What are other universities doing to support RDM?Sarah Jones
Presentation given at an RDM workshop for support staff run with the ADMIRe project at Nottingham. The presentation covers what RDM support and services UK universities are developing.
Presentation given by Sarah Jones and Martin Donnelly outlining the UK RDM landscape, JISC MRD programmes, and DCC initiatives.
The presentation was given at Statistics New Zealand on 28th March, ANDS webinars on 29th & 30th March and Monash University on 2nd April 2012.
A Semantic-web-based Decision Support System for Specific Degree Programsbmake
A Semantic-web-based Decision Support System for Specific Degree Programs
International Symposium on
Knowledge Engineering for Decision Support Systems, Cairo, Dec 2015
DRI Community Forum - Current Publicationsdri_ireland
Presentation given by Kevin Long, Digital Archivist at Digital Repository of Ireland at the 2017 DRI Community Forum, reviewing current and upcoming DRI publications
What are other universities doing to support RDM?Sarah Jones
Presentation given at an RDM workshop for support staff run with the ADMIRe project at Nottingham. The presentation covers what RDM support and services UK universities are developing.
Presentation given by Sarah Jones and Martin Donnelly outlining the UK RDM landscape, JISC MRD programmes, and DCC initiatives.
The presentation was given at Statistics New Zealand on 28th March, ANDS webinars on 29th & 30th March and Monash University on 2nd April 2012.
A Semantic-web-based Decision Support System for Specific Degree Programsbmake
A Semantic-web-based Decision Support System for Specific Degree Programs
International Symposium on
Knowledge Engineering for Decision Support Systems, Cairo, Dec 2015
DRI Community Forum - Current Publicationsdri_ireland
Presentation given by Kevin Long, Digital Archivist at Digital Repository of Ireland at the 2017 DRI Community Forum, reviewing current and upcoming DRI publications
Slides for the opening welcome talk at the IWMW 2005 event held at the University of Manchester on 6-8 July 2005.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/welcome/
A presentation I gave on behalf of UKOLN - http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ - at the 'Doing Things Differently' event run by the RSP - http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ . The presentation looked at where institutional repositories might go in the future, the practical and the dream scenarios.
Developing repository services using University of East London as a case study. Presentation to CDP25 event "Facilitating access to research: managing the institutional repository", 23 March 2015.
Review of the workshops. Session 4.3 of the RDMRose v3 materials.
The JISC funded RDMRose project (June 2012-May 2013) was a collaboration between the libraries of the University of Leeds, Sheffield and York, with the Information School at Sheffield to provide an Open Educational Resource for information professionals on Research Data Management. The materials were revised between November 2014 and February 2015 for the consortium of North West Academic Libraries (NoWAL).
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose
Infusing Digital Curation Competencies into the SLIS CurriculumDigCurV
Presentation by Patricia C, Franks, School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
6-7 May, 2013
Florence, Rome
A presentation & workshop I devised and gave/ran for the RSP - http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ - in 2009, looking at the future developments that might happen within UK institutional repositories. The event was held at the University of Bath.
Exploration of the University of Toronto's Mellon project integrated open source tools (Omeka, Mirador, Viscoll), UX design and IIIF in the field of medieval studies.
EDF2013: Selected Talk Josep-L. Larriba-Pey: The Linked Data Benchmark Counci...European Data Forum
Selected talk of Josep-L. Larriba-Pey, DAMA-UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech, Director, at the European Data Forum 2013, 9 April 2013 in Dublin, Ireland: The Linked Data Benchmark Council, benchmarking RDF and Graph technologies.
