Designing Web Database Application for Local Medicinal Plants of Gorontalo Using MVC Architecture

Abstract

Abstract. There is a significant number of unpublished research by university lecturers and students about Gorontalo's local medicinal plants that have contributed to the insufficiency of information to the society regarding the benefits of local medicinal plants. Moreover, the public lacks digital backup and documentation of the medicinal plants referred. This research aims to create a web database of Gorontalo's local medicinal plant, by comprising waterfall method of software engineering approach. The waterfall method involves four steps. The first step is system requirement analysis through preliminary study and observation based on field study and library research. The second is system design, by context diagram and system architecture designs, i.e., use case diagram, class diagram, activity diagram, and database design. The third is coding using PHP programming language by OOP (object oriented programming) concept and MVC (model view controller) architecture. The last step is system test using the black-box testing method. The result shows that the web application designed is able to operate properly.

Effective characteristics on designing the information system of medicinal plants from users' perspective

“…and Chen et al ., who showed that diversity in search fields enables users to find the needed information, while users are more dominant in search by scientific name of herbs and browsing by name, genus, species, and type. [ 8 16 ] In addition, another part of the findings showed that in the search options of the information system of medicinal plants, the option of browsing through the tree structure, authors or the creator, and the reference number was more important for the librarians. It may be judged that at the search phase, information literacy of users and their knowledge of how to select search keywords, formulate search strategies, and use capabilities are crucial.…”

“…In the research results by Latief et al ., Saini et al ., and Chowdhury also, various features of search results, including highlighting search terms, displaying keywords on the results page, and displaying retrieved documents as bibliographic information and abstract references, have been suggested to help users evaluate the search results. [ 8 9 28 ]…”

“…In this regard, the information system of medicinal herbs is expected to be designed in such a way that it is based on the needs of the users, and users can interact well with the system and desirably access their information. [ 7 8 ] Research has shown that the design of the information system is generally under the umbrella of a topic called human–computer interaction, which appears in various texts. The accessibility and applicability of information systems are largely dependent on the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the information system.…”