Editing Dataverse

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= Description =
The '''Dataverse'''<ref>{{cite web|last=Crosas|first=M.|title=The Dataverse Network®: An Open-Source Application for Sharing, Discovering and Preserving Data|url=http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january11/crosas/01crosas.html|work=D-Lib Magazine|accessdate=27 May 2015}}</ref> is an open source ([https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse.org code is available on GitHub]) web application to share, preserve, cite, explore and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others' work.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Project|url=http://dataverse.org/about/|website=Dataverse}}</ref> Researchers, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive appropriate credit via a data citation with a persistent identifier (e.g., DOI, or Handle).

A Dataverse repository hosts multiple dataverses ([http://guides.dataverse.org/en/4.0/_images/Dataverse-Diagram.png see diagram]). Each dataverse contains dataset(s) or other dataverses, and each dataset contains descriptive metadata and data files (including documentation and code that accompany the data - [http://guides.dataverse.org/en/4.0/_images/DatasetDiagram.png see diagram]). 
====Provider====
Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, along with many collaborators and contributors worldwide.
====Licensing and cost====
[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html Apache 2 License] &ndash; free.
====Development activity====
Version 3.0 was released in May 2012. The current version (in August 2013) is 3.5.1.
The software is continually development, as revealed by an active issues tracking page. &nbsp;The project is Harvard-sponsored, and appears to have support for the foreseeable future.
====Platform and interoperability====
The Dataverse Network makes use of the following components: Java Server Faces (JSF2); Enterprise Java Beans (EJB3); PostgreSQL; Lucene; and R and Zelig.
Prerequisites for installation include Sun/Oracle Java JDK 1.6+, a &ldquo;virgin&rdquo; installation of Glassfish v2.1+, preferably as part of the NetBeans Web Development bundle, PostgreSQL v8.3+, and R.
The software was designed to integrate reCAPTCHA, Google Analystics, ImageMagick, Handle, and [http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/external/lockss LOCKSS] if the installer so wishes.
====Functional notes====
DataVerses can be configured for two levels of access. An Open DataVerse allows all registered users to edit their own studies; a Wiki DataVerse allows users to edit all studies, although only a curator or administrator can release the changes.
A DataVerse will accept any format, but will only give full support to tabular data. SPSS and STATA are the preferred formats; data in these formats will be eligible for subsettable features, multiple formats for download, and a Universal Numerical Fingerprint (UNF). &nbsp;GraphML is recommended for network data, and will be eligible for subsetting and pre-defined measurements.
A DataVerse Network has the capability to be registered as a handle.net server, which allows the Network to assign persistent identifiers to data sets.
====Documentation and user support====
The website contains extensive software documentation, including user, installer, and developer [http://guides.thedata.org/ guides]. &nbsp;A new Users google group appears to be reasonably active.&nbsp; Aside from a webform, contact information is not prominently advertised.
====Usability====
The DataVerse software provides a web-based interface for both administrators and users.
The package includes an installer, which is run through the command line; basic install is designed to be very quick. Comfort with command-line interface and general systems knowledge appear to be crucial for configuration and installation of any add-ons.
====Expertise required====
To take full advantage of the archival management features in the software, users should have a firm grasp on the metadata expectations for their field.
====Standards compliance====
The software supports numerous metadata standards, exporting as XML records in DDI, Dublin Core, FGDC, and Marc formats. The software is Z39.50 and OAI-PMH compliant, and has the ability to register information to Handle.net.
====Influence and take-up====
Current installations include Dataverse Networks at Harvard IQSS, ICPSR, the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, and the Utrecht University Library. The software&#39;s sourceforge page reports nearly 7000 downloads.
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