Technology & Archives: Exchange Forum Programmer & Archivist CollaborationMatthew Critchlow
Technology and Archives: Exchange Forum - Programmer & Archivist Collaboration
Robin Chandler, UC Santa Cruz Library (Facilitator)
Kim Klausner, Industry Documents Digital Libraries, UC San Francisco
Sven Maier, Industry Documents Digital Libraries, UC San Francisco
Cristela Garcia-Spitz, UC San Diego Library
Matt Critchlow, UC San Diego Library
We live in the era when digital collections became the norm in all archives and libraries. They may contain digitized materials or be born-digital. Regardless of their nature archivists are charged with processing, preserving, and providing access to them. Many archives have been undergoing a shift from working with a stand-alone IT department or consultants to a new organizational structure. Increasingly, archival teams include programmers and developers who are now embedded in archives and libraries. Two teams from UCSF and UCSD, each consisting of an archivist and a programmer, will discuss their collaboration, how they found a “common language,” and share their experience of bridging different working cultures and styles. Successful collaboration between these two groups ensures better understanding of user needs and efficient service to the public. This forum will include presentations by four featured speakers, along with a facilitated discussion between the panel and the audience.
*Session handout available here: http://www.calarchivists.org/Resources/Documents/SCA2014session4_handout.pdf
Slides for the opening welcome talk at the IWMW 2005 event held at the University of Manchester on 6-8 July 2005.
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2005/talks/welcome/
A presentation I gave on behalf of UKOLN - http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ - at the 'Doing Things Differently' event run by the RSP - http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ . The presentation looked at where institutional repositories might go in the future, the practical and the dream scenarios.
Developing repository services using University of East London as a case study. Presentation to CDP25 event "Facilitating access to research: managing the institutional repository", 23 March 2015.
Review of the workshops. Session 4.3 of the RDMRose v3 materials.
The JISC funded RDMRose project (June 2012-May 2013) was a collaboration between the libraries of the University of Leeds, Sheffield and York, with the Information School at Sheffield to provide an Open Educational Resource for information professionals on Research Data Management. The materials were revised between November 2014 and February 2015 for the consortium of North West Academic Libraries (NoWAL).
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/research/projects/rdmrose
Infusing Digital Curation Competencies into the SLIS CurriculumDigCurV
Presentation by Patricia C, Franks, School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University at the DigCurV International Conference; Framing the digital curation curriculum
6-7 May, 2013
Florence, Rome
A presentation & workshop I devised and gave/ran for the RSP - http://www.rsp.ac.uk/ - in 2009, looking at the future developments that might happen within UK institutional repositories. The event was held at the University of Bath.
Exploration of the University of Toronto's Mellon project integrated open source tools (Omeka, Mirador, Viscoll), UX design and IIIF in the field of medieval studies.
EDF2013: Selected Talk Josep-L. Larriba-Pey: The Linked Data Benchmark Counci...European Data Forum
Selected talk of Josep-L. Larriba-Pey, DAMA-UPC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech, Director, at the European Data Forum 2013, 9 April 2013 in Dublin, Ireland: The Linked Data Benchmark Council, benchmarking RDF and Graph technologies.
Technology & Archives: Exchange Forum Programmer & Archivist CollaborationMatthew Critchlow
Technology and Archives: Exchange Forum - Programmer & Archivist Collaboration
Robin Chandler, UC Santa Cruz Library (Facilitator)
Kim Klausner, Industry Documents Digital Libraries, UC San Francisco
Sven Maier, Industry Documents Digital Libraries, UC San Francisco
Cristela Garcia-Spitz, UC San Diego Library
Matt Critchlow, UC San Diego Library
We live in the era when digital collections became the norm in all archives and libraries. They may contain digitized materials or be born-digital. Regardless of their nature archivists are charged with processing, preserving, and providing access to them. Many archives have been undergoing a shift from working with a stand-alone IT department or consultants to a new organizational structure. Increasingly, archival teams include programmers and developers who are now embedded in archives and libraries. Two teams from UCSF and UCSD, each consisting of an archivist and a programmer, will discuss their collaboration, how they found a “common language,” and share their experience of bridging different working cultures and styles. Successful collaboration between these two groups ensures better understanding of user needs and efficient service to the public. This forum will include presentations by four featured speakers, along with a facilitated discussion between the panel and the audience.
