Open data kit: Tools to build information services for developing regions

Carl Hartung, Yaw Anokwa, Waylon Brunette, Adam Lerer, Clint Tseng, Gaetano Borriello

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204 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents Open Data Kit (ODK), an extensible, open-source suite of tools designed to build information ser- vices for developing regions. ODK currently provides four tools to this end: Collect, Aggregate, Voice, and Build. Collect is a mobile platform that renders application logic and supports the manipulation of data. Aggregate provides a \click-to-deploy" server that supports data storage and transfer in the \cloud" or on local servers. Voice renders application logic using phone prompts that users respond to with keypad presses. Finally, Build is a application designer that generates the logic used by the tools. Designed to be used together or independently, ODK core tools build on ex- isting open standards and are supported by an open-source community that has contributed additional tools. We de- scribe four deployments that demonstrate how the decisions made in the system architecture of ODK enable services that can both push and pull information in developing regions.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICTD 2010 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2010 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: Dec 13 2010Dec 16 2010

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period12/13/1012/16/10

Keywords

  • Client-server distributed systems
  • ICTD
  • Mobile computing
  • Mobile phones

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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