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Output management plan (OMP)

A broader successor concept to the DMP that covers all categories of research output (data, software, samples, protocols, models, publications) within a single management plan.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 21 May 2026

Examples

Worked examples

  • Is an instance

    A UKRI project OMP covering datasets, code, fabricated devices, and synthesised compounds in one plan.

  • Is an instance

    An NIH project documenting both data and model organisms under a unified management approach.

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

  • Not an instance

    A DMP limited to digital datasets only.

  • Not an instance

    A bibliography of publications.

Editorial commentary

OMPs reflect funders' recognition that data-centric planning is incomplete for projects whose principal outputs include code, physical samples, AI models, or design artefacts. UKRI introduced 'output management plans' explicitly to displace data-only framing; equivalent broadening is visible in NIH's Data Management and Sharing Policy when read alongside its model-organism and software policies.

References

  • UKRI Common Principles on Data Policy and OMP guidance.

Also known as

OMP · research output management plan

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