K-Box (Data Management System)
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| Stable release(s) | |
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0.28
/ 25 June 2019.[1] | |
| Repository | https://github.com/k-box/k-box |
| Written in | PHP |
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| Available in | English, French, Russian, German, Tajik, Kyrgyz |
| Type | Document Management System |
| License | Free licence (AGPLv3) |
| Website | https://k-link.technology/ |
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K-Box (Knowledge Box) is a Free and OpenSource web-based Document Management System. It offers support for common file types (pdf, doc, docx, gif, etc.) and for some GIS file formats (Shapefile, GeoTiff, gpx, GeoPackage, geojson) as well as mp4 video formats.
History[edit]
K-Box has been developed since 2014 in the frame of the broader K-Link initiative in Central Asia (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)[2]. The objective of K-Link is to link existing knowledge platforms (websites, electronic libraries, etc.) into a thematic network, in order to make data and information more persistent, better inter-connected and more easily available. GIZ, the University of Central Asia, EcoMuseum in Karaganda or the Central Asian Regional Pasture Network[3][4] count among the first institutions to become part of the K-Link Asia network[5].
K-Box (called back then K-DMS[6]) has been developed as a spin-off of the overall K-Link initiative, to allow institutions and organizations without an own content and data management system to easily access a K-Link network, both to retrieve and to publish information.
K-Box and K-Link have been released under a GNU Affero General Public License version 3 in July 2017 and the source code has been transferred to GitHub, in order to facilitate their wider adoption and dissemination[7].
In 2017, another K-Link network, the Sustainable Land Management Network in Tajikistan, was created with the support of the World Bank ELMARL project, by providing 16 NGOs in Tajikistan with access to K-Boxes[8][9].
In October 2018, support for GIS data has been added to the K-Box and architectural changes have been made to fully comply with the General Data Protection Regulation[10]. Later this month, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has included K-Link and K-Box in its Toolkit - Digitalisation for Development Cooperation[11]
Overview[edit]
Currently (version 0.28), K-Box is only accessible through a web interface. Its main functions include:
- Hosting and sharing of documents and files in so-called projects and collections
- Full text search
- Language recognition
- Preview of pdf documents, GIS datasets and streaming of videos
- Search and publication of documents over a K-Link network
- Sharing of documents with other K-Box users and with non-registered users (public links)
- Multi-language (currently English, French, German, Russian, Kyrgyz, Tajik)
Technology[edit]
K-Box is heavily based on Docker and it consists of 4 main components:
| Name | Based on | Description |
|---|---|---|
| K-Box Application | PHP and Laravel 5 | The interface of the data management system |
| K-Search API | PHP and Symfony 4 | Full text search component |
| K-Search Engine | Apache SOLR | Open Source search engine pre-configured for the K-Search |
| Database | MariaDB | A database for the use of the K-Box web application |
Licensing[edit]
K-Box is released under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "K-Box changelog". 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ↑ Colombo, Gianluca; Vertemati, Alessio; Panzeri, Emanuele; Grolíková, Eva; Reichmut, Philipp (2015). "KM and KA in International Coooperation". Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management. IC3K 2015. Portugal: SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda: 421–428. doi:10.5220/0005660904210428. ISBN 9789897581588.
- ↑ "Abstract Gulbahar Abdurasulova - Tropentag 2017". www.tropentag.de. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ Gulbahar Abdurasulova, Sarah Robinson, Albina Muzafarova - Poster Regional Pasture Network: Knowledge management and experience sharing in Central Asia, China and Mongolia, accessed on 8 February 2019
- ↑ "K-Link Pilot History - K-Link Asia". klink.asia. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ "K-Link DMS - K-Link Asia". klink.asia. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ "Previewing 2017-07-14_K-Link_OpenSource_Concept_Report.pdf – K-Box". eba.klink.asia. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ "World Bank - Program Approval Request for Tajikistan" (PDF). The World Bank. p. 4. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ↑ "About the Network - Sustainable Land Management". slmtj.net. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- ↑ "K-Box Release October 2018 (0.24)". GitHub. 15 November 2018.
- ↑ German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (2018). Toolkit – Digitalisierung in der Entwicklungs zusammenarbeit (PDF) (in German). p. 4.2.6.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
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