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
11.6.0 / 16 November 2016 (2016-11-16)
Repository npmjs.com/package/dat
Development status Active
Written in JavaScript
Operating system macOS, Linux
Available in English
Type Collaborative data tool
License BSD-3-Clause[4]
Website datproject.org

Dat (/dæt/[5]) is a data distribution tool with a version control feature for tracking changes and publishing datasets. 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 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". https://sloan.org. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-26. External link in |website= (help)
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