**SUMMARY**

This document is the first version of the Data Management Plan (DMP) for data
collected and created by FOSTER Plus project. The project creates data from
three different activities, the FOSTER Portal, the training and the
dissemination activities. The training activities are supported by the FOSTER
Portal and the dissemination helps the project to reach more participants and
involve the community. This DMP has been made using the DMP Online tool. The
deliverables 1.1 - Humans Requirement and 1.2 - Protection of Personal Data
Requirement are related to this management of information on the context of
the project.

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#  1\. DATA SUMMARY

FOSTER Plus project is supported by a central system defined as the FOSTER
Portal that compiles different modules to fit the project needs:

  * Content Portal – Contents about Open Science topics to be reused in other training contexts, online and face-to-face. 

  

  * Event Calendar – Calendar of events provided by the community and the project partners regarding online or face-to-face events on the topics of Open Science. 

  

  * Learning Module – Focus on e-learning courses with the different contents from the Portal integrated into those courses. 

  

  * Speaker/Trainer Directory – Directory of trainers and speakers that can be contacted to provide local or online training or participation in events. It is a network of specialists regarding Open Science topics. 

  

Besides the FOSTER Portal, the project maintains a list of contacts for the
newsletter, integrated into Mailchimp service.

Finally, the project defined the FOSTER Open Science taxonomy that will also
be shared to the community as an open resource.

Regarding the FOSTER Portal, the usage data is generated through Google
Analytics service.

##  Purpose of Data Collection

The data collected from the usage data is useful to understand the scope of
people reached by the project, the types and patterns of usage and the number
of visits which specific parts of the Portal obtain.

Regarding the content portal, the data gathered is about the actual
number/percentage of deposited contents, to be able to understand patterns in
terms of sharing practices.

To provide specific permissions for users (deposit contents, submit events,
attend courses), a user account with basic information is needed. Regarding
the attendance of courses, the user is tracked in terms of evolution in the
course contents.

##  Types and formats of data

All the data is available in three types, as files on the filesystem of the
servers, as items on the database, and in an external service, Google
Analytics, for the traffic analysis.

##  Reuse of data

From the existing data gathered by the project, the following datasets can be
shared:

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  * Contents per Topic 

  

  * FOSTER Open Science Taxonomy No personal data is shared. 

  

##  Expected size of the data

The existing datasets are very small. The size expected is around 5 MB.

Only the Portal resources have a bigger size, approximately 2000 are occupying
6.3 GB of space.

##  Data Utility

The information may be useful for science managers, trainers, funders to
understand the existing contents available for reuse on the FOSTER Portal. The
taxonomy may be integrated into other systems or projects as a community
validated taxonomy regarding Open Science.

#  2\. FAIR DATA

##  2\. 1. MAKING DATA FINDABLE, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR METADATA

The datasets produced on the project will be available on Zenodo repository,
associated with a digital object identifier (DOI) -
https://zenodo.org/communities/foster/.

###  2.2. MAKING DATA OPENLY ACCESSIBLE

All the datasets will be deposited and made available in open access. The
formats are CSV and can be used by any spreadsheet software or text editor.
Regarding each dataset, a contextual information describing the data and
timespan will be made available.

###  2.3. MAKING DATA INTEROPERABLE

The datasets will be available in open formats (CSV) and described based on
Dublin Core metadata schema, with OpenAIRE 3.0 Guidelines, associating the
project with the datasets.

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###  2.4. INCREASE DATA RE-USE

The datasets made available on the repository will be available in open access
with the CC-BY license on FOSTER project collection in Zenodo.org (
_https://zenodo.org/communities/foster/_ )  .

##  3\. ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES

The responsibility for managing the data related to the project lies on the
PSC members (UMinho, OU, EIFL, UGOE, GLASGOW). The datasets will be updated
during the project duration and will be made available on Zenodo repository,
based on the existing service agreement provided by the service. Another
options may be defined later based on the sustainability of the project.

##  4\. DATA SECURITY

The existing data is managed by Open University partner and all backups,
preservation and monitoring processes are already defined by local policies.
All data are stored in servers at The Open University facilities. The servers
are protected with a username and a password, while access to the servers is
restricted. The software containing the data is periodically scanned for
security audits and it kept updated and under monitoring to avoid any breach.
In addition, the material is backed up every night.

##  5\. ETHICAL ASPECTS

The project defined already two deliverables for ethical aspects of the
project (1.1 - Humans Requirement and 1.2 - Protection of Personal Data
Requirement).

In accordance with legal restrictions, personal data concerning the portal
users are not shared in any manner.

##  6\. OTHER

All datasets made available will have explicit information of the project
grant agreement 741839.

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