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Form as an Extension of Content Strategy-Based Adaptation of the Interface of a Dataverse Installation

dc.contributor.authorPeuch, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorVan den Borre, Laura
dc.contributor.authorKruithof, Elias
dc.contributor.authorSanderson, Jean-Paul
dc.contributor.authorOuahalou, Youssef
dc.contributor.authorVan der Eycken, Johan
dc.contributor.authorDepoortere, Rolande
dc.date2025-07-16
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-03T00:24:36Z
dc.date.available2025-12-03T00:24:36Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.identifier.citationPeuch, B., Van den Borre, L., Kruithof, E., Doms, J., Sanderson, J.-P., Ouahalou, Y., Van der Eycken, J., & Depoortere, R. (2025). Strategy-Based Adaptation of the Interface of a Dataverse Installation. International Journal of Digital Curation, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v19i1.1021en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-8256
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/14460
dc.descriptionIn October 2020, a data archive for social sciences and digital humanities was launched at the Belgian national archives institution, the State Archives of Belgium. This new infrastructure, called the Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive (SODHA), is meant to accrue and make available datasets in any of the disciplines that constitute social sciences and digital humanities. To support this endeavor, the online platform relies on the open-source software for digital repository management Dataverse, developed by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) of Harvard University. IQSS have made it possible to customise installations of their software to a large extent, especially the formal, outer aspects. This makes for interesting design choices, not just for branding an installation but also to translate any organisation’s communication strategy with both broad and minute modifications. We contend that working on the design—that is, the formal aspects of an application—does not amount to “cosmetic” work; rather, it empowers the administrators of a platform to shape their front end so that it best conveys what its core functions and purposes—in other words, its content—are all about. We present the context in which SODHA was launched, how we elaborated a particular communication strategy calibrated for researchers, and the ensuing design choices. Examples of changes and adaptations are provided and contextualised.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Edinburghen_US
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Benjamin Peuch, Laura Van den Borre, Elias Kruithof, Jens Doms, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Youssef Ouahalou, Johan Van der Eycken, Rolande Depoortere
dc.titleForm as an Extension of Content Strategy-Based Adaptation of the Interface of a Dataverse Installationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.frascatiComputer and information sciencesen_US
dc.subject.frascatiHumanitiesen_US
dc.audienceScientificen_US
dc.subject.freedataverseen_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Digital Curationen_US
dc.source.volume19en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.source.page1-19en_US
dc.relation.projectSODHA - Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archiveen_US
Orfeo.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v19i1.1021
dc.relation.belspo-projectSODHA - Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archiveen_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen access
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dcterms.typePublished version


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