Dataverse 4.0Elizabeth Quigley

Usability SpecialistData Science @ IQSS, Harvard University

Dataverse Community Meeting 2015

Why did you take 3.6 away from me?

“For change to be accepted, it needs to first have real value to the user.”

Elegant Hack

Why did we rewrite Dataverse?

Usability Issues

● Back button didn't work● Granting access to a file was cumbersome● Dynamic collections indexing● Search issues● Icon confusion

○ Settings Cog in particular

4.0 Feature Updates

Goodbye Collections

● Everything is a dataverse

● Ability to nest dataverses

Version Control

Let’s take a look at 4.0!Dataverse Demo

What's next for Dataverse?

4.0 Updates

● Fix more bugs● Add in ability to edit + manage groups● Add in published data on Account Pages● Sorting + Filtering of files on dataset page● Restore Shibboleth support

Long Term Plans

● Secure Dataverse

● Integrating with DataTags

● More metadata support

Have a feature request?

● Create a ticket @ github.com/iqss/dataverse● Email me: equigley@iq.harvard.edu

Want to participate in a usability study?● Email me: equigley@iq.harvard.edu or tweet

@dataverseorg