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Guidance on preparing a data management plan.
A data management plan, or DMP, is a formal document that outlines how data will be handled during and after a research project. Many funding agencies, especially government sources, require a DMP as part of their application processes.
This guide outlines a writing strategy for creating a data management plan based on requirements common to many funding agencies. Some of the advice in this guide also applies to data sharing plans or data availability statements required by journals and certain funding ...
A Data Management Plan (DMP) describes data that will be acquired or produced during research; how the data will be managed, described, and stored, what standards you will use, and how data will be handled and protected during and after the completion of the project.
A data management plan (DMP) is a document which defines how data handled throughout the lifecycle of a project—that is, from its acquisition to archival.
A data management plan (DMP) will help you manage your data, meet funder requirements, and help others use your data if shared. The DMPTool is a web-based tool that helps you construct data management plans using templates that address specific funder requirements.
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a document that outlines how data will be collected, stored, shared, and preserved throughout a research project or program. In this article, we will delve...
A data management plan or DMP is a formal document that outlines how data are to be handled both during a research project, and after the project is completed. [1]
A Data Management Plan (DMP or DMSP) details how data will be collected, processed, analyzed, described, preserved, and shared during the course of a research project.
WHAT IS A DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN? A data management plan, or DMP (sometimes also called a data sharing plan), is a formal document that outlines what you will do with your data during and after a research project. Most researchers collect data with some form of plan in mind, but ...
Data plans are just a way of ensuring (and/or showing) that you have thought about how to create, store, backup, share and preserve your data. The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) has produced an interactive online tool to help researchers create data management plans: DMPOnline.