Dataverse is an open source web application for sharing, citing, analyzing, and preserving research data (developed by the [Data Science team] (http://datascience.iq.harvard.edu/about-dataverse) at the [Institute for Quantitative Social Science] (http://iq.harvard.edu/)).
Institutions and organizations can choose to install the Dataverse software for their own use. In this case, the institution will be responsible for maintaining the application; installing upgrades, setting up backups and data replication as needed. Dataverse 4.0 is in beta and available for all to try out here: [dataverse-demo.iq.harvard.edu] (http://dataverse-demo.iq.harvard.edu/)
For more general information about Dataverse please visit [dataverse.org] (http://dataverse.org).
The Dataverse code is open-source and free.
Installation packages are in Sourceforge for installers. [Download the latest production stable version of the Dataverse application] (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvn/files/dvn/).
