📚 Dataverse Documentation Working Group#

Welcome to the Documentation Working Group, where we transform technical content into a clear, cohesive, and collaborative experience for the entire Dataverse community.

✍️ We’re the voice behind the docs — maintaining clarity, improving usability, and ensuring documentation grows alongside Dataverse itself.

🎯 Our Mission#

We aim to:

🛠️ Improve developer and user documentation for better discoverability and usability.
🚀 Streamline onboarding with intuitive Quickstart guides.
💡 Capture evolving community best practices and release updates.
📊 Track and resolve doc-related issues across the ecosystem.

👥 Our Team#

We are a mix of developers, writers, testers, and Dataverse enthusiasts from across the globe. Everyone’s welcome to contribute — whether you love fixing typos or designing entire sections!

Omer Fahim — Harvard University (QA)
Philip Durbin — Harvard University (Developer)
Amélie Fiocca — INRAE (Data steward)
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🫶 Want to join us? Open a PR or reach out on Zulip!

📅 Upcoming Meeting#

📆 June 10, 2025 — 2PM–4PM ET
📍 In-person at the 2025 Dataverse Community Meeting (Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
💻 Zoom: Join Meeting
🔐 Password: 543116
📝 Meeting Notes

🗂️ Previous Meetings & Notes#

Date	Notes	Recording
2025-05-16	Notes
2025-04-18	Notes
2025-03-21	Notes
2025-01-17	Notes
2024-11-22	Notes
2024-10-18	Notes
2024-09-20	Notes	Recording

Want to contribute a summary or your own notes? Add a comment in the shared Google Doc!

📚 Current Projects#

✅ Quickstart Guide Simplify the new user experience and help depositors get started faster.
✅ SPA Documentation Integration
Ensure docs keep up with the newly designed Dataverse App.

🔗 Useful Links#

🤝 Contribute#

Your input matters. Suggest a fix, file an issue, or just show up at our meeting — there’s always something to improve.

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