Compilation of Recommendations

Details

Short Title

Rec. 5: Ensure Data Management via DMPs

Source Documnent

Turning FAIR into reality: Final report and action plan from the European Commission expert group on FAIR data

Source Document Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.2777/1524

Publishing Organisation

European Commision

Date of Publication

2018-11-26

Topic

Policy, Capacity building/ incentivisation, Quality control/ curation

Addressed Stakeholders

research funders, research community, institutions, policy makers, data service providers, data stewards, coordination fora

Keywords

Data Management Plan, DMP

Text

Any research project producing or collecting research data must include data management as a core element necessary for the delivery of its scientific objectives, and should address this in a Data Management Plan. The DMP should include all the relevant project outputs and be regularly updated to provide a hub of information on FAIR Digital Objects. Action 5.1: Research communities must be required, supported and incentivised to consider data management and appropriate data sharing as a core part of all research activities. They should establish a Data Management Plan at project outset to consider the approach for creating, managing and sharing all research outputs (data, code, models, samples etc.) Action 5.2: Data Management Plans should be living documents that are implemented throughout the project. A lightweight data management and curation statement should be assessed at project proposal stage, including information on costs and the track record in FAIR. A sufficiently detailed DMP should be developed at project inception. Project end reports should include reporting against the DMP. Action 5.3: Data Management Plans should be tailored to disciplinary needs to ensure that they become a useful tool for projects. Research communities should be inspired and empowered to provide input to the disciplinary aspects of DMPs and thereby to agree model approaches, exemplars and rubrics that help to embed FAIR data practices in different settings. Action 5.4: The harmonisation of DMP requirements across research funders, universities and other research organisations, as has been initiated by Science Europe and some RDA groups, should be further stimulated.