
FormShare and the ODK Ecosystem
Learn more about the ODK ecosystem and how it produces open and interoperable components, which have become foundational to the offline data collection industry.
Founded in 2015, we focus on the creation of different types of technology for research and development projects in conjunction with various research centers around the world.
FormShare is for organizations to install into their own server or cloud service to serve ODK XForms, and to collect and manage the submissions. It is also available as a service at https://formshare.org/ for those organizations that lack the capacity or resources to run their own installation.
FormShare uses architecture to allow customization and extension. Anyone can extend FormShare for any specific use
All changes in the data due to data cleaning are recorded in an audit log.
FormShare will alert you that there is duplicated data, and you will be able to correct it easily.
Access your data anywhere using OData. For example, create amazing graphs using Power BI with a direct connection to your data.
FormShare organizes data collection forms within projects of an user. An user can request other users in the platform to collaborate in a project.
FormShare offers complete ODK Form management for example: Attachments, authorization, deactivation and updates.
FormShare provides advanced data management tools for longitudinal studies.
Create amazing graphs using Power BI with a direct connection to your data.
Create products like KMLs and explore your data on Google Earth
Pull your data directly from R and connect it to your models.
All changes in the data due to data cleaning are recorded in an audit log.
FormShare will alert you that there is duplicated data, and you will be able to correct it easily.
Access your data anywhere using OData. For example, create amazing graphs using Power BI with a direct connection to your data.
FormShare organizes data collection forms within projects of an user. An user can request other users in the platform to collaborate in a project.
FormShare offers complete ODK Form management for example: Attachments, authorization, deactivation and updates.
FormShare provides advanced data management tools for longitudinal studies.
Create amazing graphs using Power BI with a direct connection to your data.
Create products like KMLs and explore your data on Google Earth
Pull your data directly from R and connect it to your models.
Learn more about the ODK ecosystem and how it produces open and interoperable components, which have become foundational to the offline data collection industry.
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Carlos Campos, the founder of FormShare II, shares his experiences of growing a free – open source – fully featured software for collecting and managing ODK data. It offers a simple and user-friendly interface, multiple language options, sensitive data filtering and much more.
QLands is a Costa Rican software consulting company founded in 2007 by its CEO Carlos Quiros to provide support to International Research and Development Organizations in the areas of Data Management and Decision Support Tool development.
FormShare allows you to manage many projects with various forms in the same platform.
The platform of FormShare can not only merge different versions of the same form, but also adjust the changes made.
This platform is available in English, Spanish and French and can be extended to more.