*Session handout available here: http://www.calarchivists.org/Resources/Documents/SCA2014session4_handout.pdf
An introduction to Research Data Management and Data Management Planning for research managers and administrators. The presentation was given at the Open University on 18th July 2013.
Research Data Management: An Introductory Webinar from OpenAIRE and EUDATTony Ross-Hellauer
OpenAIRE and EUDAT co-present this webinar which aims to introduce researchers and others to the concept of research data management (RDM). As well as presenting the benefits of taking an active approach to research data management – including increased speed and ease of access, efficiency (fund once, reuse many times), and improved quality and transparency of research – the webinar will advise on strategies for successful RDM, resources to help manage data effectively, choosing where to store and deposit data, the EC H2020 Open Data Pilot and the basics of data management, stewardship and archiving.
Webinar recording available: http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl/EB57D6888147
Research Data Management: An Introductory Webinar from OpenAIRE and EUDATOpenAIRE
OpenAIRE and EUDAT co-present this webinar which aims to introduce researchers and others to the concept of research data management (RDM). As well as presenting the benefits of taking an active approach to research data management – including increased speed and ease of access, efficiency (fund once, reuse many times), and improved quality and transparency of research – the webinar will advise on strategies for successful RDM, resources to help manage data effectively, choosing where to store and deposit data, the EC H2020 Open Data Pilot and the basics of data management, stewardship and archiving.
Webinar recording available: http://www.instantpresenter.com/eifl/EB57D6888147
An introduction to Research Data Management and Data Management Planning presented at the University of the West of England on Wednesday 9th July 2014.
Data architecture is foundational to an information-based operational environment. It is your data architecture that organizes your data assets so they can be leveraged in your business strategy to create real business value. Even though this is important, not all data architectures are used effectively. This webinar describes the use of data architecture as a basic analysis method. Various uses of data architecture to inform, clarify, understand, and resolve aspects of a variety of business problems will be demonstrated. As opposed to showing how to architect data, your presenter Dr. Peter Aiken will show how to use data architecting to solve business problems. The goal is for you to be able to envision a number of uses for data architectures that will raise the perceived utility of this analysis method in the eyes of the business.
Find more Data-Ed webinars here: www.datablueprint.com
Data-Ed Online: Data Architecture RequirementsDATAVERSITY
Data architecture is foundational to an information-based operational environment. It is your data architecture that organizes your data assets so they can be leveraged in your business strategy to create real business value. Even though this is important, not all data architectures are used effectively. This webinar describes the use of data architecture as a basic analysis method. Various uses of data architecture to inform, clarify, understand, and resolve aspects of a variety of business problems will be demonstrated. As opposed to showing how to architect data, your presenter Dr. Peter Aiken will show how to use data architecting to solve business problems. The goal is for you to be able to envision a number of uses for data architectures that will raise the perceived utility of this analysis method in the eyes of the business.
Takeaways:
Understanding how to contribute to organizational challenges beyond traditional data architecting
How to utilize data architectures in support of business strategy
Understanding foundational data architecture concepts based on the DAMA DMBOK
Data architecture guiding principles & best practices
Presentation from a University of York Library workshop on research data management. The workshop provides an introduction to research data management, covering best practice for the successful organisation, storage, documentation, archiving, and sharing of research data.
Presentation given at the Consorcio Madrono conference on Data Management Plans in Horizon 2020 http://www.consorciomadrono.es/info/web/blogs/formacion/217.php
Update on progress revising DMPonline given to the University of Edinburgh RDM implementation group on 12th September 2013. The presentation includes screengrabs from the v.4 beta of DMPonline and details on how to customise the tool for your institution.
Presentation on developing DMP services at the University of Edinburgh. It outlines progress on the DMP objectives in the Edinburgh RDM roadmap and covers the findings from evaluating DMPonline. The talk was given at a HEIDS meeting in Edinburgh on 22nd April 2013.
