Dat (software)

Dat
A command-line session showing repository creation, addition of a file, and decentralized synchronization
Original author(s) Max Ogden[1]
Developer(s) Dat Team[2] and others[3]
Initial release 4 June 2013 (2013-06-04)
Stable release
13.11.3 / 11 July 2018 (2018-07-11)
Repository github.com/datproject/dat
Written in JavaScript
Operating system macOS, Linux
Available in English
Type Collaborative data tool
License Revised BSD license[4]
Website datproject.org

Dat (/dæt/[5]) is a data distribution tool with a version control feature for tracking changes and publishing data sets. It is primarily used for data-driven science, but it can be used to keep track of changes in any data set. As a distributed revision control system it is aimed at speed, simplicity, security, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows.[6]

Dat was created by Max Ogden in 2013 to standardize the way data analysts collaborate on the changes they make to data sets.[7] It is developed by the Dat Team through funding support from Code for Science,[8] the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation[9] and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[10]

Dat is free software distributed under the terms of the Revised BSD license (3-clause).

History

Dat development began in June 2013.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "initial readme". Github. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dat Development Team". Dat Project. 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Commit Graph". Github. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dat's BSD license at github.com". github.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Introducing Dat: If Git Were Designed For Big Data (at 00:00:03)". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  6. ↑ "dat". datproject.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  7. ↑ "initial readme · datproject/dat@4646792". GitHub. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  8. ↑ "Technology & Data For Good". Code for Science & Society. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  9. ↑ "Dat". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  10. ↑ "Dat Grant". sloan.org. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-26.
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