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Capitalise instances of Internet #114

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title: "Offlinedatasci: A Python package for managing Data Science software installers when limited access to the internet is anticipated"
title: "Offlinedatasci: A Python package for managing Data Science software installers when limited access to the Internet is anticipated"

tags:
- Python
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connections for accessing and distributing data, software, and
educational materials. As a result, it can be challenging to run data
science training and conduct data science work in locations with limited
or no internet access. We developed the offlinedatasci package to help
or no Internet access. We developed the offlinedatasci package to help
address this challenge as part of a broader set of tools and
instructional materials developed by [CarpentriesOffline](https://carpentriesoffline.org) to facilitate
teaching and doing data science in Internet-limited environments.
Expand All @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ partial mirrors of the associated package repositories (CRAN, PyPI), and lesson
materials structured for local use via the browser. This package
includes Python and command-line interfaces and is designed for both
maintaining local teaching servers (for instructors teaching in
internet-limited environments) and for local use by individual learners
Internet-limited environments) and for local use by individual learners
and data science practitioners.

## Introduction and Statement of Need
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60.1% [cia2021internetusers]. This includes a connection from any device with
varying degrees of consistency ranging from continuously, to several
times a week, to once every few months. In the US, some of the factors
that are associated with limited internet access are race and ethnicity,
that are associated with limited Internet access are race and ethnicity,
geography, and most importantly income [@swenson2021internet].
Low-income US households are less likely to have access to broadband and
more likely to have no Internet access at all [@swenson2021internet]. Although the increase in Internet access worldwide is undeniable,
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Carpentry lessons. These open lesson materials serve as the foundation
for a global teaching effort, run by The Carpentries
(https://carpentries.org/),
that involves instruction in a number of regions with limited internet.
that involves instruction in a number of regions with limited Internet.
The software is also designed to allow the easy addition of any online
teaching material. Lesson material is written in a variety of different
formats and using a range of build systems that frequently rely on
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websites to avoid the complexity and fragility associated with upstream
changes when building lessons from multiple sources. Our approach uses
Wget, a software package that enables retrieving files using common
internet protocols. We use Wget to manage this process, leveraging it\'s
Internet protocols. We use Wget to manage this process, leveraging it\'s
capabilities to: 1) recursively mirror directories; automating the
process of finding all of the web pages associated with multiple page
lessons; 2) convert absolute links in downloaded documents to relative
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ensuring inclusion of things like images and CSS that are crucial for
the proper presentation of materials; 4) only download lesson pages that
have been updated since the last download; and 5) resume aborted
downloads, minimizing data use in cases of interruptions to internet
downloads, minimizing data use in cases of interruptions to Internet
access. The lessons are presented on a single unified landing page, so
that users can open a single index.html file with their browser of
choice and smoothly navigate to all local lessons just as if they were
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## Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge The Carpentries for their support through regular interactions with their core staff, invaluable feedback their team members working in internet limited environments, and for infrastructure support including communications channels and incorporation into their incubator program.
We would like to acknowledge The Carpentries for their support through regular interactions with their core staff, invaluable feedback their team members working in Internet limited environments, and for infrastructure support including communications channels and incorporation into their incubator program.

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