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Data Principles

FAIR Data Principles

The FAIR Data Principles outline a minimal set of guiding principles and practices that data producers, and data consumers (both machine and human) should employ to make it easier ot share, use, and cite the vast quantities of information being generated by researchers across the disciplines.

FAIR Principles are:

Findable
Accessible
Interoperable, and
Reusable

Open Data Licensing

Guide to Open Data Licensing
Open Data Charter
“The Open Data Charter is a collaboration between governments and organizations working to open up data based on a shared set of Principles. With 72 government adopters and 53 organizations endorsers, our goal is to embed open data as a central ingredient to achieving better solutions to the most pressing policy challenges of our time.” (Open Data Charter)

Data Management Plan

Your DMP should address the following:

Backups	Where will you backup your data (locally, in the cloud, etc.)? How often will you backup your files? Will backups happen manually or automatically?
Existing Data	What existing data will need to find? How will you access it? How will you manage it?
Data to be Created	What data will your project create? How much data will you produce? What file format(s) will you use for your data?
Metadata	What metadata will you keep? What format or standard will you follow?
File Organization	How will you name your data files? How will you organize your data into folders? How will you manage transfers and synchronization of data between different machines? How will you manage collaborative writing with your colleagues? How will you keep track of the different versions of your data files and documents?
Access Control	Who will have access to your data? If the data is sensitive, how will you protect it from unauthorized access?
Storage	Where will your data be stored? Who will pay for the storage? Who will manage it? For how long?
Sharing	What data will you share with others? What license will you apply? When will the data become available?
Responsibilities	Who will be responsible for each of the items in this plan? What happens if a team member leaves?

Table adapted from the ANDS Guide to Data Management Plans.

Publicly Available DMPs
Samples/templates of data management plans for all types of projects

Digital Scholarship: Data Management Plans

What is Data Management?

Data Principles

Open Data Licensing

Data Management Plan

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