Conditions of Use
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Conditions of Use
The re-use of scientific data has the potential to greatly increase
communication, collaboration and synthesis within and among disciplines, and thus is
fostered, supported and encouraged. Permission to use this dataset is granted to the
Data User free of charge subject to the following terms:
1) Acceptable use. Use of the dataset will be restricted to academic,
research, educational, government, recreational, or other not-for-profit
professional purposes. The Data User is permitted to produce and distribute derived
works from this dataset provided that they are released under the same license terms
as those accompanying this Data Set. Any other uses for the Data Set or its derived
products will require explicit permission from the dataset owner.
2) Redistribution. The data are provided for use by the Data User. The
metadata and this license must accompany all copies made and be available to all
users of this Data Set. The Data User will not redistribute the original Data Set
beyond this collaboration sphere.
3) Citation. It is considered a matter of professional ethics to
acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User will properly cite the
Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that
were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form:
Creator, Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset
identifier. For example:
McKee, W. 2001. Vascular plant list on the Andrews
Experimental Forest and nearby Research Natural Areas: Long-Term Ecological
Research. Corvallis, OR: Forest Science Data Bank: SA002. [Database].
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/data/abstract.cfm?dbcode=SA002. (21 October 2004)
4) Acknowledgement. The Data User should acknowledge any institutional
support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this
dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its
content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that
received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. For example:
Data sets were provided by the Forest Science Data
Bank, a partnership between the Department of Forest Science, Oregon State
University, and the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station,
Corvallis, Oregon. Significant funding for collection of these data was provided
by the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research program (NSF
Grant numbers BSR-90-11663 and DEB-96-32921).
5) Notification. The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when
any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is
distributed. The Data User will provide the data contact with two reprints of any
publications resulting from use of the Data Set and will provide copies, or on-line
access to, any derived digital products. Notification will include an explanation of
how the Data Set was used to produce the derived work.
6) Collaboration. The Data Set has been released in the spirit of open
scientific collaboration. Data Users are thus strongly encouraged to consider
consultation, collaboration and/or co-authorship with the Data Set Creator. By
accepting this Data Set, the Data User agrees to abide by the terms of this
agreement. The Data Owner shall have the right to terminate this agreement
immediately by written notice upon the Data User's breach of, or non-compliance
with, any of its terms. The Data User may be held responsible for any misuse that is
caused or encouraged by the Data User's failure to abide by the terms of this agreement.
Disclaimer
While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and
documentation contained in this Data Set, complete accuracy of data and metadata
cannot be guaranteed. All data and metadata are made available "as is". The Data
User holds all parties involved in the production or distribution of the Data Set
harmless for damages resulting from its use or interpretation.
Definitions
"Data Set" - Digital data and its metadata derived from any research activity
such as field observations, collections, laboratory analysis, experiments, or the
post-processing of existing data and identified by a unique identifier issued by a
recognized cataloging authority such as a site, university, agency, or other organization.
"Data User" - individual to whom access has been granted to this Data Set,
including his or her immediate collaboration sphere, defined here as the
institutions, partners, students and staff with whom the Data User collaborates, and
with whom access must be granted, in order to fulfill the Data User's intended use
of the Data Set
"Data Set Creator" - individual or institution that produced the Data Set
"Data Set Owner" - individual or institution that holds intellectual property
rights to the dataset. Note that this may or may not be defined as a legal
copyright. If no other party is designated in the metadata as Data Set Owner, it may
be presumed that these rights are held by the Data Set Creator.
"Data Set Distributor" - individual or institution providing access to the
Data Sets.
"Data Set Contact" - party designated in the accompanying metadata of the
Data Set as the primary contact for the Data Set.