Data Management Plan (Deprecated)
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This is an outdated version of the NOAA Data Management Plan template. InPort now supports a dedicated Data Management Plan Catalog Item type, which is up-to-date with the latest NOAA DMP template. The ability to generate Data Management Plans from Data Sets will be discontinued in a future release. Please see the Data Management Plan Help Guide to learn more.
Data Management Plan
DMP Template v2.0.1 (2015-01-01)
Please provide the following information, and submit to the NOAA DM Plan Repository.Reference to Master DM Plan (if applicable)
As stated in Section IV, Requirement 1.3, DM Plans may be hierarchical. If this DM Plan inherits provisions from a higher-level DM Plan already submitted to the Repository, then this more-specific Plan only needs to provide information that differs from what was provided in the Master DM Plan.
1. General Description of Data to be Managed
The NOAA Voices Oral History Archives (VOHA) seeks to document the human experience as it relates to the changing environment, climate, oceans and coasts and other key areas of NOAAs work through firsthand oral history accounts from across the US and its territories. Oral histories contribute to NOAA's Mission of "Science, Service, and Stewardship" by creating, compiling, archiving and sharing the experiences of stakeholders, scientists and others.
Any individual or organization can participate in the VOHA program by contributing individual oral history interviews or collections of interviews that are related to the project scope and mission, or by using the interviews archived here in their research, scholarship, exhibits, or general use.
We accept oral histories produced by NOAA staff (including social scientists, historians, and others) as well as from from external organizations, universities, researchers and oral history practitioners. This content is made available to the public in this digital repository for educational and research purposes. The Voices Oral History Archives database is a powerful resource available to the public to inform, educate, and provide primary information for researchers interested in our local, human experience associated with the varied facets of NOAA's mission (including but not limited to Climate, Fisheries, Weather, Heritage, etc...)
Notes: Only a maximum of 4000 characters will be included.
Notes: Data collection is considered ongoing if a time frame of type "Continuous" exists.
Notes: All time frames from all extent groups are included.
throughout the US and its territories.
Notes: All geographic areas from all extent groups are included.
(e.g., digital numeric data, imagery, photographs, video, audio, database, tabular data, etc.)
(e.g., satellite, airplane, unmanned aerial system, radar, weather station, moored buoy, research vessel, autonomous underwater vehicle, animal tagging, manual surveys, enforcement activities, numerical model, etc.)
2. Point of Contact for this Data Management Plan (author or maintainer)
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. The support role must be in effect.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Metadata Contact" is used. This field is required if applicable.
3. Responsible Party for Data Management
Program Managers, or their designee, shall be responsible for assuring the proper management of the data produced by their Program. Please indicate the responsible party below.
Notes: The name of the Person of the most recent Support Role of type "Data Steward" is used. The support role must be in effect.
4. Resources
Programs must identify resources within their own budget for managing the data they produce.
5. Data Lineage and Quality
NOAA has issued Information Quality Guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information which it disseminates.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Lineage Statement:
The Voices Project accepts interviews and associated materials in the following file types: interview transcription and other text files in .PDF format; picture files in .BMP, .JPG, and .JPEG formats; audio files in .MP3 format; and digital video files in .AVI, .MP4, .MPG, and .WMV formats. These file types minimize download time for those accessing interviews. No other file formats are accepted. Written materials must be saved as PDF files. At this time we cannot accept letters, diaries, and maps. Additionally, we cannot accept artifacts like fishing gear, other fishing technology, and so forth. We also accept listings of work derived or based on fisheries oral histories. Some examples include films, books, and websites.
(describe or provide URL of description):
Interviews and collections are reviewed by program staff for quality and relevance to the NOAA mission.
6. Data Documentation
The EDMC Data Documentation Procedural Directive requires that NOAA data be well documented, specifies the use of ISO 19115 and related standards for documentation of new data, and provides links to resources and tools for metadata creation and validation.
Missing/invalid information:
- 1.7. Data collection method(s)
- 7.2. Name of organization of facility providing data access
(describe or provide URL of description):
7. Data Access
NAO 212-15 states that access to environmental data may only be restricted when distribution is explicitly limited by law, regulation, policy (such as those applicable to personally identifiable information or protected critical infrastructure information or proprietary trade information) or by security requirements. The EDMC Data Access Procedural Directive contains specific guidance, recommends the use of open-standard, interoperable, non-proprietary web services, provides information about resources and tools to enable data access, and includes a Waiver to be submitted to justify any approach other than full, unrestricted public access.
With release permission granted from narrator and interviewer, these materials are available to the public.
Notes: The name of the Organization of the most recent Support Role of type "Distributor" is used. The support role must be in effect. This information is not required if an approved access waiver exists for this data.
Notes: This field is required if a Distributor has not been specified.
Notes: All URLs listed in the Distribution Info section will be included. This field is required if applicable.
This data is available to the public and is open access. Files can be requested for use from voices@noaa.gov or patricia.pinto.da.silva@noaa.gov
Notes: This field is required if applicable.
8. Data Preservation and Protection
The NOAA Procedure for Scientific Records Appraisal and Archive Approval describes how to identify, appraise and decide what scientific records are to be preserved in a NOAA archive.
(Specify NCEI-MD, NCEI-CO, NCEI-NC, NCEI-MS, World Data Center (WDC) facility, Other, To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended)
Notes: This field is required if archive location is World Data Center or Other.
Notes: This field is required if archive location is To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended.
The database sits on a server at the NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology - ST6. All data is accessible to the public via - www.voices.nmfs.noaa.gov.
Notes: Physical Location Organization, City and State are required, or a Location Description is required.
Discuss data back-up, disaster recovery/contingency planning, and off-site data storage relevant to the data collection
Archival of source data preserving unaltered collected data, Scheduled backups, Remote storage backups, Password protection
9. Additional Line Office or Staff Office Questions
Line and Staff Offices may extend this template by inserting additional questions in this section.