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# Research data management

Last updated: 2023-05-31
URL for this page: https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/rdm
URL for this site: https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/how-we-work

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## DMP template

Most of our research projects generate a data management plan (DMP) during the planning phase of the project, before any research starts.

Our DMP template questions come from the US-based Center for Open Science: https://help.osf.io/article/144-creating-a-data-management-plan-dmp-document

1. Roles and responsibilities
2. Expected data
    - Which dataset(s) will be generated in your research?
3. Data publication and retention
    - How will your dataset(s) be named and referenced?
    - Who will have access to your dataset(s)? How and when will you share your dataset(s), if applicable?
    - How will you license your dataset(s)?
4. Data formats and dissemination
    - Which file formats will be used for each dataset?
    - What data standards and metadata standards will each dataset follow?
5. Data storage and preservation of access
    - How will you archive and preserve your dataset(s)?
    - How will you deal with privacy or confidentiality, if applicable?

## DMP examples

IOI submitted a [grant proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Z5KX1wozzAar-bbAZRXhB9iTzh7YNLtCdq7Yf9kfd4/edit?usp=sharing) in 2023 that included a detailed data management plan (internal access only).

Other examples:
* ICPSR's [DMP Framework](https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/datamanagement/dmp/framework.html) includes sample language.
* [Wikidata query for DMP examples](https://w.wiki/6mwN).

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## Further reading
* [FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship](https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201618), 2016
* Harvard Library Research Data Management Program's [explainer videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWIsV2soJK-VaW7IhxYyyOwiamjVV_FuB)
* [ICPSR's Framework for Creating a Data Management Plan](https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/datamanagement/dmp/framework.html)


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## See also
* IOI guides, policies, and standards
    * [Dataverse](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/tools-we-use#Dataverse)
    * [ISO 8601 standard for dates](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/standards#Dates)
    * [File naming](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/standards#File-naming)
    * [License recommendations](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/standards#Licenses)
    * [Privacy policy](https://investinopen.org/ioi-privacy-policy/)
    * [Records + information management guide](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/info-management)
    * [Zenodo guide](https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/zenodo)
* Archived copy of this page (via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine): https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://hackmd.io/@investinopen/rdm

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This page first published: 2023-05-31

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