This tool was initially founded in 2010. However, more recently the proliferation of open data policies has generated interest in the DMPTool and, DMPonline. According to the University of California Curation Center, in 2016, "UC3 and DCC decided to formalize the partnership to co-develop and maintain a single open-source platform. The new platform—DMPRoadmap—is separate from the services each of our organizations runs on top of it."