Outlines of Data Management Plans

Here are some outlines showing how you might organize a data management plan.

From NSF's requirements. NSF states that a DMP 'may include' these items.

  1. Types of data
  2. The standards to be used for data and metadata - format and content
  3. Policies for Access & Sharing
  4. Policies and Provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and production of derivatives
  5. Plans for archiving/preservation

From the NSF Engineering Directorate's guidelines

  1. Expected Data "to be produced" in the course of the project.
  2. Period of data retention.
  3. Data formats and dissemination.
  4. Data storage and preservation of access. (describe physical and cyber and facilities resources)

From the Digital Curation Centre, UK

  1. Introduction
  2. Legal/Ethical
  3. Access, Data Sharing, Reuse
  4. Data Collection Methods
  5. Data Standards/Formats
  6. Short-term storage and data management
  7. Long-term preservation
  8. Roles
  9. Compliance and review

From the British Geological Survey

  1. Introduction
  2. Responsibilities
  3. Data acquisition
  4. Metadata
  5. Quality Issues
  6. Data formats
  7. Data media
  8. Data backup policy
  9. Data licensing/policy
  10. Data copyright
  11. Longer term data management strategy

Last Updated: 12/18/12