Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A DMP exported from DMPRoadmap as RDA-compliant JSON and ingested by an institutional repository.
- Is an instance
A funder portal that validates incoming JSON DMPs against the RDA Common Standard schema.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A DMP PDF generated from a Word template (not machine-actionable even if structured visually).
- Not an instance
A spreadsheet of datasets without identifiers or schema conformance.
Editorial commentary
Unlike a narrative PDF, a maDMP is treated as a living, queryable artefact. Identifiers for projects, people (ORCID), organisations (ROR), datasets (DOI), repositories (re3data), and grants can be embedded and resolved by other services. maDMPs enable use cases such as auto-populating repository deposits, monitoring funder compliance, integrating cost lines with finance systems, and reporting actual versus planned outputs.
References
- Miksa, Walk, Neish et al., RDA DMP Common Standard for Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans (RDA, 2019).
Also known as
machine-readable DMP · active DMP (when also dynamic)
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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