Question 1

What does the Dataverse Square icon mean?

Accepted Answer

This icon presents the Dataverse symbol in a square format, offering a standardized geometric container ideal for repository platform badges and data management system indicators. The squared design ensures visual consistency when displaying multiple repository types in institutional data infrastructure portals and research data service grids.

Question 2

Where is the Dataverse Square icon used?

Accepted Answer

In library data service websites and institutional repository landing pages, you'll see this squared variant maintaining uniform dimensions alongside other repository software icons like DSpace and Fedora. Research data management platforms use the square format to create organized repository technology grids, while data service catalogs display this icon in systematic platform indicators with predictable spacing.

Question 3

What does the Dataverse Square icon tell users?

Accepted Answer

From a data infrastructure perspective, the square container communicates more than just geometric standardization - it specifically signals Harvard-developed open-source technology, enables rapid visual identification of Dataverse-powered repositories, and reinforces institutional commitment to community-driven data sharing solutions. This distinction helps researchers recognize repositories built on trusted, sustainable open-source infrastructure.

Question 4

Can I download the Dataverse Square icon as SVG or PNG?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open Get icon, then Download file: SVG for code or design tools like Figma; PNG, WebP or JPEG at 512px; or an ICO favicon with 16, 32 and 48px inside. Each one uses what you set in Customize.

Question 5

How do I install the Dataverse Square icon with the shadcn CLI?

Accepted Answer

Sign in (it's free), then open Get icon, Install with shadcn CLI, and pick your package manager to copy the command. It adds the icon to components/icons/academicons-dataverse-square.tsx.

Question 6

How do I use the Dataverse Square icon in Next.js or React?

Accepted Answer

Copy it as React (from Get icon, or the Code section): a typed DataverseSquareIcon component you paste into your project, with no package to install. It works in Next.js and any React app.

Question 7

How do I use the Dataverse Square icon in Vue, Svelte or Angular?

Accepted Answer

Open Get icon, then Copy as code, and pick Vue, Svelte, Angular, Solid or Preact; the Code section shows each one too. Every version is one self-contained component with the SVG inside.

Question 8

Can my AI agent install it for me?

Accepted Answer

With Pro, the shadcn.io MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client find the Dataverse Square icon, or any of 158 Academicons icons, and install it from a prompt.

Question 9

Can I use the Dataverse Square icon in commercial projects?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Open Font License allows commercial use; the icons can't be sold on their own. The full terms are in the license, linked on this page.

Question 10

Is the Dataverse Square icon free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Copying and downloading it is free, and the shadcn CLI install only needs a free account.

Question 11

How do I change the color of the Dataverse Square icon?

Accepted Answer

It's drawn in currentColor, so it takes the text color wherever you use it. To bake a color in, set one in Customize before you copy.

Question 12

How do I change the size of the Dataverse Square icon?

Accepted Answer

Set width and height on the component, or a class like size-6. It's drawn on a 448 × 512 grid, so it stays sharp at any size. Customize also sets the size it exports at, its padding and rotation.

Question 13

How do I make the Dataverse Square icon accessible?

Accepted Answer

Next to a visible label it's decoration: add aria-hidden="true" so screen readers skip it. Standing alone, as in an icon button, give the button a name instead, like aria-label="Dataverse Square", so screen readers say what it does.

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