GlossaryΒΆ
- Aggregate
Part of ODK.
A server-side data storage and analysis tool.
- Briefcase
Part of ODK.
A tool for packaging and transferring forms and data between instances of Collect and Aggregate.
- Build
Part of ODK.
An application that lets you design forms with a drag-and-drop form interface.
- Collect
Part of ODK.
An Android mobile app that replaces paper-based forms.
- CSV
- Comma Separated Values. A plain-text file format for tabular (spreadsheet-like) data.
- enumerator
- A person who conducts a survey.
- form
- A defined set of questions and answer choices displayed by an application that can render forms written in the XForm standard.
- hint
- Additional help text on a single question, displayed after the label.
- instance
- The file representing a filled-in form.
- JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation. A serialized key-value data format.
- KML
- Keyhole Markup Language. A file format for geographic data.
- ODK JavaRosa
Part of ODK.
A Java library that renders ODK Compliant XForms.
- ODK XForm
Part of ODK.
A specification defining valid XML-based forms for ODK. It is a subset of the W3C XForms 1.0 specification
- participant
- A person being interviewed by a user of Collect. (Also sometimes called a "subject".)
- question label
- question text
- The main body of a form question or widget. In an XLSForm, the contents of the label.
- Validate
Part of ODK.
A tool for validating forms against the ODK XForms specification.
- widget
- A single question, answer set, and attendant GUI elements, as rendered in a XForm compliant app such as Collect.
- XLSForm
Part of ODK.
A tool for building forms with Microsoft Excel.