Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A project DMP version 1.0 submitted at proposal, 2.0 updated mid-project, 3.0 finalised at closeout.
- Is an instance
A funder's monitoring system checking the DMP at each milestone.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A one-off DMP PDF filed and never revisited (does not exercise the lifecycle).
- Not an instance
An institutional RDM policy (sets the lifecycle context, not a DMP itself).
Editorial commentary
Commonly modelled as creation, active, and closeout phases, the lifecycle frames the DMP as a living document. Each phase has different stakeholders (PI, data steward, repository, funder), different fidelity (intent vs commitment vs evidence), and different update triggers (milestone, dataset deposit, ethics amendment).
References
- Miksa, Simms et al., 'Ten principles for machine-actionable data management plans' (PLOS Computational Biology, 2019).
Also known as
DMP phases
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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