Draft List of Requirements for Collaborative File Sharing System
1. For All Users:
- Text-chat feature will allow users to chat with the available online users.
2. For Registered User:
- Allow users to create new folders and sub-folders, to store (upload) files.
- Allow users to perform move/copy/delete operations on folders and files.
- The percentage of storage capacity remaining and used should be displayed on the top.
- Automatic versioning system will record the version/revision information when a file is
replaced/overwritten
- Team management feature will allow users to work in teams (by inviting other existing registered users). The activities of the team include access to the password protected area for the team, uploading files, commenting on the uploaded files (discussion), polls, automatic and manual reminders to the team members.
3. For Administrator:
- Approve/Reject new team requests; update/delete existing teams.
- View all the files and folders uploaded on the server.
- Allow to perform delete operation on any existing file/folder existing on the server.
- Delete account for any registered user.
- Define and Edit storage capacity and other limits such as Maximum file size allowed for uploading.
Tools: Mircosoft .Net and MS SQL Server; Java/PHP and MySQL




