DMPonline- changes

sarah.jones@glasgow.ac.uk

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• Good to have an online tool

• Technically well-coded

• Liked ‘sharing’ feature

• Demand for customisations

• Desire to feed into plans

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• Process very long and overwhelming

• Too many questions – too detailed

• Mappings caused confusion

what’s the minimum you can actually get away withwhat’s the minimum you

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Many of the things people dislike are related to how the Checklist is used in the tool

• Shorten the Checklist

• Change how the Checklist is used in the tool

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Many of the things people dislike are related to how the Checklist is used in the tool

• Shorten the Checklist

• Invert how the Checklist is used in the tool

How the Checklist was used

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• Often asked several questions instead of one

• Questions don’t always match perfectly

• Can make output too long to submit

New approach

Funder or institutional questions asked & answered directly

Use themes to draw in guidance from funders, unis and

disciplines

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This change:

• Asks fewer questions to keep plans short

• Emphasises guidance to help users respond

• Lets users to delve into guidance as needed

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New Checklist for a DMP

13 questions under 8 sections

www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/data-management-plans/checklist

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• Use cases and database re-design complete

• Expect v.4 beta in Aug/Sept for testing

• Roll-out of v.4 from October 2013

Register: https://dmponline.dcc.ac.uk/users/sign_up

Request new features on GitHub: https://github.com/DigitalCurationCentre/DMPonline

Contact us about collaboration on: dmponline@dcc.ac.uk

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• Screengrab of tool / new look

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Three things you may want to do to customise DMPonline for your university:

1. Provide guidance and suggested answers

2. Ask additional questions

3. Have your own template for DMPs

Get a demo after the session

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