What DataverseLV does

DataverseLV is Latvia's national research data repository, operated by VPC (Association 'Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Center'), a non-profit entity established by Latvia's four major universities. The platform provides secure long-term preservation, publication, and sharing of research datasets for Latvian researchers, doctoral students, and academic staff, with features including DOI assignment for permanent citation, three-tier access control (open, restricted, closed), version control, embargo management, dataset usage statistics, and geographically distributed backup across EU locations. Built on the open-source Dataverse platform originally developed by Harvard University, DataverseLV achieved CoreTrustSeal certification in April 2026, confirming compliance with international standards for data management, technological infrastructure, and security, and integrates with international research catalogs and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

The platform operates on a non-commercial model funded by the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility and the Latvian state under Project No. 2.1.3.1.i/2/23/I/CFLA/002, with all repository services provided free of charge to readers, depositors, and data stewards. Customer acquisition is community-led through the Latvian Data Stewards Network, an embedded consortium of data curators at Riga Stradiņš University (RSU), Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU), Riga Technical University (RTU), and University of Latvia (LU), who provide advisory support, training, and direct outreach to researchers at their institutions. VPC data curators additionally serve other Latvian scientific institutions, including Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera, and the network has begun exploring protected-data use cases in cooperation with Ernst & Young Baltic.

The platform's go-to-market relies heavily on educational outreach: a comprehensive Research Data Management Guide (CC BY 4.0, updated through versions v1.00–v1.03 in 2025), webinars and online seminars, community surveys, and active participation in international conferences including the Dataverse Community Meeting, EARMA, ECSA, RDA Plenaries, Data Spaces Symposium, IDCC26, and AI Summit Europe 2026. The repository supports compliance with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), funder mandates, and Open Science policies, while providing metadata integration capabilities to enhance discoverability and research evaluation across Latvian institutions.

Name

DataverseLV

Legal name

Association "Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Center" (VPC)

Website

https://dataverse.lv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DataverseLV is Latvia's national research data repository, operated by VPC (a non-profit of four Latvian universities), providing CoreTrustSeal-certified, FAIR-compliant preservation, DOI assignment, and data sharing services free of charge to Latvian researchers and academic institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Data Repository

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192), Libraries and Archives (51921), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Sharing, Data Exchange & Data Marketplace Platforms (HDAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metadata, Catalog & Semantic Layer for Data Platforms (HDAEABAJ), Data Governance Platforms (Policies, Stewardship, Workflows) (HDAEADAB), Data Security & Access Governance for Data (Entitlements/Policy Enforcement) (HDAEADAH)

Keywords

• Research data repository
• FAIR data management
• Open science infrastructure
• DOI assignment services
• Data stewardship network

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Public Funding (EU and State): DataverseLV is funded through the European Union Recovery and Resilience Facility and Latvian state funding. The project is implemented under Project No. 2.1.3.1.i/2/23/I/CFLA/002 'Support for implementing Open Science, developing solutions for shared use of research data, and participation in the EOSC'. The repository is managed by VPC (Augstākās izglītības un zinātnes informācijas tehnoloģiju koplietošanas pakalpojumu centrs), an association established by Latvia's four major universities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DataverseLV operates a CoreTrustSeal-certified national research data repository providing long-term preservation, DOI assignment, version control, three-tier access controls, and FAIR-aligned metadata management for research datasets generated by Latvian researchers. The platform is built on the open-source Dataverse software and is supplemented by a Research Data Management Guide and a Data Curator Network offering advisory support across Latvian universities.

Product overview

DataverseLV is a national research data repository operated by the Association 'Higher Education and Science Information Technology Shared Service Center' (VPC), offering a suite of interconnected services for research data management in Latvia. The core product is the DataverseLV Repository itself—a CoreTrustSeal-certified platform for long-term data preservation, DOI assignment, and open access publication. Complementing the repository is the Research Data Management Guide, a comprehensive educational resource covering the full research lifecycle from planning through reuse. Additionally, the Data Curator Network Services provide human expertise through trained data stewards at partner universities, offering advisory support and consultations to researchers. Together, these products form an integrated ecosystem supporting FAIR principles implementation across Latvian research institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DataverseLV Repository A CoreTrustSeal-certified national research data repository providing secure long-term preservation, publication, and sharing of research data for Latvian researchers, with DOI assignment, three-tier access control, version control, embargo support, and FAIR-principles compliance. The repository is built on the open-source Dataverse platform and is free to use for all users.
• Research Data Management Guide A comprehensive, publicly available guide (licensed CC BY 4.0) covering the full research data lifecycle — from planning and data collection through processing, analysis, preservation, and reuse — with sections on Open Science, FAIR principles, GDPR compliance, anonymisation, metadata standards, and practical tools. Produced by the Latvian Data Stewards Network to support Latvian researchers.
• Data Curator Network Services A network of data stewards across four Latvian universities (Riga Stradiņš University, Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies, University of Latvia, Riga Technical University) and VPC, providing advisory support, training, consultations, and hands-on guidance on data management planning, deposit processes, FAIR-principle implementation, anonymisation, and Open Science compliance. VPC data curators also serve any other scientific institution in Latvia beyond the founding four.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 participants from 35+ countries engaged through DataverseLV-hosted events and international conference participation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

