SPEC Kit 334: Research Data Management Services · 125
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Indiana University Guidance on NSF Data Management Plans
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/secure/defiles/NSF_DMP_Boilerplate_IUB-IUPUI_Fall_2012.doc
intellectual property, or other rights. Mechanisms should provide for access beyond the life span of
the project, preferably via institutional or community infrastructure (i.e., institutional or subject
repository).
Reminder: NSF allows grantees to retain principal legal right to intellectual property developed under
NSF grants.
4. Describe policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives.
Clearly describe the proposed policies and rationale for limitations on others’ ability to re-use, re-
distribute, and produce derivatives of the data and other products. These policies may be developed
in response to the ethical and legal issues identified in the previous question (#3).
5. Describe plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of
access to them. Identify the data that is appropriate for preservation and the means through which
preservation of digital and physical materials will be ensured. If the data will be preserved by a third
party, refer to their preservation plans. If the data will be preserved at your institution, describe the
cyberinfrastructure that will be used.
Depositing data into an institutional or subject repository ensures access to the data beyond the life
span of the project. If you are interested in using an Indiana University repository (IUScholarWorks,
IUPUIDataWorks) for your data, see Section 4 below.
2. Boilerplate Language
Introduction
This plan describes the management, dissemination, retention, and archiving of the research data
produced during the proposed project. The staff of [INSERT YOUR DEPARTMENT OR LAB NAME
HERE], with the assistance of the [IU Libraries-Bloomington/IUPUI University Library] and University
Information Technology Services (UITS), will provide for sustainable discovery, access to, and
preservation of these data for use by other researchers, instructors, and interested members of the public
for the length of this project and at least three years beyond. This will be facilitated through data and
publication deposits in existing open-access disciplinary and/or institutional repositories.
Data Formats and Description
We will utilize the Dublin Core metadata scheme to capture information about the data collected during
the course of our research. We will work with a metadata expert from the [IU Libraries/IUPUI University
Library] to create a working template that captures each dataset’s metadata throughout the research
process. Upon completion, we will export this data to Dublin Core format, which conforms to the data
submission requirements of the IUScholarWorks and many other relevant museums/repositories.
Access, Re-Use, Re-Distribution, and Derivative Works Policies
[If no sensitive or personally-identifiable information is used, include this:]
All data produced during this research will be available freely to the public we anticipate no sensitive or
confidential data. Under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero Universal 1.0 Public Domain
Dedication (CC0 1.0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), users may share, create,
and/or adapt these data/databases. 1
1 If you wish to retain attribution rights so that anyone who uses your data must credit you as the creator,
IU recommends you apply the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/) to your data instead of CC0. In your plan, replace the noted
sentence with the following: “Under the terms of the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/), users may share, create, and/or adapt these data/databases
with proper attribution.”
INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Indiana University Guidance on NSF Data Management Plans
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/secure/defiles/NSF_DMP_Boilerplate_IUB-IUPUI_Fall_2012.doc
intellectual property, or other rights. Mechanisms should provide for access beyond the life span of
the project, preferably via institutional or community infrastructure (i.e., institutional or subject
repository).
Reminder: NSF allows grantees to retain principal legal right to intellectual property developed under
NSF grants.
4. Describe policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives.
Clearly describe the proposed policies and rationale for limitations on others’ ability to re-use, re-
distribute, and produce derivatives of the data and other products. These policies may be developed
in response to the ethical and legal issues identified in the previous question (#3).
5. Describe plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of
access to them. Identify the data that is appropriate for preservation and the means through which
preservation of digital and physical materials will be ensured. If the data will be preserved by a third
party, refer to their preservation plans. If the data will be preserved at your institution, describe the
cyberinfrastructure that will be used.
Depositing data into an institutional or subject repository ensures access to the data beyond the life
span of the project. If you are interested in using an Indiana University repository (IUScholarWorks,
IUPUIDataWorks) for your data, see Section 4 below.
2. Boilerplate Language
Introduction
This plan describes the management, dissemination, retention, and archiving of the research data
produced during the proposed project. The staff of [INSERT YOUR DEPARTMENT OR LAB NAME
HERE], with the assistance of the [IU Libraries-Bloomington/IUPUI University Library] and University
Information Technology Services (UITS), will provide for sustainable discovery, access to, and
preservation of these data for use by other researchers, instructors, and interested members of the public
for the length of this project and at least three years beyond. This will be facilitated through data and
publication deposits in existing open-access disciplinary and/or institutional repositories.
Data Formats and Description
We will utilize the Dublin Core metadata scheme to capture information about the data collected during
the course of our research. We will work with a metadata expert from the [IU Libraries/IUPUI University
Library] to create a working template that captures each dataset’s metadata throughout the research
process. Upon completion, we will export this data to Dublin Core format, which conforms to the data
submission requirements of the IUScholarWorks and many other relevant museums/repositories.
Access, Re-Use, Re-Distribution, and Derivative Works Policies
[If no sensitive or personally-identifiable information is used, include this:]
All data produced during this research will be available freely to the public we anticipate no sensitive or
confidential data. Under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero Universal 1.0 Public Domain
Dedication (CC0 1.0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/), users may share, create,
and/or adapt these data/databases. 1
1 If you wish to retain attribution rights so that anyone who uses your data must credit you as the creator,
IU recommends you apply the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/) to your data instead of CC0. In your plan, replace the noted
sentence with the following: “Under the terms of the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/), users may share, create, and/or adapt these data/databases
with proper attribution.”
