Releases
The latest release is version 1.2 (April 18th, 2008), which requires Java 6, GlassFish v2, and PostgreSQL 8.1. To download the packages for this release, go to the official DVN SourceForge.net project site.
Features in this release include forgotten password option, FGDC metatdata harvesting, and new Network Admin utilities. See Version 1.2 for full details. See the online Installers Guide for detailed information about how to install the software.
Version 2.0 is planned for release in July of this year. This release includes numerous improvements to workflow and functions:
New Subsetting and Analysis features:
- Improvements made to Analysis Results page
- Analysis can be saved to an R script file
- Analysis support provided for Zelig 3.2 models
- Subsettable files can be uploaded in R format
New Study features:
- Improvements made to Study File page
- User Comments can be added to studies
- Files can be opened by clicking thumbnail image
- Templates available to create or edit studies
- Map tool provided to enter bounding box in study metadata
Search features:
- New analyzer indexes studies and data to improve searches quality and speed
- Index utilities modified: remove index locks, re-indexed studies that failed indexing
- Fix made to "does not contain" searches in Advanced Search
New Network homepage features:
- Improvements made to homepage
- Sort or browse dataverses alphabetically
- View can be customized to filter and sort groups
New Dataverse features:
- On any web page, copy and paste code for link or button to a dataverse
- On any web page, copy and paste code for searching a dataverse
- Convert between Scholar and Basic dataverse types
- Allow to create and modify study templates for each dataverse
New integration with partner systems:
New technical features:
- DSB component rewrite in Java code
- UNF logic rewrite in Java code
- Account login through Secure Socket Layer
- Custom remote authorization (first stage of Shibboleth implementation)
- Import/ingest of DDI category attribute on varFormat tag
Data Analysis
- Provide optional weighting when data file is uploaded (Q3 2008)
- Support additional formats for downloads and uploads (Q3 2008 and on-going)
- Simplify statistical analysis UI and expand it for R functions and other packages(2009)
- Data visualization (Q3 2008 and on-going)
Studies and Collections
- Download citation in BibTex and other formats (Q3 2008)
- Re-visit and improve collections functionality (Q3 - Q4 2008)
- Group studies as 'downloadable' collections (Q4 2008)
- Credit Card payments support to access data sets (2009)
- Preview Study Edits (Q4, 2008)
- Filter related studies and studies of interest to individual users (2009)
Search
- Search datasets spatially (maps) and chronologically (Q3 - Q4 2008)
- Search documentation files (pdf, txt) (Q3 2008)
- Search all dataverses from a dataverse (Q4 2008)
- More Options in Advanced Search (2009)
- Highlight search terms in results (2009)
Performance, Interoperability and other Projects
- Support LOCKSS to mirror DVN data (on-going 2008)
- Web services/APIs (R, swivel, ManyEyes, etc) (Q4 2008 and 2009)
- Remote authorization (Shibboleth) (on-going 2008)
- Integration with GenePattern (2008, 2009)
- Internationalization (2009)
- Simplify dataverse customization (Q3 2008)
- Citation of dataverses (Q4 2008)
- Support other global IDs (Q4 2008 - 2009)
- Site accessibility improvements (on-going, 2008)
- Simplify DVN installation (Q3 2008)
- Build developers community (Start in Q3 2008, on-going)