2024-11 Dataverse Community News

[Philip Durbin]

Here's what's top of mind for November 2024:

* Don Sizemore announced the availability of a patched Dataverse 6.4 war file: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/t3vQg1u70Jc/m/lTrHuMz1BgAJ
* Vera Clemens from ZB MED announced a prototype for improved "Related Datasets" for Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/uX-uLQ5EEXM/m/BnHLCaSIBwAJ
* Arofan Gregroy gave a talk about DDI-CDI at the community call: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/ND3GOziRONU/m/0oYA0iM0BQAJ
* Slava gave a talk entitled "Unlocking Potential with the Dataverse Data Platform": https://zenodo.org/records/14179433
* Sonia Barbosa gave a keynote presentation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at UbuntuNet Connect about Dataverse: https://dataverse.org/presentations/dataverse-project-ubuntunet-connect-2024
* Stefano Iacus gave a talk entitled "Enhancing FAIR-ness in Harvard Dataverse with Variable-Level Metadata and Differential Privacy": https://dataverse.org/presentations/enhancing-fair-ness-harvard-dataverse-variable-level-metadata-and
* Texas Digital Library (TDL) is seeking informal expressions of interest in continuing to build large data functionality for Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/rra4gTurGhU/m/TGNRTL6LAAAJ
* UNC RDMC is undertaking an effort to support right-to-left languages, Arabic in particular, and is looking for collaborators: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/6d98cC_BGB8/m/r06ilS77AwAJ
* The FAIR-IMPACT call for participation in support actions is open until Dec 4: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/Ea56tWu_skE/m/eWp9pSYIBQAJ
* The UX Working Group held two meetings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ir5IcqCSdzlBGLZA_Ruh6CpR8JsUgEK5bpg-UBgmWlo/edit?usp=sharing
* The Documentation Working Group had a meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oP3v0iHBDIsvrkPWOr524sdweCv9nfOsb6KWA-oojXo/edit?usp=sharing
* The Containerization Working Group had a recorded meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JALRaIcsjB7oLmN0rAtNyu1kZo28xXgG7sDR1RkRG4I/edit?usp=sharing

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Phil

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Philip Durbin
Software Developer for http://dataverse.org
http://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/philip-durbin