Plan

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan

Data Management Plan

• a document that describes how the data is to be managed during a research project – and after its completion

 

• identifies problems at an early stage

 

• identifies costs and resources needed

 

• monitors data activities throughout the project

 

Contents of a DMP

• Who is responsible for data management during and after the project
• What resources are needed
• How to ensure that data is well-organized and sufficiently documented (metadata)
• Volume and type(s) of data
• How to ensure that data is compatible with ethical and legal requirements
• Where the data is stored and backed up during the project
• How the data will be archived and made accessible in the long term

FAIR Data

Organise & Document

File naming and folder structure

# pound

% percent

& ampersand

\ back slash

{ left curly bracket

} right curly bracket

* asterisk

? question mark

< left angle bracket

> right angle bracket

/ forward slash

blank spaces

$ dollar sign

! exclamation point

' single quotes

" double quotes

: colon

@ at sign

+ plus sign

` backtick

| pipe

= equal sign

Avoid using the following characters in directories and filenames

Documentation and Metadata

Process

Data Entry and Integrity

File Formats and Data Conversion

Store

Store

Backup

Security