Third-Party Resources

Numerous organizations have created resources aimed at helping scientists write data management plans for different funding agencies. The following is a partial list of online resources we feel may be useful to members of the Unidata community.

• DMPTool
  The Data Management Plan (DMP) Tool was developed by a group of institutions and is now managed by the California Digital Library, which is part of the University of California. The DMPTool is designed to help researchers create data management plans, and provides information about the requirements of numerous funding agencies, along with sample plans.
• ESIP Data Management Short Course
  The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) is an open, networked community that brings together science, data, and information technology practitioners. The Data Management Short Course for Scientists consists of a series of short video lectures that help scientists understand data management issues and create data management plans.
• Data Managment and Sharing Guide
  The University of California at Berkeley Science Libraries have created a set of online resources focused on data management and sharing. This guide duplicates some of the resources from the DMPTool and ESIP sites, but also contains additional material that may be of interest.
• DataONE
  Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is funded by the National Science Foundation with the goal of creating a “distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data.”
• Data Carpentry
  Data Carpentry is a sister organization of Software Carpentry. They develop curricula and run workshops designed to teach basic concepts, skills and tools for working more effectively with data, targeting data analysis and data management techniques for specific scientific domains.
• Figshare
  Figshare is an online service with some features similar to RAMADDA. It allows users to upload any file format to be made visualisable in the browser so that figures, datasets, media, papers, posters, presentations, and filesets can be disseminated widely. Figsare is a subscription service with various cost levels (there is a no-cost level as well).

If you are aware of other resources you think would be of interest to the Unidata community, please write to support@unidata.ucar.edu