Features provided by the DVN software include:
- Search studies cataloging and variable metadata across the Dataverse Network and for each individual dataverse by using our Apache Lucene index server-based search engine.
- Create studies to hold your data, documentation or any other type of files, and generate citations automatically using a Handle as a persistent identifier.
- Upload a data file (STATA or SPSS), generate a UNF and get online subsetting and analysis for your file.
- Create a dataverse to host studies, and collections and subcollections to organize those studies.
- Create collections of studies in other dataverses by selecting specific studies, collecting the results of a search, or linking to existing collections.
- Customize page layouts to brand a dataverse.
- Customize the Network page layouts and organize dataverses into groups.
- Assign user permissions to access, contribute, and manage studies and dataverses.
- Harvest studies from other Dataverse Networks or remote archives that support the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) protocol.
- Export studies in the Network to XML files in Dublin Core and DDI formats, or to USMARC formatted files.
- Support the Z39.50 standard to allow remote searches of our studies.
- Get web usage statistics for your Dataverse Network using the Google Analytics tool.