Create, review, and share data management plans that meet institutional and funder requirements

1. Creating superior data management plans
with the DMPTool
dmptool.org
blog.dmptool.org
Stephen Abrams
University of California Curation Center

2. “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, 2014
royalsociety.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, 2013
www.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, 2014
www.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 to
Research 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

3. www.flickr.com/photos/adesigna/4090782772
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

4. 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?

5. free public
access to current
requirements,
detailed help,
useful resources,
and examples
Flickr, mhlradio

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

7. login using your existing
institutional credentials

8. maintain control over the visibility of your plan:
private, institutional affiliates only, or public
designate plan co-owners, who share editing
privileges

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

10. templates walk you
through current
funder requirements

11. contextual help

12. enter and format your
plan information

13. preview and export formatted plan

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

15. administrators can define
customized resources at
four levels:
► DMPTool-wide
► institution-wide
► funder template
► template requirement
www.flickr.com/photos/sherwood411/8940175811

16. local administrators
can require formal, or
enable informal,
internal reviews of
completed plans
www.flickr.com/photos/9555503@N07/5096020716

17. A community supported service
www.flickr.com/photos/nooku/5170154324

18. 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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Funders
Templates
Partners (10s)
Customizations (10s)
Affiliations (100s)
Users (100s)
Plans (100s)

19. www.flickr.com/photos/suttonhoo22/32763642
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

20. For more information …
dmptool.org
blog.dmptool.org
@TheDMPTool