Web-based CINDI system: Graphical user interface design and implementation

As the World Wide Web grows, more and more information will be available on the Internet. However, how to organize such information and let people search for it efficiently is a big problem. As we know, there are a lot of search engines on the web. However, because of the lack of a standard indexing scheme and an informative query interface, they still cannot offer the Internet users a very efficient way to search for information. The CINDI (Concordia Indexing and Discovery) system provides a standard index scheme called Semantic Header, which is introduced by Dr. Bipin C. Desai et al. Moreover, the CINDI system provides an informative query interface for users and a resource registration interface for contributors.;This report presents the design and implementation of the CINDI system based on the World Wide Web. It emphasizes on the graphical user interface (GUI) design and implementation for the CINDI system. UML (Unified Modeling Language) has been used in the design and analysis procedure of CINDI system. PHP has been used in the implementation of the user interface. MySql has been used to implement the database of the system. The Apache web server allows the clients' request and stores the useful information from the database by using HTTP protocol.