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DMP template

A funder-, institution-, or community-specific structured set of questions and guidance used to elicit the content of a Data Management Plan from researchers.

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· Last updated 21 May 2026

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Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
The NSF-GEO DMP template encoded in DMPRoadmap with sections for data description, metadata, access, and re-use.
Is an instance
An institutional template extending the Horizon Europe template with local storage-service guidance.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
A blank Word document.
Not an instance
An RDA Common Standard JSON schema (defines structure of the output, not the elicitation questions).

Editorial commentary

Templates organise required and recommended topics (e.g., data description, FAIR-enabling practices, ethics, storage, preservation, sharing, responsibilities) into question sections. In DMP tools, templates can be encoded so that the same underlying questions can be presented under different funder labels and exported into the funder's required structure.

References

DCC DMPonline funder templates library; Horizon Europe DMP template (European Commission).

Also known as

DMP questionnaire · DMP form

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

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      vocab-term="DMP template"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/dmp-template" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

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  "sameAs": [
    "DMP questionnaire",
    "DMP form"
  ],
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  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-21T02:22:48",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}

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