The Dataverse Network Project

When a user sends a request to access restricted files in a dataverse, an e-mail notification is sent to the address or addresses that are specified by using the Set Contact Us E-Mail option for that dataverse.

You can specify multiple e-mail addresses for the Set Contact Us E-Mail option by using comma separators. This means that you could add the e-mail address of the Contributor who uploaded the study in this field, and that Contributor would receive e-mail notification when a user requests access to restricted files in that study.

See topic: Set Contact and Notifications E-Mail

Usually you can create a dataverse on an existing Dataverse Network, but installing Dataverse Network software gives you full control of the data storage and back ups. Installation of the software requires you to maintain a production server and a file system, and to upgrade the application as needed. It runs on top of the Glassfish Application Server. (We use PostgreSQL for database software, but you can use other databases easily, such as Oracle or MySQL.) The data analysis component uses R and Zelig for statistical computing.

Note: Our software is not ready for distribution. We expect to release a downloadable version in the second quarter of 2008.

See topic: Software