Presented as a lightning talk at the Association for Psychological Science Pre-Conference Workshop: Open Source Software in Open Science. May 23, 2013

1. DMPTOOL:
INTEGRATION WITH
OTHER OPEN
SCIENCE SOFTWARE
Thursday, May 23, 2013

2. A document that describes what you will do
with your data during your research & after
you complete your project
What is a data management plan?
From Flickr by spanaut
A natural fit with
interests in open
science and
reproducibility of
research.

3. Who requires a DMP?
Pretty soon….everyone.

4. DMP supplement may include:
1. the types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum
materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project
2. the standards to be used for data and metadata format and content
(where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should
be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies)
3. policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate
protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or
other rights or requirements
4. policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of
derivatives
5. plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and
for preservation of access to them
NSF DMP Requirements
From Grant Proposal Guidelines:

5. NSF’s Vision*
DMPs and their evaluation will grow & change over
time (similar to broader impacts)
Peer review will determine next steps
Community-driven guidelines
 Different disciplines have different definitions of acceptable
data sharing
 Flexibility at the directorate and division levels
 Tailor implementation of DMP requirement
Evaluation will vary with directorate, division, &
program officer
*Unofficially
Help from Jennifer Schopf, NSF

6. Challenge
 Researchers don’t know the necessary things
to meet these new requirements
 Institutions are on the hook to ensure
compliance
 Proper compliance involves integration of
many things (ie. Standards, policies, practices,
infrastructure, etc.)
 Huge funding at stake

7. DMPTool:
Data management planning made EASIER
 Data management is complex and requires a
dialogue amongst many stakeholders
 There’s a range of understanding and
available support resources
 DMPTool focus is on:
 simplifying and scaling the common parts,
 developing a community, and
 providing functionality and integration with other
tools to advance services when possible

18. Access
 Added to campus single sign-on service
 InCommon / Shibboleth
 Researchers use campus login

19. Funder Requirements
Supported
 Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation
 IMLS
 NEH – Office of Digital
Humanities
 NIH
 NOAA
 NSF – General
 NSF - Astronomical Sciences
 NSF - Atmospheric and
Geospace Sciences
 NSF - Biological Sciences
 NSF – Chemistry
 NSF – Computer and
Information Science and
Engineering
 NSF – Earth Sciences
 NSF – Education and Human
Resources
 NSF – Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation
 NSF – Engineering
 NSF – Materials Research
 NSF – Social, Behavioral and
Economic
 NSF - Physics

20. New Areas of Functionality in
2013
Granular
modeling of plan
templates
Granular
modeling of
institutions
Role-based user
authorization
DMP life cycle
management
Organizational
planning
activities
Enhanced
search and
browse
Institutional
branding
Search and
reporting for
business
intelligence
Advanced
administrative
interface
Collaborative
plan creation
Open API

21. User stats
 Observations:
 Constant growth in all aspects (good thing!)
 Always more users than plans = low repeats (bad
thing!)
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22. Vision to naturally fit into
workflow

23. What we need from you…
 New use cases
 Opportunities to integrate with other relevant
tools
 Partnership on development of API
requirements during 2013 project push

24. Thank you!
 Please contact me at any time with ideas or
opportunities:
 Andrew Sallans
 als9q@virginia.edu
 434-243-2180
 Twitter: asallans