and displays information about the province, modern name, city, type, type of inscriptions, literature references, associative unit, web citation, language, date, diety, imperial house, and geographic location (Google maps), in that order.
Example Use Cases
The user searches for builders, and clicks on one of the results displayed. He is then directed to a page with detailed information about that particular inscription.
Priority
Medium