Marie Timmermann, EU Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Office, of Science Europe.
Research Data Management Protocols are gaining importance, especially in the political context of the Open Science Agenda. Data Management Plans (DMP) are becoming the main tool to enforce policies on research data management directed at researchers. The Science Europe Working Group on Research Data Management Protocols (RDMP) has been given the mission to develop and advocate the concept of disciplinary research data management protocols as pragmatic solution to ensure the proper implementation of DMP. The framework that is being developed aims to set a number of minimal requirements for disciplinary data protocols.