Monitor: Dataverse Community, FY25

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Overview

• Monthly updates about Dataverse Community happenings

Community Connections

Community Calls

• Dataverse Community Calls (FY25)

DataverseTV

• DataverseTV

Google Group

• Dataverse Google Group

Working Groups

See: GDCC working groups home page

• Containerization
• Frontend Development
• Large Data Support
• Sensitive Data
• PyDataverse

Related

• Report: Dataverse Project, FY25 #230

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Status: July 2024

Via @pdurbin's monthly Dataverse Community News post:

• Yale launched their installation of Dataverse: https://dataverse.yale.edu/
• Technische Universität Dortmund launched their installation of Dataverse: https://data.tu-dortmund.de/
• Dataverse 6.3 has been released: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/7bCBVi06qbE/m/dNScsVxUAQAJ
• Dataverse is included in a new GREI Flowchart for Data Sharing Decisions: https://medium.com/@blog-grei/grei-flowchart-for-data-sharing-decisions-91d7eab08330
• Sonia Barbosa gave a talk entitled "Empowering Global Progress: GREI Coopetition's Role in Standardizing Transparency, Community, and Sustainability Initiatives": https://zenodo.org/records/12784019
• Sonia Barbosa and Stefano Iacus gave a talk entitled "CAFÉ: A Joint BUSPH-HSPH Research Coordinating Center of the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative Leveraging Harvard Dataverse Repository": https://zenodo.org/records/12579583
• Gustavo Durand represented Dataverse is a talk entitled "The Repository Rodeo": https://zenodo.org/records/12527422
• The Sensitive Data interest group now has a web page (and the June meeting recording was posted): https://www.gdcc.io/working-groups/sensitive-data.html
• The Frontend Development interest group held a recorded meeting: https://ui.gdcc.io/
• The pyDataverse working group held two recorded meetings: https://py.gdcc.io/
• The Containerization working group held two recorded meetings: https://ct.gdcc.io/
• The next community call will be on August 6 and will feature Jan Range on a Rust library, a CLI and a DVUploader desktop app: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/-42kVG1uWMQ/m/pDZFzqWhAQAJ

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Status: August 2024

Dataverse Community Call

• 2024/08/06, Moderator: Phil Durbin, Speaker: Jan Range on a Rust library and a CLI

Community News

Via @pdurbin's monthly Dataverse Community News post:

• The date for the next release of Dataverse was announced as late September or early October: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/EV_JJGMaEKg/m/rYOEw3GnCAAJ
• Jan Range gave a talk about a new Rust library, a CLI and a DVUploader desktop app: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/-42kVG1uWMQ/m/QEE3GMYzBAAJ
• Croissant as a metadata exporter is ready for production: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/JI8HPgGarr8/m/T_ore2pmAgAJ
• The backlog of GitHub issues is being processed: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/lDVJq-1CHLY/m/Vl824d8fAQAJ
• The Large Data Support working group is starting monthly meetings in September: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/WKY8MQGHbPc/m/ckk6C2XbAAAJ
• The pyDataverse working group held two recorded meetings: https://py.gdcc.io/
• The Containerization working group held five recorded meetings: https://ct.gdcc.io/
• A new Docker environment for Dataverse was announced: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/6Q9C0KMOndo/m/ZPAaxXzeBAAJ
• A Dataverse Community Call Coordinating Group was proposed: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/VhPf9WMVhKc/m/2h_lNa4ECgAJ
• An invitation was made to join an NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) grant proposal: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/x5Fq5mu3gK4/m/SIZKyyNIAQAJ

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Status: September 2024

Dataverse Community Call

• September 3, 2024 Notes Alvin Stockdale on NLM’s Dataset Catalog and Amber Leahey and others on the Data Explorer tool. View video recording

Community News

Via @pdurbin's monthly Dataverse Community News post:

• PolyU Research Data Repository launched their installation of Dataverse: https://researchdata.lib.polyu.edu.hk/
• Dataverse 6.4 was released: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/ziyxP-fTrXQ/m/fGnn6pZOBgAJ
• A bug alert was issued for Dataverse 6.3: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/evn5C-pyrS8/m/JrH9vp47DwAJ
• Guillermo Portas recorded the third demo video of the new Dataverse UI: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/heSnBRhhriM/m/bFgLDvvZAQAJ
• IQSS published an article entitled "Beyond 100 Installations: Dataverse's Growth and Global Role in Research Data Sharing": https://www.iq.harvard.edu/news/dataverse-growth-feature
• During (recorded) the community call, Alvin Stockdale and Peter Seibert from the NIH's National Library of Medicine spoke about NLM’s Dataset Catalog and Amber Leahey and colleagues talked about the new Data Curation tool: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/wwyvKXGCKRE/m/Tow9tWxAAQAJ
• Vera Clemens wrote a proposal about improving dataset relationships in Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/uX-uLQ5EEXM/m/Hy6GPoOyAQAJ
• Julian Gautier published a dataset about Dataverse installations: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/DjWUZdtBybk/m/Tez3hWUGAgAJ
• The UW working group held two recorded meetings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ir5IcqCSdzlBGLZA_Ruh6CpR8JsUgEK5bpg-UBgmWlo/edit?usp=sharing
• The Dataverse Sustainability working group held a meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBCeLOkHuW0BHMdMbAT3zh8gsaPFWHR1NCTVAR7Xh_A/edit?usp=sharing
• The Documentation working group held a recorded meeting: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/n-LFF-DAGhE/m/JvqGsfNJAgAJ
• The pyDataverse working group held a recorded meeting: https://py.gdcc.io/
• The Containerization working group held three recorded meetings: https://ct.gdcc.io/
• Philipp Conzett proposed a Dataverse Community Call Coordinating Group: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/VhPf9WMVhKc/m/2h_lNa4ECgAJ

