Apologies for cross posting. The REDm-MED Project is pleased to announce the release of its first deliverable. It is entitled *'Research Data Management Plan Requirements Specification for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath'*; **as well as the requirements themselves it also describes how the project arrived at them and how they have been validated. More information is available on the project blog: http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/redm-med/2012/03/05/requirements-for-dmp/ Or you can go straight to the document itself: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/28040 As part of the process of developing this specification, the project undertook a review of data management lifecycle models. The results of this review are also available: http://opus.bath.ac.uk/28587 Regards, Alex. -- Alex Ball Research Officer UKOLN, University of Bath, UK. BA2 7AY T: +44 1225 383668 F: +44 1225 386838 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/