Dataverse

Dataverse is a virtual archive where data sets can be listed and used to create collections of data. Archiving with the dataverse could extend the useful life of data, preserving it against the failure of computers systems and the obsolescence of data formats.

The Dataverse Network Project

The Dataverse Network Project includes integrated developments in web application software, networking, data citation standards, and statistical methods designed to put some of the universe of data and data sharing practices on firmer ground.

The Dataverse Network

The Dataverse Network was designed by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) beginning in 2006. The team benefited from their experiences with their earlier Virtual Data Center (VDC) project, which spanned 1999-2006 and was organized by Micah Altman and Sidney Verba as a collaboration between the Harvard-MIT Data Center (now part of IQSS) and the Harvard University Library. Precursors to the VDC date to 1987, and ranged from a stand-alone software guide to local data up to and including pre-web software to ftp cataloging information automatically to other sites across campus at designated times.

External links

• http://thedata.org/home