Are you interesting in offering data management services at your library but aren’t sure where to start? Then this class is for you! During this session, we will
• Outline the data management topics that are commonly offered in libraries
• Present strategies for how to determine what services might be most useful on your campus and create synergistic partnerships with other university entities
• Dive into how to offer support with data management plans
• Present a case study for using an institutional repository to archive and share research data
• Identify additional training opportunities and open educational resources you can use to develop robust DM services
The class will consist of a mix of presentations, hands on activities, and discussion. So come ready to participate!
Presentation given by Sarah Jones at a seminar run by LSHTM on 6th November 2012. http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/2012/11/developing-data-management-expertise-in-research---half-day-event
Research Data (and Software) Management at Imperial: (Everything you need to ...Sarah Anna Stewart
A presentation on research data management tools, workflows and best practices at Imperial College London with a focus on software management. Presented at the 2017 session of the HPC Summer School (Dept. of Computing).
Keynote presentation given at the Data Fellows 2023 workshop in Berlin on 22-23 June. Presentation gives examples of good communication to explain data management concepts and how to use games and other forms of interactivity in training events
Presentation given at the DMPonline 10 year anniversary week, reflecting on lessons learned developing the business model. See https://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dmponline-10th-year-anniversary-celebration-week and #10yearsDMPonline
Keynote presentation given at the 10th anniversary of the 4TU.researchdata repository https://data.4tu.nl/info/en/news-events/training-events/news-item/4turesearchdatas-role-in-fostering-open-science-10th-anniversary-celebration-29-sep-2020-1530-1730-c/
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
How world-class product teams are winning in the AI era by CEO and Founder, P...
DMP & DMPonline
1. Funded by:
Data Management Plans
& DMPonline
EUDAT webinar, 12th
July 2013
Sarah Jones
Digital Curation Centre
sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk
Twitter: sjDCC
4. What if this was your desk?
•www.computerweekly.com
5. Why YOU need a Data
Management Plan
http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2011/08/01/why-you-need-a-data
What if this was your laptop?
6. Why manage your research data?
• To make your research easier!
• To stop yourself drowning in irrelevant stuff
• In case you need the data later
• To avoid accusations of fraud or bad science
• To share your data for others to use and learn from
• To get credit and increase your citations
8. Drivers for RDM
•
•Code of good research conduct
•Data should be preserved and
accessible for 10 years +
Data policies of UK funders and universities
www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal
•Declaration on Access to Research
Data from Public Funding
Notion that data are a public good and
should be openly available
9. Expectations of public access
“Publicly funded research data are a public good,
produced in the public interest, which should be
made openly available with as few restrictions as
possible in a timely and responsible manner that
does not harm intellectual property.”
RCUK Common Principles on Data Policy
www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/Pages/DataPolicy.aspx
12. Sharing data to advance research
www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
“It was unbelievable. Its not science
the way most of us have practiced
in our careers. But we all realised
that we would never get biomarkers
unless all of us parked our egos and
intellectual property noses outside
the door and agreed that all of our
data would be public immediately.”
Dr John Trojanowski, University of Pennsylvania
•... scientific breakthroughs
14. What is a DMP?
A short plan that outlines
• what data you will create and how
• how you will manage it (storage, back-up, access…)
• plans for data sharing and preservation
15. Why develop a DMP?
DMPs are often submitted with grant applications, but
are useful whenever you are creating data to:
• Make informed decisions to anticipate and avoid problems
• Avoid duplication, data loss and security breaches
• Develop procedures early on for consistency
• Ensure data are accurate, complete, reliable and secure
• Save time and effort – make your life easier!
16. Which UK funders require a DMP?
•www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/policy-and-legal/ overview-funders-data-policies
18. What do research funders want?
• A brief plan submitted in grant applications
• 1-3 sides of A4 as attachment or a section in Je-S form
• Typically a prose statement covering suggested themes
• An outline of data management and sharing plans,
justifying decisions and any limitations
19. Five common themes
1. Description of data to be collected / created
(i.e. content, type, format, volume...)
