This deliverable describes the early life stress (ELS) and psycho-cardiometabolic multi-morbidity (PCM) related metadata standards and formats that have been or will be generated as part of the EarlyCause project. This is the second version of the data management plan which follows on from version 1 which was submitted in Month 6, as deliverable D2.1. The development of metadata standards and the use of appropriate ontologies will contribute to how data are displayed and available for search in the EarlyCause research platform and web portal. The recommended databases to be used in the project for the deposition of different types of data leading to long-term sustainability will also be discussed. This will enable data generated and submitted to be compliant with FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) principles1. The project aims to make relevant data available for reusability by the community through public and specialised data repositories.

This deliverable has been produced in the context of the EarlyCause ("Causative mechanisms & integrative models linking early-life-stress to psycho-cardio-metabolic multi-morbidity") Research and Innovation Action, funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme (grant agreement No 848158).