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June 11, 2024
Open Learning Exchange – OLE
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Updated on June 26, 2024
·Created on September 16, 2020
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open-source platform for sharing data in crisis and humanitarian contexts.
The Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) is an open repository where data can be uploaded and shared between organizations. It was designed to provide support in decision making in the context of humanitarian crises.
Target SDGs
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
NGOs
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
HDX was designed and implemented by OCHA. In 2020, it had contributions from 279 organizations.
Regions
Worldwide
Manufacturing/Building Method
HDX is open-source, and is implemented by the use of a software called CKAN for the back-end. All the code can be found on GitHub.
Intellectural Property Type
Open-source
User Provision Model
HDX can be visited
Distributions to Date Status
In August 2020, HDX repository consisted of 17,639 datasets, from 253 locations and 1364 sources.
Areas of analysis
Data repository
Data acquisition methods
Import and export
Open source code (Y/N/Other)
Yes
Open source data (Y/N/Other)
Yes
Subscription required for data aquisition (Y/N)
No
Additional organizations/companies used to publish or analyze the data? (Y/N)
Yes
Third party (User) data access
API
Design Specifications
HDX intends to aggregate information that is useful in humanitarian contexts, humanitarian data. HDX defines humanitarian data as follows:
Technical Support
Contact for support can be found on their website.
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
N/A
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
To make humanitarian data accessible and easy to use for analysis.
Vetted Performance Status
The UN has claimed that HDX has been a key enabler for aid agencies to be able to compare and contrast various needs crisis contexts and help enhance the responses. In 2015, The New York Times used HDX data to report on the Ebola outbreak, showcasing the efforts to address the outbreak to the global audience.
Safety
More information on data licenses and terms of service.
Complementary Technical Systems
Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL), is a language standard intended to make data interoperable between data sources and organizations. It is used in HDX.
Academic Research and References
Keßler, C., Hendrix, C., 2015, The Humanitarian eXchange Language: Coordinating Disaster Response with Semantic Web Technologies, The Semantic Web for all, 1 Jan. 2015 : 5 – 21.
“Organisations – Humanitarian Data Exchange.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://data.humdata.org/organization
“Catalogue of Predictive Models in the Humanitarian Sector.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://centre.humdata.org/catalogue-for-predictive-models-in-the-humanitarian-sector/
“Goal 10.” n.d. Sdgs.Un.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal10
“Welcome – Humanitarian Data Exchange.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://data.humdata.org/
“CKAN – The Open Source Data Management System.” n.d. Ckanorg. Accessed June 26, 2024. http://ckan.org/
UN-OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange Project. n.d. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://github.com/OCHA-DAP
Hdx-Python-Api: Python API for Interacting with the HDX Data Portal. n.d. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://github.com/OCHA-DAP/hdx-python-api
“Frequently Asked Questions – Humanitarian Data Exchange.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://data.humdata.org/faq
Thomson Reuters Foundation. n.d. “New Data Map Enables Aid Agencies to Boost Crisis Response.” News.Trust.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://news.trust.org/item/20160526150716-78o0j/
The New York Times. 2014. “How Many Ebola Patients Have Been Treated Outside of Africa?” https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/31/world/africa/ebola-virus-outbreak-qa.html
“Data Licenses – Humanitarian Data Exchange.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://data.humdata.org/faqs/licenses
“Terms of Service – Humanitarian Data Exchange.” n.d. Humdata.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://data.humdata.org/faqs/terms
“Humanitarian Exchange Language (HXL).” n.d. Hxlstandard.Org. Accessed June 26, 2024. https://hxlstandard.org/
Compliance with regulations
More information on data licenses and terms of service.
Evaluation methods
Field trials
Other Information
UN Radio - Saving lives with data: how the UN is developing digital tools for improved humanitarian aid
Capacity4Dev.eu - Q&A: The challenge of open data in humanitarian response
AcademyHealth - Sixth Annual Health Data Liberator Award Honors Work to Increase Use and Impact of Humanitarian Data
Devex - Opinion: Humanitarian world is full of data myths. Here are the most popular
Center for Data Innovation - 5 Q’s for Sarah Telford, Chief of Data Services at UNOCHA
Aidpreneur - Terms of Reference Podcast, with guest Sarah Telford
Devex - Solving the data conundrum: How to leverage tech and 'big data' for impact
Thomson Reuters Foundation - From displacement to death, UN data innovation aims to boost aid response
Huffington Post - Open data platform lets aid groups respond more efficiently to crises
UN News - UN Agencies boost partnership on visualization of food security data for Yemen
The Guardian - Data exchange helps humanitarians act fast and effectively
Fast Company - How the candy crush of data is saving lives in Nepal
Forbes - UN deploys new tech to make relief faster in Nepal
The Independent - Open Data: What is it and why are people so scared of it?Agriculture
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