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APPENDIX
Tool Functionality
In addition to our insights on tool usage and adoption, we learned a lot
about tool functionalities. We wanted to summarize and share some of
that information here, in the following categories:
DATA COLLECTION
DATA VERIFICATION
DATA STORAGE
DATABASES (FOR EXISTING CONTENT)
DATA COLLECTION
OPENEVSYS
HTTP://OPENEVSYS.WPENGINE.COM/
OpenEvsys is a database
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Can filter data views, has a charts and map function that can be used with filters
tool, created in 2009,
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Can be used offline if you host on a standalone computer
primarily used for
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Users can run their own instances
recording information,
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Open source
browsing, retrieving data
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Offered in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, English, Khmer, Spanish, and Turkish
points, and analyzing data.
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Huridocs will host the data for NGOs that don’t have the technical capability for $500 USD per year and include default
SSL encryption of communications, installation of patches and bug fixes, and daily offline backups of the database.
RIGHTSCASE
HTTPS://EQUALIT.IE/PORTFOLIO/RIGHTSCASE/
RightsCase, created
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Extensive statistics and analytical tools including tab reporting, mapping, managerial overview, and data viz
in 2009, is used for
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Can be used offline if downloaded
recording, collating, and
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Users can run their own instances
analyzing information.
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Open source
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Data gathered on platform is stored on equalit.ie’s server or locally on a user’s computer.
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Data can be collected on the mobile phone and then uploaded to the server to store and analyzed by another
MARTUS
HTTPS://WWW.MARTUS.ORG/
Martus, created
in 2003, is used for
information management.
another use on their desktop
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Can be used offline, but information cannot be sent to server until you have internet
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Users can run their own instances
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Open source
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Offered in Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Khmer, Burmese, Farsi, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Vietnamese, Nepali, Armenian
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Data gathered on platform is stored on Martus’ server
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