TY  - JOUR
T1  - Searching Halal Food Information from Distributed Databases: An
Architecture of a Barcode Scanning Application using Smartphones
AU - Katuk, Norliza AU - Nur Faiz Abd Razak, Mohd. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 21
SP  - 5542
EP  - 5547
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.5542.5547
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.5542.5547
KW  - Product barcode
KW  -halal food
KW  -
KW  -information seeking
KW  -mobile computing
KW  -design
KW  -application
AB  - This study presents the architecture of a mobile application that accesses information from external
databases. The application is intended for users in Malaysia to search halal information of food products by
scanning the product barcode using their smartphone camera. Currently, the users use a mobile application
provided by the Halal authority for this purpose. The application performs text-based searching according to
the product names supplied by the users. The major limitation of the application is the accuracy of the user’s
searching key words due to input errors. This limitation can be improved by automatically scanning of product
barcode using smartphone camera. Unfortunately, the product barcode information is not available in the Halal
authority’s database. Hence, the barcode information must be obtained from external databases and a link
should be made to the Halal authority database. In designing the architecture, the Attribute-Driven Design
method was adapted. The features of the other existing applications in the world were studied to identify the
attributes that could improve the current application. The output of this method is the architectural design of
the application that shows the components and communication flow between them.
ER  -