Dataverse 
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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 now released and used by the Harvard Dataverse: [dataverse.harvard.edu] (http://dataverse.harvard.edu/). If you'd like to first test it, you can use our demo site: [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/).

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