Core is a set of components that attempt to solve the problem of
- data collection
- beneficiary identity
- case management
- reporting
for the humanitarian sector.
Humanitarian organizations offer services to beneficiaries, usually in multiple countries. These services might be the
- delivery of goods
- delivery of services, such as education, legal help, medical help, ...
Humanitarian organizations need to collect data about the recipients of those services to
- Offer services to those beneficiaries
- Track the status of the services
- Evaluate the admissibility of a beneficiary to these services
- Accountability to the donors
Also, humanitarian organizations often need to collect other types of data to
- Evaluate where aid efforts should be focused
- Evaluate the status of a population
Humanitarian organizations usually use something like ODK or KOBO to perform this task. While ODK/Kobo and such tools perform well for offline data collection, The Norwegian Refugee Council found some shortcomings with these tools such as
- Lacks the concept of identity or cases
- Lacks OIDC/OAuth features
- Lack of centralized identity management
- Lack of centralized permission management
- Lack of case management features
- Beneficiaries are not allowed to log in
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
core-frontend |
Frontend application that allows managing forms and records |
core-login-frontend |
Server Application that allows login and identity provider federation |
core-forms-api |
API Server for managing forms and records |
core-authnz-api |
API Server for managing OAuth clients, organizations and identity federation |
core-authnz-frontend |
Frontend application to manage authorization/authentication |
core-authnz-bouncer |
Application that verifies, authenticates and authorizes requests |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
ory/hydra |
OIDC Wrapper for the login-frontend. Acts as the Identity Provider for all apps |
spicedb |
Stores authorization entries and evaluates if actions are authorized or not |