Digital Curation FAQs
Since opening our doors in 2004, the DCC has responded to many enquiries from data custodians and digital curators in the UK and beyond.
To help you in your efforts to put in place effective curation lifecycle management, we’ve compiled below a list of answers to some of the most frequently asked questions we’ve received concerning digital curation best practice.
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DMP Online
DMP Online
The beta version of the DMP Online tool launched in March and was showcased at the JISC Conference in April. The DCC’s data management planning tool draws on funders’ data-related requirements to help researchers create, develop and export customisable data management plans at the grant application stage and throughout the project’s lifetime.