Open Source Friday with @RafaPolit and Huridocs' Uwazi

15 Jun 2024 (3 months ago)

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GitHub Open Source Friday is a stream that celebrates and encourages contributions to the open-source ecosystem.

Iasi is an open-source platform developed by Hurdos to make critical information easier to find, explore, and share, especially for vulnerable communities.
Rafa Pit, the tech lead of Iasi, provides more details about the project, its mission, and its impact on human rights.

AASI started as a document-based platform focused on preserving African artifacts and information.
It has evolved into a complex platform that supports media like sound, videos, and external libraries.
AASI offers services like "Preserve" to capture and archive information that is censored or short-lived.
The platform has grown significantly, with over 300 instances hosted on AASI servers and many more self-hosted by the open-source community.
AASI is used by various organizations worldwide, covering 74 projects, 113 partners, and 49 countries in the past year alone.
It is a fully localizable platform with support for multiple languages, including right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew.
AASI is free and open-source, with installation guides available for self-hosting.
The organization is considering offering a software-as-a-service option for those who prefer not to self-host.

The Humanitarian Open Data repository is an open-source platform that allows users to collect, store, and share data related to humanitarian crises.
The platform is built using a full JavaScript stack, with a Node.js and Express API, MongoDB as the main database, and Elastic Search for the main searches.
The Humanitarian Open Data team is composed of 35 people, including 15 on the tech side and 15 on the program team.
Users can contribute to the project by creating issues, bug reports, or pull requests on GitHub.
Financial contributions can be made through the organization's website.
There is no limit on the amount of data that can be stored on the platform, but there is a current limit of 500 megabytes on upload file size.

Oasi is an open-source software platform that allows users to create and manage their own digital libraries of books, articles, and other documents.
Users can create custom templates to define the metadata for their collections, including fields such as author, title, date, and genre.
Oasi also supports relationships between entities, such as linking books to their authors.
Users can filter and search their collections based on different criteria, such as author, title, or genre.
Oasi can also integrate with external media sources, such as SoundCloud, allowing users to listen to audiobooks directly within the platform.
OASI is a content management system that allows users to create complex relationships between data and search within the full text of documents.
It uses machine learning to extract chapters from books and can automatically generate tables of contents.
OASI uses Elasticsearch for search and is exploring the use of large language models for information retrieval.
The platform has a relationship tree feature that allows users to navigate their collection through relationships between authors, characters, and other entities.
The search results are ranked based on a weighting system that considers factors such as where the term appears in the document and its frequency.

Rafa showcased a demo of an open-source project called Tech, a CMS for books.
The project aims to provide a free and open-source platform for organizations to manage and publish their content.
The platform offers various features such as information extraction, machine learning algorithms, and a user-friendly interface.

GitHub encourages viewers to support open-source projects by donating, contributing code, or spreading awareness.
Rafa highlighted the importance of stars on GitHub as an indicator of a project's popularity and viability.
GitHub encourages viewers to contribute ideas, report issues, or contact Rafa directly for suggestions on improving the platform.
Rafa shared his upcoming plans, including UI re-writing, machine learning enhancements, and fulfilling partner requirements.
The host thanked everyone for their support and contributions to open-source projects.
GitHub is open to showcasing other impactful open-source projects on future Open Source Fridays.
The next Open Source Friday will be in Spanish, featuring either Rafa or another Spanish-speaking tech lead from their team.