Creating superior data management plans with the DMPTool

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Stephen AbramsUniversity of California Curation Center

“The data that provide the evidence for the concepts in a published paper … must be concurrently available for scrutiny…. To do otherwise should come to be regarded as scientific malpractice”

– Royal Society, UK Open Data Forum, 2014royalsociety.org/~/media/Royal_Society_Content/z_events/2014/2014-01-21-Forum-Note.pdf

“OSTP hereby directs each Federal agency … to develop a plan to support increased public access to the results of research funded by the Federal Government”

– Office of Science and Technology Policy, 2013www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf

“PLOS journals require authors to make all data underlying the findings described in their manuscript fully available without restriction, with rare exception”

– PLOS, 2014www.plos.org/data-access-for-the-open-access-literature-ploss-data-policy

“Access to research data increases the returns from public investment in this area; reinforces open scientific inquiry; encourages diversity of studies and opinion; promotes new areas of work and enables the exploration of topics not envisioned by the initial investigators”

– OECD Principles and Guidelines for Access toResearch Data from Public Funding, 2007

ww.oecd.org/science/sci-tech/38500813.pdf

Good data curation practices are increasingly a matter of funder mandates, prepublication requirements, and scientific best practice

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data types

data and metadata standards

preservation measures

policies for privacy, access, sharing, and reuse

funding and sustainability

► data types

► data and metadata standards

► preservation measures

► policies for privacy, access, sharing, and reuse

► funding and sustainability

A data management plan (DMP) is a formal document describing your intentions regarding …

A data management plan (DMP) is a formal document describing your intentions regarding …

… during your research and after your project ends… during your research and after your project ends

Help ! How do I satisfy my

funder?

Metadata? What’s metadata?

What are the best

standards?

How can I share my

data?

Where should I put my data?

Are there local

resources I can use?

Where can I get help?

free public access to current requirements, detailed help, useful resources, and examples

Flickr, mhlradio

support for 23 public funding agencies and private foundations, including 12 NSF directorates and divisions

login using your existing institutional credentials

maintain control over the visibility of your plan:private, institutional affiliates only, or public

designate plan co-owners, who share editing privileges

extensive “tool tips” for immediate help on the user interface

templates walk you through current funder requirements

contextual help

enter and format your plan information

preview and export formatted plan

links to resources► URLs to information and services► guidance► sample and suggested responses

administrators can define customized resources at four levels:

► DMPTool-wide

► institution-wide

► funder template

► template requirement

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local administrators can require formal, or enable informal, internal reviews of completed plans

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A community supported service

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Release of version 2

A community used service

6,200 plans, for 28 funders, from 9,900 users, affiliated with 1,300 institutions, relying on 820 instances of locally-customized resources

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use the DMPTool to create superior data management plans

► broad funder coverage► current requirements► Institutional login credentials► intuitive UI► “wizard” workflow► locally-customized resources► institutional review► community support

For more information …

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