Hi Stephane,
given the retirement of the “Open Data Kit” brand and forming of the new umbrella organisation Data Software For Social Good (DSFSG), could you give an update on the relationship between KoboToolBox and ODK?
Working on a M&E system for a international rollout of a NGO-led intervention where Kobo was the selected platform, I eventually worked my way to using XLSForms and found the documentation and tools provided at xlsform.org and docs.getodk.org. The convenience of the managed platform of KoboTookbox and humanitarianresponse.info is very valuable to minimise the technical hurdles of establishing small and large M&E systems, but at the same time it has been a confusing journey for me when it comes to documentation for more advanced functionality. ODK, Enketo, XLSForms, the “Collect” android apps are all part of the system, and also pop up in this forum in a way that makes its support harder to benefit from.
As I have been able to get a better overview of the ecosystem, I now wonder how far the Kobo-ODK compatibility goes. As I understand KoboCollect as a fork of ODK Collect is 100% compatible, so using ODK Collect is a strategy that will ensure compatibility while access to new features and updates ealier. But how about ODK-X? The one-way data flow has been a challenge for me, and pushing the Kobo as survey system towards acting more like an app for the field worker has been hard. Will the KoboToolBox with hosting service support ODK-X and allow for more client-side programming?
Thanks and best regards,
Johs
