Writing a Data Management Plan

Introduction
What is Data?
Introduction
What Is the Typical Lifecycle of Research Data?
What Is Research Data Management (RDM)?
What Are the Benefits of RDM?
Questionnaire – Rate Your Data Management
FAIR Data
FAIR Data – Introduction
Exercise: Identify FAIR data
How to Achieve FAIR Data
OPEN Data
FAIR vs OPEN
Open Science
Research Data Frameworks
University Policies
Funder Requirements
Funder Requirements – Introduction
European Commission – Horizon 2020
FWO
The Data Management Plan (DMP)
DMP – Introduction
Questionnaire – Your Main Reason for Writing a DMP
RDM Support
Contact Details
1. Preparing a DMP
Tools
Tools – Introduction
DMPOnline
7 Main Themes
Theme 1 Data Description
Theme 2 Ethical and Legal Issues
Theme 3 Data Documentation and Metadata
Theme 4 Data Storage and Backup During the Project
Theme 5 Data Preservation after the End of the Project
Theme 6 Data Sharing and Reuse
Theme 7 Responsibilities
What is DMPOnline?
VIB Forms
General Information & Datasets Information
Data Types & Data Purpose
Ethical and Legal Issues
Making Data Findable
Documentation and Metadata
Data Storage & Backup During the Project
Data Access: for Whom and under Which Conditions?
Data Preservation after the End of the Project
Responsibilities
Ready to Submit?
Data Collection
The Data Flow
Discover Data
Assess the Usefulness of Existing Data
Data Collection – Introduction
Training Video: Current Ways of Finding Existing Data
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues
About Data Ownership
Confidential or Privacy-Sensitive Data
Licences
About Licences
Software Licences
Training Video: Providing Licences to meet requirements for reuse of datasets and software
Costs Involved with Managing Your Data
Costs – introduction
Data Management Cost Guide
2. Documenting and Organizing Data
Data Documentation
Data Documentation – Introduction
Why Document Your Data?
Examples of Data Documentation
Different Levels of Data Documentation
Metadata
Data Standards
Exercise: Data Standards
Organizing
Research and Lab Notebooks
File Formats
File Naming
Version Control
Folder Structure
Good File Management
Benefits of Good File Management
Do’s and Don’ts
Batch Renaming of Automatically Generated Files
Documenting & Organizing – References
Documenting & Organizing – References
3. Storing Data and Data Security
Data Storage
Data Storage – Introduction
Things That Can Go Wrong
Questions to Consider
Shared or Individual Data
Access Management
External/Cloud Storage
Single or Multiple Storage
Additional or Tailored Services
Store Your Masterfile
Backups
Questionnaire: How Much Data Would You Lose if Your Laptop Got Stolen?
Data Security
Data Security- Introduction
Data Breaches
Prevent Unauthorised Access
Questionnaire: Prevent Unauthorised Access
Legal Agreements and Contracts
Exercise: When to Use Which Legal Contract?
Privacy
Privacy in a Nutshell
Privacy-sensitive Data
Six Principles from the European General Data Protection Regulation
Privacy by Design
Exercise: Which Data Breach Is Breached?
Storing Personal Data
Cases on How to Make Personal Data Accessible
Informed Consent
Storing Data & Data Security – References
Storing Data & Data Security – References
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Theme 1 Data Description

Writing a Data Management Plan DMPOnline Theme 1 Data Description

This section contains the following questions:

  • Will you generate/collect new data and/or make use of existing data?
  • Describe the origin, type and format of the data (per dataset) and its (estimated) volume.

Here are a few tips:

  • Only provide answers relating to research data (not publications, presentations, etc.)
  • Remember: ‘research data’ come in many different forms!
  • Break down and list your data types conveniently: e.g. by technique, purpose, phase, …
  • Provide enough details for outsiders to understand the sort of data involved:
  • content, digital/non-digital, raw/processed, …
  • specify file formats (e.g. .csv, .txt, .docx, …)
  • specify data source/collection methods (e.g. experimental, observational, simulation, …)
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