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Dictionary termTrack CStablev2026.2

DMP component

A discrete, reusable section of a DMP corresponding to a logical entity (project, dataset, contributor, host, cost, security_and_privacy) as modelled in the RDA DMP Common Standard.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    An institutional 'host' component referring to the institutional repository (re3data ID).

  • Is an instance

    A 'security_and_privacy' component reused across 40 GDPR-relevant plans.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A paragraph of free-text narrative.

  • Not an instance

    A funder-template-level section heading without typed properties.

Editorial commentary

Treating DMPs as composed of typed components rather than monolithic documents enables fine-grained reuse: an institution's standard 'host' component for its repository can be inserted into every plan; a 'security_and_privacy' component for human-subjects research can be shared across a department. Components are the unit of machine-actionable composition.

References

  • RDA DMP Common Standards WG outputs.

Also known as

DMP entity · DMP block

Machine-readable encodings

Use in your systems

JATS XML <role> element
xml
<role vocab="credit"
      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="DMP component"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/dmp-component" />
Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "DefinedTerm",
  "name": "DMP component",
  "identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/dmp-component",
  "description": "A discrete, reusable section of a DMP corresponding to a logical entity (project, dataset, contributor, host, cost, security_and_privacy) as modelled in the RDA DMP Common Standard.",
  "inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/machine-actionable-data-management-plans-madmp/",
  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/dmp-component",
  "sameAs": [
    "DMP entity",
    "DMP block"
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}

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