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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Heather – thank you for sharing this! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As I’m reading this, the following point stuck out:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“What data are not included at the basic level? The Office of Management and Budget statement (1999) specifies that this definition does not include “preliminary analyses, drafts of scientific papers, plans for future research, peer reviews, or communications with colleagues.” Raw data fall into this category as “preliminary analyses.”” ENG<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>By this then, the project I was wondering about would not apply, since the key purpose includes “plans for future research…communication with colleagues”. So then no DMP would be required, beyond stating that it does not apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does this make sense?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Aletia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Aletia Morgan</span></i><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:cal;color:gray'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:cal;color:gray'>Research Application Designer<br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>Office of the Vice President for Research <br> and Graduate & Professional Education<br>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey<br>715 CoRE Building, Busch Campus<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:gray'>aletia.morgan@rutgers.edu<br>732-445-3344<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rdap-bounces@asis.org [mailto:rdap-bounces@asis.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather Piwowar<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> Research Data, Access and Preservation<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Rdap] Deciding when a Data Management Plan is not required?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Aletia, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>To echo the points raised by others and support your observations, I thought I'd point you to a quick-and-dirty thematic assembly of excerpts from all the NSF guidelines, in case it is helpful:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://researchremix.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/revised-nsf/">http://researchremix.wordpress.com/2010/10/08/revised-nsf/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Particularly the "<span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>What is considered “data”/research results covered by this policy ?" </span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>section.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Some of the directorates are quite specific.... but others aren't. I agree, I hope the guidelines are updated as the policies become more clear through use!</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Cheers, </span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Heather</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Heather Piwowar<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>DataONE postdoc with NESCent and Dryad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> studying research data sharing and reuse<br> remotely from Dept of Zoology, UBC, Vancouver Canada<br><a href="http://researchremix.org" target="_blank">http://researchremix.org</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/researchremix" target="_blank">@researchremix</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Aletia Morgan <<a href="mailto:ahmorgan@vpr.rutgers.edu">ahmorgan@vpr.rutgers.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Good morning!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I appreciate everyone’s comments – especially seeing that some of the instructions from the different directorates are different. And Sherry, I am in full agreement with you that a lot of the written requirements are just too vague at this point – I hope that NSF will post updates in the not-too-distant future. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>I think this kind of clarification of intent will continue to be a topic for some time…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Aletia</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:gray'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><i>Aletia Morgan</i></span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:cal;color:gray'><br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:cal;color:gray'>Research Application Designer<br></span></i><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'>Office of the Vice President for Research <br> and Graduate & Professional Education<br>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey<br>715 CoRE Building, Busch Campus</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:gray'><a href="mailto:ahmorgan@vpr.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">ahmorgan@vpr.rutgers.edu</a><br><a href="tel:732-445-3344" target="_blank">732-445-3344</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>