FAIMS Mobile: flexible, open-source software for field research

Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Shawn A. Ross*, Adela Sobotkova, Penny Crook

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    Abstract

    FAIMS Mobile is a native Android application supported by an Ubuntu server facilitating human-mediated field research across disciplines. It consists of ‘core’ Java and Ruby software providing a platform for data capture, which can be deeply customised using ‘definition packets’ consisting of XML documents (data schema and UI) and Beanshell scripts (automation). Definition packets can also be generated using an XML-based domain-specific language, making customisation easier. FAIMS Mobile includes features allowing rich and efficient data capture tailored to the needs of fieldwork. It also promotes synthetic research and improves transparency and reproducibility through the production of comprehensive datasets that can be mapped to vocabularies or ontologies as they are created.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)47-52
    Number of pages6
    JournalSoftwareX
    Volume7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

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    Copyright the Author(s) 2017. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

    Keywords

    • Android
    • Field research
    • Field science
    • Mobile software

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