Data Management Plan
In order to support researchers using the Materials Cloud to prepare grant applications or to comply with agencies' requirements, we provide here below templates for data management plans (DMPs) that use the Materials Cloud.
Dissemination can be as simple as depositing data freely (and in any format) on the Archive, or, if using AiiDA, disseminating entire workflows, raw and curated data in the Explore or Discover sections. AiiDA plugins and workflows can also be distributed through the AiiDA plugin repository, while simulation services can be exposed through AiiDAlab, either in a virtual machine environment (the Quantum Mobile) or on the cloud (e.g. on the European Open Science Cloud).
Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding the use of the Materials Cloud Archive as part of your data management plan.
| Funding Body |
DMP template (using  AiiDA)
| DMP template (no AiiDA) |
|---|---|---|
| SNF | .docx .odt .pdf | .docx .odt .pdf |
| H2020 | .docx .odt .pdf | .docx .odt .pdf |
| Horizon Europe | .docx .odt .pdf | .docx .odt .pdf |
Please also note the resources provided by EPFL, including extensive DMP templates for many different project types (SNSF, ERC, H2020, ...).
Materials Cloud fulfils the requirements for data repositories
The Materials Cloud Archive fulfils the SNF requirements for data repositories and is a recommended repository for materials sciences.
- Non-commercial: Yes, all backing institutions are non-profit
- Usage of globally unique and persistent identifiers: Yes, uses DOI as permanent identifier system
- Possibility to upload intrinsic and submitter-specified metadata: Yes, basic intrinsic data is entered in specific (required) fields. "Free text" fields are available for entering additional information. The submitter is free to upload README files with even more detailed information.
- License for data is clearly defined, or can be chosen by the submitter: Yes, user-provided metadata is stored in a structured format (JSON) and validated (JSON schema + validator). Metadata are served in a number of machine-readable formats:
- Metadata are always publicly available (even if access is restricted): Yes, licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Machine readable/interoperable metadata:
Yes, stored as JSON and served via:
- HTML meta tags (Dublin Core) embedded in landing pages
- JSON-LD (schema.org) embedded in landing pages
- OAI-PMH ( OAI-PMH 2.0, Dublin Core), see example
- Long-term preservation: Yes, all data is stored at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) and guaranteed to be preserved for at least 10 years after deposition, irrespective of future funding for MARVEL or the Materials Cloud Archive.