DiCE - Mid-project data management plan (D7.3)

This document is an update of the first deliverable 7.2 (D7.2, 03/2023, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17207129) of task 7.2 and describes the Data Management Plan (DMP) of the DiCE (Digital Health in the Circular Economy) project, which is funded by the EU Horizon Europe program (101060184) and follows Horizon Europe Data Management Plan Guidelines. Data and its management are a very important aspect of any project. Knowing this fact, the DMP consolidates the following: the handling of research data during and after completion of DiCE; what data will be collected/reused, processed, and/or generated; which tools and standards will be applied; data accessibility, how data will be shared and made accessible for verification and reuse; how data will be curated and preserved; and the roles and responsibilities in relation to data management. Data-sharing will be enshrined in the Development of a Simplified Consortium Agreement (DESCA) Model updated for Horizon Europe [1], identifying partner rights and timescales. DiCE may define certain datasets to remain closed according to the principle following strategy "as open as possible, as closed as necessary". Notably, if the project results lead to ground-breaking inventions linked to exploitation, the involved consortium members may consider two forms of protection: (i) to withhold the data for internal use or (ii) to apply for a patent to commercially exploit the invention and have in return financial gain, in which case the data will remain closed.