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IT Proposal to Create a Database of Artist’s Work Integrated with a Payment System

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look at the potential of creating an online database, displaying the work of different artists which can be purchased by visitors to the website. In order to realise this aim  several requirements will need to be considered, these include the development of a suitable database on which the artworks can be stored and retrieved in a suitable manner, as well  as interfaced with a payment system. The following report looks at the way in which this may be implemented. 2. Findings The main components of an online catalogue and  sales system are easily apparent; the need to build a database where visitors can locate artwork and view the artwork, requiring a suitable search facility and graphics, a shopping cart  and access to a payment system, as well as a database to collect customer details in order to ship the purchases. 2.1 Database The first consideration should be the  development of the database which will be the core of the system. The database will be used to store details of the artwork that is available, allow for searches to  be made and display images of the artwork, track the available inventory and link in with other systems, such as the payment system. When determining the database there are  a number of options, these include, but are not limited to, Oracle and PHP. However, it may be argued that the key element is not the choice of the database  framework, but the way in which the specific artwork database is designed. The database will need to contain the details of the artwork being sold, providing full details of the  works, including information such as the artist, the title of the artwork (including any alternate titles), the style, the price as well as other data which such as country of