DataverseNL support

You can only delete datasets that still have a draft status. Choose the ‘Edit’ button and select ‘Delete dataset’.
Once you have published your dataset, you can’t delete it. You can restrict access to all (or a selection of) your files in your dataset. If this is not a sufficient solution, please contact your faculty’s or department’s curator for help.

Yes, this is possible. Use the ‘Edit dataset’ button to change metadata and/or the files within the dataset. Making changes to your dataset will result in a new draft version. Only after publishing this draft, the changes will be visible for others. After clicking ‘the ‘publish’ button, a pop-up notice will inform you that a new version (major or minor) of the dataset will be created.

Yes, you can use a work-around for this. In this case, double-zip your files. For example, place your zip in a folder, and then zip this folder. Dataverse will only unzip the folder, and not the zip-file within the folder.

Yes, any file format is accepted.
However, for preservation reasons preferred formats are advised. Have a look at the preferred formats guide by DANS: File formats | DANS

Enabling Dataverse for your project allows contributors to view, download files, and upload files to/from a Dataverse dataset. Contributors to your project will have access to both released and draft versions of your dataset, but only the most recent release will be made public alongside your OSF project. To connect DataverseNL with OSF you can follow these instructions: Connect Dataverse to a Project

It is possible that there is a legal requirement to delete a dataset after a certain period of time, for example for datasets with medical data. Setting a retention period will help you to do this.

Enabling a retention period is done at the file level. The retention date can only be added for files that have not been published before. (Should this still be necessary, please email your faculty’s or department’s curator ). Use the checkboxes to select 1 or more files for which the retention period should apply.

Click on ‘Edit Files>Retention Period’. (Please note that this option is not immediately visible when uploading the file, but appears once the file has been added to the draft dataset.) A calendar will appear where the end date must be selected. It is also possible to enter a reason for the retention period. The day after the selected date, the file will no longer be available, only the file metadata will be visible.

Go to the ‘Files’ tab of the dataset page. Directly below the file tab you will find buttons to Change your view – Table or Tree view. Choose ‘Tree’ to see your folder structure. If you do not see these buttons, the dataset does not have a hierarchical structure.

If the person you want to share your data with has no DataverseNL account, you can send a Private URL. To do this, click ‘Edit dataset’ and choose ‘Private URL’. Persons who receive this link can access your dataset without it being published.

If the person you want to share your data with does have a DataverseNL account, you can give him/her permission to access your data. Go to Edit>Permissions>dataset and click ‘Assign roles to Users/Groups’. To select the user and add permissions, it is necessary that this person has been logged in to DataverseNL at least once. This is also possible for people outside your institute. If they can’t use SURFconext, they can make a local account.

If you would like to keep your folder structure when uploading your files, you should upload your data as a .zip file. If the uploaded .zip file contains a folder structure, Dataverse will keep track of this structure. A file’s location within this folder structure is displayed in the file metadata as the File Path. When you download the contents of the dataset, this folder structure will be preserved and files will appear in their original locations. After saving your data, you can always edit the File Path to change your folder structure.

If you upload multiple .zip files to one dataset, any subdirectories that are identical across multiple .zips will be merged together when the user downloads the full dataset.

It is possible to prohibit others from downloading or opening your files. Go to the ‘Files’ tab in your dataset page and use the checkboxes to select the files you want to restrict access to. Click ‘Edit Files’ and choose ‘Restrict’. A pop-up notice will appear. You can check the box for ‘Enable Access Request’ if you want users to be able to send an access request via DataverseNL. If you do not enable the access request functionality, you are required to fill in the ‘Terms of Access for Restricted Files’ metadata field.

When you create a dataset, the Creative Commons 0 (CC0 1.0 waiver) is automatically selected.
It is possible to adjust the Terms of Use. Go to the ‘Terms’ tab on your dataset page and click ‘Edit Terms requirements’. Select your license from the drop-down menu (UM policy suggests CCBY 4.0 waiver). If you don’t want to use a Creative Commons license for your dataset, choose for the ‘Custom Dataset Terms’ option from the list. New metadata fields will appear to fill in your terms. The metadata field ‘Terms of Use’ will become a required field.

This is possible, but you will need an account with an e-mail address that is still active after leaving Maastricht University. Connect this account to your dataset, with the same role as your institutional account. Please ask your faculty’s or department’s curator for help

Yes, a file can be 9,3 GB max. But you can upload as many files as you want to a dataset.

• Your dataset receives a DOI (a persistent identifier) and it will be easy for others to refer to your data with the provided citation information.
• You can manage access to and reuse of your own data.
• DataverseNL provides safe storage for your data.
• Sharing your data increases the impact and visibility of your research.
• You can link your dataset to the related publications.
• You can meet grant requirements by depositing your research data in DataverseNL.
• You can update your stored dataset during your research, and keep track of your changes with version control.
• By using the Guestbook-feature you can check the use of your data by others. Dataverse also displays download statistics per dataset and per file.

There is no cost for the researcher.

At a minimum you need a title for the Dataset, the name and affiliation of the author(s) or data collectors, subject and a description about the data. If you have more information about your data, you can fill in other metadata fields. Also, you can upload documentation files and code files to accompany your data files. (This is not obligatory). The more relevant information you provide, the more findable your dataset will be.
After saving your first draft of a dataset, you will have the possibility to add even more metadata. Click on the ‘Edit metadata’ button to adjust or add metadata.

A dataverse is basically a folder, and in this folder datasets can be created. You can use a dataverse to group datasets on subject, research group or by faculty.

*OAI-PMH servers are openly accessible, services can use this functionality without notifying the metadata provider. Therefore, these lists may not be complete.

When your dataset is published, the metadata is always publicly accessible, even for users without a DataverseNL account. Who can download your files depends on the restrictions you have set on the files, and on the permission settings of your dataset.