This joint session brings together the Active Data Management Plans IG, dedicated to evolving and monitoring DMP practices; the DMP Common Standards WG, which defines  the conceptual model and ensures harmonization of maDMPs across platforms; and the Common Application Programming Interface (API) for machine-actionable Data Management Plans (maDMPs) WG, which addresses the technical layer by building the infrastructure needed to connect DMP platforms, automate information exchange, and support real-time integration with other systems. These groups combined continue to act on the shared vision reinforced in the Salzburg Manifesto, furthering the work of making data management plans into active, dynamic outputs.

Our goal is to have a working meeting that discusses the progress across all fronts: maDMP advances and adoption, API specification, implementation within tools, technical integration, and practical outcomes.  First, we will have brief talks from about updates from various countries on new developments with machine-actionable DMPs.  Then, we’ll focus on the common standard and common API, demoing development progress and discussing future directions. We aim to showcase outcomes of recent efforts, present new approaches, and create space for a meaningful exchange on how these developments can support evolving research workflows.

Since the last Plenary, we have released a new version of the DMP Common Standard (v1.2), and are working on the 1.0 release of the API specification, planned to be implemented in at least 4 tools by the time of P27 plenary.  

This joint session will:

• Give an overview of the evolution of machine-actionable DMPs across the international community (Active DMPs IG)
• Present updates on the 1.2 common standard to the community and collect feedback on issues for future releases (DMP Common Standards WG)
• Demonstrate the 1.0 API and showcase current use cases and integrations (maDMPs API WG)
• Discuss opportunities for service providers to make additional use of the API (all groups)
• Collect input to inform group activities and align priorities for the coming months, feeding into the ongoing roadmap and the Case Statement for future work

• Welcome & Introduction  (5 min)
  • Introduce the relevant groups and their current status and activities
  • Provide overview of progress of machine-actional DMPs
  • Review session agenda
  • Ask audience background questions on Menti
• Evolving DMP Practices: Regional Developments (30 min)
  • Present on Active DMPs IG developments in Europe with OSTrails and DMP Evaluation
  • Present on updates on major funder changes to DMPs (simplified forms, closed systems) in the United States
  • Present on pairing maDMPs to data management infrastructure in Canada
• Discussion time (20 minutes)
  • • Discuss regional changes to DMPs
    • Hear about evolving DMP practices from participants, especially from other regions
    • Invite perspectives on future developments of machine-actionable DMPs

• DMP Common Standard v1.2 (5 min)
  • Present changes to the DMP Common Standard v1.2
  • Solicit community feedback about potential issues or future updates needed
  • Gather support for ongoing maintenance
• Technical Integration: Progress on System Interoperability  (10 min)
  • Present the Common Standard API 1.0 model and endpoints
  • Review API and maDMP implementation progress across service providers
  • Demo API integration from RSpace
• Discussion time around common standard and API (15 min)
  • Solicit future endpoints needed or other changes to API specification
  • Plan for future working group needs to continue the momentum of Active DMPs IG
• Closing remarks (5 min)
• • Invite participants to join groups
  • Summarize any action items

This session is relevant to anyone who might benefit from adopting the concept of machine actionable data management plans in their everyday work.  Especially relevant will be anyone that works with services or tools that might consume or integrate with machine-actionable DMPs through the API. This could include:

• researchers, to enhance the rigor and transparency of their work, potentially leading to increased credibility and impact of their research outcomes.
• repository managers, to enhance repository capabilities attracting more researchers to deposit their data, thereby enriching the repository’s content and fostering collaborations.
• service providers, shaping the standards and demonstrating their commitment to advancing research data management practices by enabling machine actionability.
• policy makers, to ensure that regulations and guidelines are well-informed, leading to more effective and feasible policies for managing research data.
• research support staff, to enhance their support services, contributing to the overall improvement of research data management practices in their institutions.

While we are looking for people who could directly adopt our results, we are also looking for generally interested people who can advise and test assumptions and processes and offer feedback on future work areas.