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App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Dataverse Community (International)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 May 2026DataverseLV participates in the annual Dataverse Community Meeting, an international conference for the Dataverse ecosystem. Representatives from Latvia attended the 2026 conference in Barcelona, Spain (May 13–15, 2026), sharing experiences and learning from other Dataverse repositories worldwide.
• Harvard University (Dataverse Software Developers)coreTechnology or Integration · 6 May 2026Software developers from Harvard University (the creators of the open-source Dataverse platform) visited Latvia in May 2026 and positively evaluated the achievements of DataverseLV in its first year of operation. Harvard provides the foundational open-source software on which DataverseLV is built.
• Ernst & Young BalticminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 April 2026VPC data stewards, in cooperation with Ernst & Young Baltic, prepared practical materials on the use of protected data in research — covering legal, contractual, and IT aspects of research data use.
• Latvian Academic Library Association (LATABA)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026VPC, in cooperation with LATABA, organised a webinar titled 'Research Data Ecosystem in Latvia and the Role of Libraries' in April 2026, highlighting the role of academic libraries in research data management.
• Riga Stradiņš University (RSU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRSU is one of the four founding university partners of the Latvian Data Stewards Network and manages a repository collection within DataverseLV. RSU data stewards ([email protected]) provide advisory support to RSU researchers on data management, deposit, and Open Science compliance.
• Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies (LBTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLBTU is one of the four founding university partners of the Latvian Data Stewards Network and manages a repository collection within DataverseLV. LBTU data stewards ([email protected]) provide advisory support to LBTU researchers.
• University of Latvia (LU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLU is one of the four founding university partners of the Latvian Data Stewards Network and manages a repository collection within DataverseLV. LU data stewards ([email protected]) provide advisory support to LU researchers.
• Riga Technical University (RTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRTU is one of the four founding university partners of the Latvian Data Stewards Network and manages a repository collection within DataverseLV. RTU data stewards ([email protected]) provide advisory support to RTU researchers on data management and deposit.
• Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (ViA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVidzeme University of Applied Sciences in Valmiera is not a founding partner but is served by VPC data curators for research data management support. VPC data curators visited ViA in March 2026 to deliver seminars, meetings, and consultations on research data management.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services): Dutch national data archive providing certified long-term research data preservation and stewardship. Operates DataverseNL and provides the EOSC-aligned curation services that DataverseLV aspires to scale across the Baltic region.
• EUDAT CDI: European research data infrastructure federation offering B2SHARE and related services. Overlaps with DataverseLV's EOSC positioning and competes for European research data deposit traffic at the supranational level.

Others

• re3data.org: Global registry of research data repositories. DataverseLV is listed within re3data; the registry is an adjacent ecosystem service that drives discovery traffic to certified repositories like DataverseLV.

Direct peers

• DataverseNL: Dutch national Dataverse instance run by DANS, also CoreTrustSeal certified. The closest international peer in terms of operating model (national node, certified, multi-institutional) and offers a template for how DataverseLV could scale its steward network and EOSC integration.
• Harvard Dataverse: The original flagship instance of the open-source Dataverse platform and the upstream project on which DataverseLV is built. Operates as a global general-purpose repository, providing both a direct alternative for researchers and the software foundation for DataverseLV.
• Dryad: Curated general-purpose data repository specializing in data associated with published articles. Competes directly for the same research-data publishing and DOI use cases DataverseLV targets.
• Zenodo: General-purpose open research data repository operated by CERN. Directly competes with DataverseLV for the same Latvian researcher deposit traffic, offers DOI assignment and similar FAIR-aligned features, but is global and English-only with no embedded local stewardship.
• Figshare: Commercial research data repository platform used by institutions worldwide. Competes for the same researcher deposit and citation use cases DataverseLV serves, with broader international reach and institutional dashboard features.

Broad incumbents

• Open Science Framework (Center for Open Science): Large-scale open scholarly platform offering workflow tools, preprints, and data storage. Competes with DataverseLV on research data deposit and project management, and is a default alternative for many European researchers.
• EOSC (European Open Science Cloud): EU-funded federated environment for research data and services. DataverseLV is explicitly positioned as Latvia's EOSC node, making EOSC both an upstream funder/policy framework and a broader ecosystem of competing and complementary services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Profiles1 record

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