Design team members: Gabriel Chan, Mimi Sun, Zhao Liu
Supervisor: Professor Ming Li, MS, PhD, Postdoc
Welcome to SYZYGY
Syzygy is a unity created through alignment or co-ordination. Flawless execution is neither chance nor coincidence.
Syzygy is the communication for conscious and unconscious minds. A mutual understanding that pushes and pulls knowledge to the right area.
Syzygy is a pair of connected or correlative things. Syzygy signifies unity-friendship-community.
Syzygy
is
the
world
wide
web
without
borders.
Where
irrelevant
information
is
not
a
relevant
concern.
Where
it
is
possible
to
know
something
you
did
not
know.
Syzygy: redefining how you conquer your online world.
Background
The era we are living in is often referred to as the information age, where information enriches personal lives and empowers corporations. With over one billion users world-wide, the World Wide Web (WWW) is a major reservoir for the world's information. With the vast amount of information available over the WWW, it is often difficult for its users to find the information they need.
Project description
The overall goal of this project is to design a more efficient and user-friendly platform or system for information-sharing and -retrieval over the WWW. To achieve this aim, Project Syzygy will develop an enhanced web annotation tool with social-bookmarking and user-generated or unstructured content management features.
Design methodology
The project is driven by a design cycle with the following phases: planning, research, design, development, with implementation and test included in the development stages. The development methodology used for the project is an iterative form of extreme programming called agile software development, characterised by short design and implementation cycles with testing.
Project Syzygy consists of three major design components: server-side design, client-side design and database design. Extensive technical design methodology is supported by a plethora of legal and intellectual properties consultation, human factors and marketing research, and technological and competitor analysis.