DMP Planning for Big Science Projects

This report exists to provide high-level guidance for the strategic and engineering development of Data Management & Preservation (DMP) plans for ‘Big Science’ data. Although the report’s nominal audience is therefore rather narrow, we intend the document to be of use to other planners and data architects who wish to implement good practice in this area. For the purposes of this report, we presume that the reader is broadly persuaded (by external fiat if nothing else) of the need to preserve research data appropriately, and that they have both sophisticated technical support and the budget to support developments. The goal of the document is not to provide mechanically applicable recipes, but to allow the user to develop and lead a high-level plan which is appropriate to their organisation. Throughout, the report is informed where appropriate by the OAIS reference model. This report was funded by JISC in 2011–2012, as part of the RDMP strand of the JISC programme Managing Research Data. For document history, see p.39. Copyright 2012, University of Lancaster ar X iv :1 20 8. 37 54 v1 [ as tr oph .I M ] 1 8 A ug 2 01 2