Repository Policies

Metadata Policy

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
2. The metadata must not be re-used in any medium for commercial purposes or not-for-profit purposes without formal permission.

Data Policy

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. Copies of full items generally can be:
   • displayed or performed, given to third parties, and stored in a database
   • for personal research or study, educational, not-for-profit, or commercial purposes without prior permission or charge.
   provided:
   • the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given
   • a hyperlink and/or URL are given for the original metadata page
   • the content is not changed in any way
3. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders.
4. This repository is not the publisher; it is merely the online archive.

Content Policy

1. This is an institutional or departmental repository.
2. No content policy defined.

Submission Policy

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members of the department
2. Authors may only submit their own work for archiving.
3. Eligible depositors must deposit bibliographic metadata for all their publications.
4. Eligible depositors must deposit full texts of all their publications.
5. No moderation policy defined. Assume nothing has been vetted.
6. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
7. No embargo policy defined.
8. Any copyright violations are entirely the responsibility of the authors/depositors.
9. If Eprints Fakultät II receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation Policy

1. No retention period defined.
2. Eprints Fakultät II will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
3. Eprints Fakultät II regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
4. No withdrawal policy defined.
5. No deletion method for withdrawn items defined.
6. Changes to deposited items are not permitted.
7. No closure policy defined.