Our latest DMPTool release includes several exciting features and improvements, including a new API. The release highlights are outlined below, for a comprehensive listing please check our release notes for v2.1.4 and V2.1.3. 

API 

DMPTool administrators who have been granted tokens can now access statistical information about their organizational accounts and query plans created in the DMPTool via our new full text API. The API currently has 2 endpoints: Plans and Statistics. 

The full text Plans API allows users to retrieve plans as a JSON file and filter by dates, specific templates, users and plans. This new API will be essential in our work with machine-actionable DMPs as it will enable the export of plans into other RDM systems and facilitate further integration with external applications. 

The Statistics endpoint includes data regarding users, templates and plans. Users can retrieve information from this endpoint on queries such as: number of users who have joined your organization; number of plans created by your organization’s users; and metadata about all plans created by all users from your organization.

In order to use the API, permissions for each endpoint must be given to your organization and an API token must display on your ‘edit profile’ page. To request access to the API please contact us.

Please keep in mind that we will be updating the API to conform to the DMP Common Standard in Spring of 2020, so while the API is up and ready for use, we recommend holding off on building any integrations or applications around it until the updated version is released. 

One Click Plan Creation

Users can now create a plan for a specific funder template from the Funder Requirements page instead of going through the create plan page. You can also retrieve a static URL to the plan that can be sent along to users, thus enabling them to go straight to the desired page. (A big thank you to DMPOPIDoR for contributing this new feature to our shared codebase.)

Accessibility

Building off several months of analysis, testing, and expert recommendations, the DMPRoadmap crew has been working towards making the DMPTool accessible for all users, including those with disabilities. Highlights of new accessibility features include: support for assistive technologies, improved visual cues and improvements to text magnification tools. A full list of all accessibility issues addressed in this release is available on our git repository.     

Create departments within an organization

The new Department field enables administrative users to define specific schools or departments to the organization. Our partners at DMPOnline have made a short video demonstrating how to utilize this new feature. 

Request Feedback

The button to Request Feedback on a plan has been moved to its own tab in an effort to highlight this feature. If you have the ability to request feedback enabled for your organization, it will now appear after the Share tab when creating a plan. If you don’t have this feature enabled but are interested in learning more, please check our documentation or contact us for any questions.

This year promises to be a busy one for the development crew with many big features currently in the works, including machine actionable DMPs, improved usage dashboards, and Zenodo/RIO Journal integration. For a high level overview of our upcoming work for 2020 please check out our development roadmap. 

As always, feedback or questions are most welcome and can be sent directly to maria.praetzellis@ucop.edu.