2. Standards / methodologies for data collection &
management
3. Ethics and Intellectual Property
(highlight any restrictions on data sharing e.g. embargoes,
confidentiality)
4. Plans for data sharing and access
(i.e. how, when, to whom)
20. Tips on writing DMPs
• Keep it simple, short and specific
• Seek advice - consult and collaborate
• Base plans on available skills and support
• Make sure implementation is feasible
• Justify any resources or restrictions needed
21. A useful framework to get started
•Think about why
the questions are
being asked
•Look at examples
to get an idea of
what to include
•www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/dmp/framework.html
22. Example plans
• Technical plan submitted to AHRC by Bristol Uni
http://data.bris.ac.uk/files/2013/02/data.bris-AHRC-Technical-Plan-v21.pdf
• Rural Economy & Land Use (RELU) programme
examples
http://relu.data-archive.ac.uk/data-sharing/planning/examples
• UCSD example DMPs (20+ scientific plans for NSF)
http://rci.ucsd.edu/dmp/examples.html
• My DMP – a satire (what not to write!)
http://ivory.idyll.org/blog/data-management.html
23. A satirical response – what not to do
“I will store all data on at least one, and possibly up to 50, hard
drives in my lab. The directory structure will be custom, not
self-explanatory, and in no way documented or described.
Students working with the data will be encouraged to make
their own copies and modify them as they please, in order to
ensure that no one can ever figure out what the actual real
raw data is. Backups will rarely, if ever, be done.”
My Data Management Plan – a satire
C. Titus Brown
24. Help from the DCC
•https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk
•www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/
•how-guides/develop-data-plan
26. A web-based tool to help researchers write data
management plans, based on the DCC Checklist for a DMP
A short history
•Launched in April 2010 at the Jisc conference
•Released v.2 in March 2011 with extra functionality
•Released v.3 in April 2012 with revisions in light of the
DMPTool and work from the Jisc MRD programme
•v.4 due in Autumn 2013 after a detailed evaluation
What is DMPonline?
27. • Developed funder-specific guidance in collaboration with funders
• Developed institutional templates (questions and locally-specific
guidance) with key contacts in universities
• Developed and deployed discipline-specific guidance with Jisc
MRD projects (e.g. DMTPsych at York)
• Provide ongoing advice to the DMPTool consortium
• The Australian National Data Service (ANDS) is trialing the tool
and use of DMPonline has been mooted for Horizon 2020
Collaborations as DMPonline evolved
28. Main features in DMPonline
•Templates for different requirements (funder or institution)
•Tailored guidance (funder, institutional, discipline-specific etc)
•Ability to provide examples and boilerplate text
•Supports multiple phases (e.g. pre- / during / post-project)
•Granular read / write / share permissions
•Customised exports to a variety of formats
•API for systems interoperability
•Shibboleth authentication
29. How does DMPonline work?
Create a plan
based on
relevant
funder /
institutional
templates...
...and then
answer the
questions
using the
tailored
guidance
provided
30. Evaluation of DMPonline
POSITIVE COMMENTS
•Good to have an online tool
•Technically well-coded
•Liked ‘sharing’ feature
•Demand for customisations
•Has provided an impetus
•Desire to feed into plans –
DMPonline community
CONCERNS RAISED
•Too detailed and in-depth
•Output too long to submit
•Difficulty understanding the tool
and concept of mappings
•Small teething-troubles with UI
design & workflows
what’s the minimum you
can actually get away with
what’s the minimum you
can actually get away with
Future plans for DMPonline:
www.dcc.ac.uk/news/future-plans-dmponline
31. Revising how the Checklist is used
Each funder question
mapped to multiple DCC
Checklist questions
Funder or institutional questions
asked & answered directly.
