Cite Dataset: "DRAFT VERSION" instead of version number

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MIchael Stegmüller

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Aug 31, 2022, 5:25:01 AM8/31/22
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First a hello to the community. This is my first post here and I hope someone can give me a clue to my problem:

It is about citing datasets. When I click "Cite Dataset" on a published dataset, the generated output shows "DRAFT VERSION" as the version of the dataset. Regardless of which format ist choosen (XML, RIS or BibTex).
Here is an example: https://darus.uni-stuttgart.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.18419/darus-1187
This is only the case for datasets for which a draft verion was created after publication.

My question: Is this a bug or a feature?

Thank you in advance,

Michael

James Myers

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Aug 31, 2022, 9:03:54 AM8/31/22
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When I visit that dataset I see:
Lohrmann, Christoph, 2021, "Bacterial Trajectory Videos", https://doi.org/10.18419/darus-1187, DaRUS, V1

 

Since you have access to the draft, using the URL without a version tag sends you to the draft version. If you use

 

https://darus.uni-stuttgart.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.18419/darus-1187&version=1.0

 

you should see V1 in the citation as well.

 

Whether it’s a bug or feature is perhaps debatable. Showing DRAFT VERSION helps you understand that what you’re looking at now may not be the same as the released version, but it is clearly potentially confusing as well (on to people who can see the draft version though.) I’d say it is as designed though and if there’s interest in an alternate design, it should avoid people making the mistake of viewing the draft and citing an earlier version that may not have the metadata/data files they see in the draft.

 

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Sherry Lake

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Aug 31, 2022, 9:26:46 AM8/31/22
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Jim,

The problem Michael points out that  is when you use the "Cite Dataset" dropdown link, the downloaded RIS/BibTeX file has "DRAFT VERSION" and not V1 in the citation metadata. 

I see Michael's dataverse software is V5.9. At least w/ V5.11.1, I do not have that problem. So not sure if a version problem or a dataset not created properly problem?

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James Myers

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Aug 31, 2022, 10:42:58 AM8/31/22
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Ah – sorry. Yeah, I see that, and still see at on a 5.11.1 instance, whether I’m logged in or out. (It does look like it only occurs for published datasets that have an active draft version.) So – I think this is a bug and Michael/others could/should submit an issue. The only work-around I can see is to publish the draft/don’t have a draft longer than necessary.

 

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Philip Durbin

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Aug 31, 2022, 3:55:14 PM8/31/22
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Hmm, this is definitely a bug. I just tried it with my dataset in Harvard Dataverse. Michael, I'm happy for you to get the credit, fame, and glory for creating the issue. If you can, please do so at https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues

Thanks!

Phil



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MIchael Stegmüller

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Sep 1, 2022, 3:13:32 AM9/1/22
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Thank you all for the fast replies.

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