early video (2007) introducing Dataverse added to DataverseTV

[Philip Durbin]

Hello Dataverse enthusiasts!

The other day I stumbled upon a video from December 2007 (!) where IQSS Director Gary King introduced Dataverse to the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgn6dmfsZ_M

It's called "An Introduction to the Dataverse Network as an Infrastructure for Data Sharing" and here's the description:

"We introduce a set of integrated developments in web application software, networking, data citation standards, and statistical methods designed to put some of the universe of data and data sharing practices on somewhat firmer ground. We have focused on social science data, but aspects of what we have developed may apply more widely. The idea is to facilitate the public distribution of persistent, authorized, and verifiable data, with powerful but easy-to-use technology, even when the data are confidential or proprietary. We intend to solve some of the sociological problems of data sharing via technological means, with the result intended to benefit both the scientific community and sometimes apparently contradictory goals of individual researchers."

Obviously, things have changed a lot since then. A decade ago, Dataverse was rewritten to handle any scientific field. However, Dataverse remains true to the principles Gary laid out back then. Definitely worth a watch!

Naturally, I added it to DataverseTV, where the previously oldest video was from 2014: https://dataverse.org/dataversetv

Enjoy!

Phil

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