The guide covers the following areas:
- Data Management Plans: An introduction to data management plans, what they are, and why they are both useful and important
- Data: Day-to-day management of your digital data, including file format types, file organization, and file naming conventions
- Metadata: "Data about data" describes and provides context to the data generated during a research project
- Storage: Data storage and backup during a research project
- Security: Includes the physical security of data hardware, data access, and ensuring the integrity of data.
- Preservation: Long-term preservation of data following project completion
- Sharing: Sharing and re-use of research data
