What is the Future of Data Management Plans?

2026/03/31 by Becky Grady, Maria Praetzellis · 1 voice
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Data Analysis and Archiving #Data Quality and Management #Research Data Management Practices

paper · doi:10.54900/fbq63-61s08

openalex publication_date 2026/03/31 · openalex created_date 2026/04/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

Over the past decade, there has been an international effort across the research community to make data management and sharing plans (DMSPs, also called DMPs) more than static, narrative documents.

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