DigitalChild/CITATION.cff at basecamp · MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild · GitHub

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cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this software or data in your research, please cite it as below."
type: software
title: "DigitalChild: Human Rights Data Pipeline for Child and LGBTQ+ Digital Protection"
abstract: "A Python data pipeline for scraping, processing, and analyzing human rights documents, policies, and reports with focus on child and LGBTQ+ digital protection. Includes REST API with 14 production endpoints, comprehensive scorecard system tracking 10 indicators across 194 countries with 2,543 validated source URLs, and complete Docker deployment infrastructure."
authors:
  - family-names: "Vollmer"
    given-names: "S.C."
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-2810"
  - family-names: "Vollmer"
    given-names: "D.T."
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-3395"
repository-code: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild"
url: "https://grimdata.org"
keywords:
  - human rights
  - child rights
  - LGBTQ rights
  - digital rights
  - data pipeline
  - REST API
  - Flask
  - policy analysis
  - scorecard
  - treaty bodies
  - UPR
  - OHCHR
license: MIT
license-url: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild/blob/basecamp/LICENSE"
version: "2.0.1"
date-released: "2026-02-16"
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.18318098"

# For the data specifically
references:
  - type: data
    title: "LittleRainbowRights Scorecard: Child and LGBTQ+ Digital Rights Indicators"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "D.T."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-3395"
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "S.C."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-2810"
    year: 2025
    license: CC-BY-4.0
    license-url: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild/blob/basecamp/LICENSE-DATA"
    repository: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild"
    abstract: "Comprehensive scorecard tracking 10 human rights indicators across 194 countries, focusing on AI policy, data protection, LGBTQ+ legal status, child online protection, and digital surveillance measures."
    keywords:
      - scorecard
      - indicators
      - child protection
      - LGBTQ+ rights
      - digital surveillance
      - data protection

# Related publications
related-publications:
  - type: article
    title: "Global perspectives of Africa: Harnessing the universal periodic review to process sexual and gender-based violence in SADC member states"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "S.C."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-2810"
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "D.T."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-3395"
    year: 2022
    journal: "Stellenbosch Law Review"
    volume: 33
    issue: 1
    start: 8
    end: 41
    doi: "10.47348/SLR/2022/i1a1"
    abstract: "Examines SGBV patterns in SADC member states through Universal Periodic Review recommendations, demonstrating methodology for automated human rights document analysis."
    keywords:
      - sexual and gender-based violence
      - Universal Periodic Review
      - SADC
      - human rights
      - UPR recommendations
  - type: conference-paper
    title: "Queer AI for the digital child: Examining the response to advanced digital technologies on the human rights of LGBTQ+ children in Africa"
    authors:
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "D.T."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-3395"
      - family-names: "Vollmer"
        given-names: "S.C."
        orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-2810"
    year: 2025
    month: 9
    conference:
      name: "Second International Conference on Children's Rights"
      location: "Stellenbosch, South Africa"
      date-start: 2025-09-09
      date-end: 2025-09-11
    abstract: "This research examines the responsiveness of human rights systems and institutional mechanisms for protecting children, particularly LGBTQ+ children, from digital harms of advanced technologies such as AI. Through analysis of international and regional human rights mechanisms, the work develops a systematic evaluation framework combining legal and computational methodologies to assess digital protection rights for LGBTQ+ children, with focus on African states."
    keywords:
      - LGBTQ+ children
      - digital rights
      - artificial intelligence
      - human rights
      - Africa
      - child protection

identifiers:
  - type: url
    value: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild"
    description: "GitHub Repository"
  - type: url
    value: "https://grimdata.org"
    description: "Project Website"
  - type: url
    value: "https://littlerainbowrights.com"
    description: "LittleRainbowRights Project Page"

# Recommended citation format
preferred-citation:
  type: software
  title: "DigitalChild: Human Rights Data Pipeline for Child and LGBTQ+ Digital Protection"
  authors:
    - family-names: "Vollmer"
      given-names: "S.C."
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3359-2810"
    - family-names: "Vollmer"
      given-names: "D.T."
      orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-3395"
  year: 2025
  url: "https://github.com/MissCrispenCakes/DigitalChild"
  notes: "Available at: https://grimdata.org"