@inproceedings{8197e20794cc43308fc4e15133dbe3fd,
title = "Open data kit: Tools to build information services for developing regions",
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.",
keywords = "Client-server distributed systems, ICTD, Mobile computing, Mobile phones",
author = "Carl Hartung and Yaw Anokwa and Waylon Brunette and Adam Lerer and Clint Tseng and Gaetano Borriello",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1145/2369220.2369236",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781450307871",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
booktitle = "ICTD 2010 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development",
note = "4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2010 ; Conference date: 13-12-2010 Through 16-12-2010",
}