The ERIM (Engineering Research Information Management) Project has released four documents related to data management planning requirements. The first is a set of principles for engineering research data management. The second is a thematic analysis of the guidance given by five organisations on writing data management plans (DMPs). The outcomes of the analysis and the principles were used to construct a DMP requirement specification for engineering researchers and their departments. This in turn was used to plan support for DMP-writing in an engineering research centre at Bath, and provide specific DMP requirements for its researchers.
The ERIM Project is part of JISC’s Managing Research Data Programme, looking at data management planning in EPSRC-funded projects. It is a collaboration between the Innovative design and Manufacturing Research Centre (IdMRC) at the University of Bath and UKOLN, representing the Digital Curation Centre.