2026-04 Dataverse Community News

[Philip Durbin]

Here's what's top of mind for April 2026:

* Discussion is heating up about the 12th annual Dataverse Community Meeting in Barcelona in a couple weeks! (May 12-15th): https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/.23Dataverse2026/with/592036889
* Sebastian Karcher announced a new initiative to better track funding information in Dataverse: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/HeyFOqFROsA/m/K4pfRl-RAAAJ
* The Dataverse 6.11 timeline was announced: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/Release.206.2E11.20Timeline/near/584280439
* Dataverse Frontend 0.3.0 and 0.3.1 were released: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-frontend/releases
* Dataverse JavaScript Client 0.2.2 was released: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse-client-javascript/releases/tag/v2.2.0
* DataCite announced a new metadata dashboard that includes Dataverse installations: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/QgABHnstzXA/m/-2ZpsE5iBAAJ

* Phil Durbin vibe-coded a new "people" site for the Dataverse community: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/people.2Edataverse.2Eorg/near/583596321
* Jim Myers and Phil led a recorded discussion about recent Dataverse features: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/NDimKTIdcUA/m/uFGjwN8EBgAJ
* Sonia Barbosa, Mary Hirsch, and Gustavo Durand gave a recorded talk entitled "Configure Your Dataverse Repository to Register DataCite DOIs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuNgI7crG5M
* Slava Tykhonov blogged about the new Nordic–Baltic Dataverse Hub: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opening-nordicbaltic-dataverse-hub-slava-tykhonov-1gyie/
* Phil gave a talk entitled "Croissant Slim": https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/Croissant/near/584069109
* The Large Data working group will be hosting a hybrid meeting in Barcelona on May 12th: https://www.gdcc.io/working-groups/large-data-support.html
* The Python working group will be hosting a hybrid meeting in Barcelona on May 12th: https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/377090-python/topic/pyDataverse.20wg.20at.20DCM.202026.20in.20Barcelona/with/591703011
* The Documentation working group held a recorded meeting and will be hosting a hybrid meeting in Barcelona on May 12th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dX8ktajVsRDk-MDF-yHWV0f4vIe8U3DWrSzIerVGlF8/edit?usp=sharing
* The Containerization working group held a recorded meeting, welcoming Notch8: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QhZD-XwSFcO2Rr5hNalQsFRatcpKVie1si1qamFrZ28/edit?usp=sharing
* The Containerization working group is hosting a hybrid meeting in Barcelona on May 12th: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrGp846XLduA7rDxc4EnqbPlVf85gRhgqYrQDMr9Ut4/edit?usp=sharing
* Gustavo and Phil are giving a talk in Latvia on May 6th (all are welcome!): https://dataverse.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/375707-community/topic/DataverseLV.20.28Latvia.29.20event.20on.20May.206th/near/591886346
* There will be no community call in May: https://groups.google.com/g/dataverse-community/c/1LFG3leNcuQ/m/t9YqdPYYAwAJ

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Thanks!

Phil

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