The internet is now 30 years old, making it the same age as the key formulation of children’s rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. In the intervening years, our understanding of the transformative effects of the internet on both society and children have developed in tandem. In this post Sonia Livingstone outlines some of the issues […]
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Representing time in machine-actionable DMPs
In this next installment of the machine-actionable DMP blog series, we want to address the broader context of time to hone in on answering the following question: How and when do you update some piece of information in a DMP? … Continue reading →
Common standards and PIDs for machine-actionable DMPs
Picking up where we left off from “Machine-actionable DMPs: What can we automate?”… Let’s unpack a couple of topics central to our machine-actionable DMP prototyping and automating efforts. These are the top rallying themes from all conversations, workshops, and working … Continue reading →
Prettier and mobile-ready(-er)
The latest DMPTool release is focused on making the tool more attractive and mobile-ready, AND more accessible (release notes). Continue reading for highlights and screenshots, or you can visit the live version of the tool for an improved user experience. … Continue reading →
Roadmap back to school edition
Summer activities and latest (major 2.0.0) release The DMPRoadmap team is checking in with an overdue update after rotating holidays and work travels over the past few months. We also experienced some core team staff transitions and began juggling some … Continue reading →
Minor NSF template updates + other miscellanea
In the waning weeks of summer, we accomplished a wide range of DMPTool things. A bulleted summary of mostly template-related updates is below. Admins should take note that the minor National Science Foundation (NSF) template updates resulted in new versions … Continue reading →
Machine-actionable DMPs: What can we automate?
Following on some initial thoughts about Scoping Machine-Actionable DMPs (maDMPs), we’re keen to dive into the substance. There are plenty of research questions we plan to explore here and over the course of our maDMP prototyping efforts. Let’s begin with these: … Continue reading →
Release notes: Guidance, Request feedback, and fixes
We just deployed some bug fixes and minor changes to the DMPTool based on your feedback. Comprehensive release notes are available in GitHub. Keep reading for a summary of things that affect the user interface: Guidance and Customizing Templates You … Continue reading →
Scoping Machine-Actionable DMPs
Machine-actionable data management plans (maDMPs) are happening. Over the past several years we’ve contributed to community discussions and various events to suss out what we all mean by this term and why we think maDMPs are important. In the midst … Continue reading →
Release notes: Translations and more
We’re back to a two-week sprint rhythm and have some exciting new things in the latest release: Translations: Our collaborators at the Portage Network in Canada helped internationalize the new version of the platform and various others contributed translations of DMPonline … Continue reading →