Dataverse 5.14 has arrived!

[C. M. Boyd]

Hi everyone,

Dataverse 5.14 is now available and is packed with updates and new features.

Thank you to all of the community members who contributed code, suggestions, bug reports, and other assistance across the project.

View release details here: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/blob/master/doc/release-notes/5.14-release-notes.md

See highlights below:

• For Dataverse developers, support for running Dataverse in Docker (experimental)

  • Developers can experiment with running Dataverse in Docker: (PR #9439)

  • This is an image developers build locally (or can pull from Docker Hub). It is not meant for production use!

• Indexing performance improved

  • Noticeable improvements in performance, especially for large datasets containing thousands of files.

• For installations using MDC (Make Data Count), it is now possible to display both the MDC metrics and the legacy access counts, generated before MDC was enabled.

• Changes to PID Provider JVM Settings

  • In preparation for a future feature to use multiple PID providers at the same time, all JVM settings for PID providers have been enabled to be configured using MicroProfile Config. In the same go, they were renamed to match the name of the provider to be configured.

• Signposting for Dataverse

  • This release adds Signposting(https://signposting.org) support to Dataverse to improve machine discoverability of datasets and files. (PR #8424)

  • Signposting is described in more detail in a new page in the Admin Guide on discoverability: https://guides.dataverse.org/en/5.14/admin/discoverability.html

• Permalinks support

  • Dataverse now optionally supports PermaLinks, a type of persistent identifier that does not involve a global registry service. PermaLinks are appropriate for Intranet deployment and catalog use cases. (PR #8674)

• Creating datasets with incomplete metadata through API

  • It is now possible to create a dataset with some nominally mandatory metadata fields left unpopulated. For details on the use case that lead to this feature see issue #8822 and PR #8940.

• Registering PIDs (DOIs or Handles) for files in select collections

  • It is now possible to configure registering PIDs for files in individual collections.

• Mechanism Added for Adding External Exporters

  • It is now possible for third parties to develop and share code to provide new metadata export formats for Dataverse.

Other updates include:

• Contact Email Improvements

• Support for Grouping Dataset Files by Folder and Category Tag

• Citation Metadata field Series now repeatable

• Guides in PDF Format (experimental)

• Datasets API extended to include new endpoints

• Extra fields included in the JSON metadata

• Files downloaded from Binder are now in their original format.

• Handling of license information fixed in the API

• New External Tool Type and Implementation

• Default Value for File PIDs registration has changed

Thank you and enjoy!

--Ceilyn