Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A cost entry of EUR 5,000 for repository deposit and curation services in a Horizon Europe DMP.
- Is an instance
A cost entry of USD 12,000 over 5 years for cold storage of large imaging datasets in an NIH plan.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A general project budget without RDM-specific line items.
- Not an instance
A free-text mention of 'storage will be paid by the institution'.
Editorial commentary
The RDA DMP Common Standard models cost as a typed entity with value, currency, and description, allowing DMP-recorded costs to be reconciled against grant budgets. Cost elements are especially relevant where funders permit (or require) RDM costs to be charged to the grant.
References
- RDA DMP Common Standards WG outputs; UKRI guidance on direct costing of data management.
Also known as
DMP cost line
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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