Is there software to guide my outline or description of a web-based db
application containing approx. 200 text pages so that a programmer can
take my notes and prepare the application. Up to 500 users would each
have their own password for access to view and copy various documents.
Ease of uploading or removing documents is very important. Security is
extremely important.
The administrator to e-mail or fax a letter of general information +
the password to each user.  Or should I try to make a big chart of
what and where the documents are?

Hi

The best thing to provide a database programmer is an example of the
outputs you want.

For example:
* Sample screen showing documents
* Administration screen showing person's details
* Log screen showing who has done what
* Password changing screen

The easiest way to do these screens is in Excel (easy for layout).
Just scribble in the cells what you would expect the user to see, for
example:

   Change Password From: [________]
   Change Password To:   [________]
   Confirm New Password: [________]

   [COMMIT CHANGE]

If it's a report, include some sample data, eg

  Document: As you Like it, 2nd Folio
  Author: Shakespeare, William
  Filename: asyoulikeit.pdf
  Last Accessed: 20 Dec 1606, 17:06
  Accessed by: James I, King

Include any business logic (eg when showing "Last Accessed", ignore
any accesses by administrators")

A database programmer can easily figure out what fields are needed to
produce the outputs you want. He/She can then work out the table
relationships and design the database.

He/She will then come back to you with a series of questions,
clarifying your design, for example:
* What time zone should be used for the times?
* What languages do you want the system to run in?

Writing the database then follows.

Ratty

Hi

Sorry, just wanted to say that this does not replace the Business
Case. It is in addition to the Business case. The database programmer
will need to see what you are trying to achieve.

Also any constraints, such as "Must be asp.net", "System must be
useable by blind people", "Must be available 24x7x365, 99.9% of the
time"

Ratty