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Dataverse Software 5.8 Release

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to the Dataverse Software. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/releases/tag/v5.8

Release Highlights

Support for Data Embargoes

The Dataverse Software now supports file-level embargoes. The ability to set embargoes, up...

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Dataverse Software 5.7 Release

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to the Dataverse Software. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project. You can learn more and download the release on GitHub:

https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/releases/tag/v5.7

Release Highlights

Experimental Support for External Vocabulary Services

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Dataverse Software 5.5 Release

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to the Dataverse Software. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

Release Highlights

Auxiliary Files Accessible Through the UI

Auxiliary Files can now be downloaded from the web interface. Auxiliary files uploaded as type=DP appear under "Differentially Private Statistics" under file level download. The rest appear under "Other Auxiliary Files".

Please note that the auxiliary files feature...

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Dataverse Software 5.4 Release

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to the Dataverse Software. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

Release Highlights

Deactivate Users API, Get User Traces API, Revoke Roles API

A new API has been added to deactivate users to prevent them from logging in, receiving communications, or otherwise being active in the system. Deactivating a user is an alternative to deleting a user, especially when the latter is not possible due to the...

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Dataverse 5.3 Release

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to Dataverse. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

Release Highlights

Auxiliary Files (Experimental)

Auxiliary files can now be added to datafiles and accessed using new experimental API endpoints. These endpoints allow additional, non-Dataverse generated metadata to be added alongside datafiles in dataverse.

The support for auxiliary files in Dataverse is being driven by integration...

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Dataverse 5.2

Dataverse 5.2 is now available!

Some highlights:

File Preview When Guestbooks or Terms Exist

Previously, file preview was only available when files were publicly downloadable. Now if a guestbook or terms (or both) are configured for the dataset, they will be shown in the Preview tab and once they are agreed to, the file preview will appear (...

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Dataverse 5.0

This release brings new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to Dataverse. Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

Release Highlights

Continued Dataset and File Redesign: Dataset and File Button Redesign, Responsive Layout

The buttons available on the Dataset and File pages have been redesigned. This change is to provide more scalability for future expanded options for data access and exploration, and to provide a consistent experience between the two pages....

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