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Dat
Original author(s)Max Ogden[1]
Developer(s)Dat Team[2] and others[3]
Initial release4 June 2013; 12 years ago (2013-06-04)
Stable release
14.0.2 / 26 March 2020; 5 years ago (2020-03-26)[4]
Repositorygithub.com/datproject/dat
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
Available inEnglish
TypeDistributed data store
LicenseRevised BSD license[5]
Websitedatproject.org

Dat (/dæt/[6]) 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.[7]In addition, it is used by a protocol called globatio to create the front end of decentralized applications (dapps). A developer therefore does not need to identify himself or have a bank account to deploy the front end of dapps.

Dat was created by Max Ogden in 2013 to standardize the way data analysts collaborate on the changes they make to data sets.[8] It is developed by the Dat Team through funding support from Code for Science,[9] the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation[10] and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[11]

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

One of the main implementations is Beaker, a web browser that seamlessly handles dat:// URLs and allows building and seeding Dat websites.[12] Homebase is a server-side permanent seeding tool for Dat.[13]

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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. ^ "Releases - datproject/dat". Retrieved 26 March 2020 – via GitHub.
  5. ^ "Dat's BSD license at github.com". github.com. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Introducing Dat: If Git Were Designed For Big Data (at 00:00:03)". YouTube. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. ^ "dat". datproject.org. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  8. ^ "initial readme · datproject/dat@4646792". GitHub. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Technology & Data For Good". Code for Science & Society. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Dat". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Dat Grant". sloan.org. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Beaker | Peer-to-peer Web browser. No blockchain required". beakerbrowser.com. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  13. ^ GitHub - beakerbrowser/homebase: Self-deployable tool for seeding dat:// websites., Beaker Browser, 12 June 2019, retrieved 13 June 2019
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