Just to report:
I try to reproduce the very first example for the Dataset from the Documentation Center:
dataset = Dataset[{
<|"a" -> 1, "b" -> "x", "c" -> {1}|>,
<|"a" -> 2, "b" -> "y", "c" -> {2, 3}|>,
<|"a" -> 3, "b" -> "z", "c" -> {3}|>,
<|"a" -> 4, "b" -> "x", "c" -> {4, 5}|>,
<|"a" -> 5, "b" -> "y", "c" -> {5, 6, 7}|>,
<|"a" -> 6, "b" -> "z", "c" -> {}|>}]
The message error reads: An unknown box name (TypeSystem`TypeMap) was sent as the BoxForm for the expression. Check the format rules for the expression.
init.m. Hopefully the next time the problem occurs for me it won't be in the middle of real work and I can take some time to diagnose. – WReach Aug 02 '14 at 13:59