The new list of themes will match
and present relevant guidance
from funder, unis and disciplines.
This change allows
users to delve into
guidance as needed
rather than always
breaking questions
down for them
32. Redevelopment timeframe
• Outsourced UI work complete and live in v.3
• Shortened version of the Checklist published
www.dcc.ac.uk/news/new-checklist-data-management-plan
• Use cases and database re-design complete
• Expect v.4 beta by August for testing
• Roll-out of v.4 from September 2013
33. Institutions can customise DMPonline
•Select / write
desired questions
•Add your logo, colours, URL…
•Profile local support via
custom guidance and
boilerplate text
34. Institutional versions of DMPonline
• University of Northampton
• Queen Mary University of London
• Oxford Brookes University
• Goldsmiths University of London
• University of the Arts
• University of Newcastle
• University of Oxford
• University of Hull
• University of Edinburgh
• + several more...
•in development
35. Want to use DMPonline?
• Register at:
https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/users/sign_up
• Request new features on GitHub:
https://github.com/DigitalCurationCentre/DMPOnline
• Contact us about collaboration on:
dmponline@dcc.ac.uk
36. Thanks – any questions?
DCC guidance, tools and case studies:
www.dcc.ac.uk/resources
Follow us on twitter:
@digitalcuration and #ukdcc
Editor's Notes
There are lots of benefits to you as an individual from managing your data
There are also overarching drivers (e.g. policies and government agendas) pushing for data management and sharing
2012-02-07
2012-02-07
Research communities are also pushing for data sharing to answer grand challenges / make scientific breakthroughs
Some funders ask for data access/dissemination plans (e.g. a preliminary plan for managing ‘foreground’ in the case of the EC), or simply encourage you to describe plans for certain aspects of creating/using/managing data. Gareth Knight’s analysis for LSHTM highlighted the additional health funders listed here as having some form of requirement - http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/208596/1/Funder_Requirements_Analysis.pdf For North American requirements see the DMPTool - https://dmp.cdlib.org/pages/funder_requirements
Although this is very tongue in cheek, it gives some useful pointers of what to consider / cover in a light-hearted way
The DCC has produced a How to guide on writing DMPs and developed a tool to help
DMPonline has evolved greatly over the past few years, initially in terms of adding extra features and functionality requested by users, but subsequently in more fundamental ways in light of how the landscape is changing. When we started, only a handful of research funders asked for DMPs. The requirements have since increased and these are regularly updated. Universities often ask for DMPs now too, and they want to provide tailored guidance, specific to their local context. Discipline-specific guidance is also emerging. The tool is evolving to allow us to combine the different funder, institutional and disciplinary contexts to present users with the relevant questions and guidance based on what position they’re in (i.e. if they’re applying for funding but their university also asks for a DMP and offers local guidance, we’ll pull all these things together and present them to the user)
There has been lots of input from different communities over the years, which has shaped how the tool has evolved.
We undertook a major evaluation in late 2012 as user needs are rapidly evolving. We’re no longer in a simple position of writing DMPs based solely on funder requirements. We need to balance the needs of institutions and disciplines too, and combine all of these for the users. Some of the major concerns raised are due to how the Checklist is used in the tool. It has been used to associate funder questions with institutional & disciplinary guidance (both are matched to DCC questions which are presented to users) but this can make the plans overly detailed and complicated.
Previously the funder questions were mapped to multiple DCC questions so that we could pull in relevant guidance associated to these. It meant that users were sometimes asked a few questions instead of one and some found the way they were broken down a bit repetitive and spoon-fed. In v.4 users will be asked and answer questions from their funder or institution directly. This will keep the plans short and streamlined. Any relevant guidance from their funder, institution and discipline will be presented in a concertina dropdown so they can delve into it as needed. A new list of themes (rather than the Checklist questions) will be used to map/associate questions with relevant guidance.
One of the most popular features of DMPonline is how it can be customised to suit your institution.