Data management plan (DMP)
Definition
A structured document that describes the process of data acquisition, analysis, management and storage during a research project. It also describes data ownership and how the data will be preserved and shared during and upon completion of a project. Data management templates also provide guidance on how to make research data FAIR and where possible, openly available.
References:
- Burnette, M., Williams, S., & Imker, H. (2016). From Plan to Action: Successful Data Management Plan Implementation in a Multidisciplinary Project. Journal of eScience Librarianship, 5(1), e1101. https://doi.org/10.7191/jeslib.2016.1101
- Michener, W. K. (2015). Ten simple rules for creating a good data management plan. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(10), e1004525. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004525
- Research Data Alliance. (2020). Data management plan (DMP) common standard. https://github.com/RDA-DMP-Common/RDA-DMP-Common-Standard
- Data management plans. (n.d.). https://sdr.library.stanford.edu/documentation/data-management-plans
Originally drafted by: Dominique Roche
Reviewed by: Charlotte R. Pennington, Sam Parsons, Birgit Schmidt, Flávio Azevedo
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