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Status: October 2024

Community Calls

• October 1, 2024 Notes Ozgur Karadeniz on an RO-Crate exporter. View slides and video recording

Community News

Via @pdurbin's Community New post:

• Repositorio de datos de Investigación UdeA launched their installation of Dataverse: https://datosdeinvestigacion.udea.edu.co/
• The Danish National Repository for Research Data launched their installation of Dataverse: https://dataverse.deic.dk/
• The University of California, Berkeley launched their installation of Dataverse: https://datasets.lib.berkeley.edu/
• ULiège Open Data Repository launched their installation of Dataverse: https://dataverse.uliege.be/
• The University of Victoria Libraries earned their CoreTrustSeal: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/po26Isl2l2g/m/bzW_7wcXAgAJ
• The dates (June 9-12) for the 2025 Dataverse Community Meeting at the University of North Carolina were announced: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/a-NCKQu4agA/m/chZmv0zrAwAJ
• A bug in Dataverse 6.4 with handling Related Publication metadata was announced: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/zlRGJtu3x4g/m/GtVZ26uaBQAJ
• The Dataverse 6.5 release date and "last call for pull requests" date was announced: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/xSWT2JrkEzU/m/TdtwskQRBwAJ
• The main Dataverse GitHub repository now has 200 contributors: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse
• Ozgur Karadeniz and Dieuwertje Bloemen gave a recorded talk entitled "Creating a Dataverse RO-Crate exporter with FAIR-IMPACT support": https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/weRt-Cml5ok/m/6HYIyWWKBgAJ
• The Dataverse Sustainability working group published its final report: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/MC6acqueEGQ/m/rzQ7K3jwAQAJ
• Jan Range recorded a short demo on resumable downloads with dvcli: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/378866-troubleshooting/topic/Range.20header.20on.20dataset.20download/near/477419561
• A new #grants channel has been created in Zulip to discuss open calls, grants and other funding opportunities for Dataverse community members: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/New.20channel.3F.20.3A.20Projects.2C.20Open.20Calls.20and.20Funding/near/473788981
• Slides for "The Dataverse Project: Training for Barcelona SuperComputing Center" are now available: https://dataverse.org/presentations/dataverse-project-training-barcelona-supercomputing-center
• A new version of DVUploader was released: https://github.com/GlobalDataverseCommunityConsortium/dataverse-uploader/releases/tag/v1.2.0
• Texas Digital Libraries (TDL) published a report entitled "Texas Data Repository User Survey Final Report": https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/BFQQJjJ_PN4/m/kdN5qlADBwAJ
• ORCID’s Global Participation Fund has selected the Global Dataverse Community Consortium (GDCC) as one of this year's Technical Integration grant recipients: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/zgj35spCkok/m/WtJDkmhIBwAJ
• The Documentation working group held a meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O1v9aMSCNe9ak2_Md2plfaJw42XJuIrb7l1-sSg4hus/edit?usp=sharing
• The pyDataverse working group held a recorded meeting: https://py.gdcc.io/
• The Containerization working group held three recorded meetings: https://ct.gdcc.io/
• Feedback is welcome on a proposal to move dataverse.org to GitHub: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/move.20dataverse.2Eorg.20to.20GitHub.3F/near/478947917
• We are starting to revive a spreadsheet of upcoming events where Dataverse community members might find each other: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/446770-docs/topic/upcoming.20meetups/near/478367738
• The Nov 5 community call will feature Arofan Gregory on DDI-CDI: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/ND3GOziRONU/m/AVXTWUKnAwAJ

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Status: November 2024

Community Calls

• November 5, 2014 Notes Arofan Gregory on DDI-CDI

Community News

Via @pdurbin's Dataverse Community News post:

• Don Sizemore announced the availability of a patched Dataverse 6.4 war file: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/t3vQg1u70Jc/m/lTrHuMz1BgAJ
• Vera Clemens from ZB MED announced a prototype for improved "Related Datasets" for Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/uX-uLQ5EEXM/m/BnHLCaSIBwAJ
• Arofan Gregroy gave a talk about DDI-CDI at the community call: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/ND3GOziRONU/m/0oYA0iM0BQAJ
• Slava gave a talk entitled "Unlocking Potential with the Dataverse Data Platform": https://zenodo.org/records/14179433
• Sonia Barbosa gave a keynote presentation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at UbuntuNet Connect about Dataverse: https://dataverse.org/presentations/dataverse-project-ubuntunet-connect-2024
• Stefano Iacus gave a talk entitled "Enhancing FAIR-ness in Harvard Dataverse with Variable-Level Metadata and Differential Privacy": https://dataverse.org/presentations/enhancing-fair-ness-harvard-dataverse-variable-level-metadata-and
• Texas Digital Library (TDL) is seeking informal expressions of interest in continuing to build large data functionality for Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/rra4gTurGhU/m/TGNRTL6LAAAJ
• UNC RDMC is undertaking an effort to support right-to-left languages, Arabic in particular, and is looking for collaborators: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/6d98cC_BGB8/m/r06ilS77AwAJ
• The FAIR-IMPACT call for participation in support actions is open until Dec 4: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/Ea56tWu_skE/m/eWp9pSYIBQAJ
• The UX Working Group held two meetings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ir5IcqCSdzlBGLZA_Ruh6CpR8JsUgEK5bpg-UBgmWlo/edit?usp=sharing
• The Documentation Working Group had a meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oP3v0iHBDIsvrkPWOr524sdweCv9nfOsb6KWA-oojXo/edit?usp=sharing
• The Containerization Working Group had a recorded meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JALRaIcsjB7oLmN0rAtNyu1kZo28xXgG7sDR1RkRG4I/edit?usp=sharing