Acadlore Text & Data Mining (TDM) Terms of Use
(Last updated: 12 September 2024)
These terms govern your use of the text and data mining service offered by Acadlore Publishing Services Limited (“Acadlore”) and any content, data, files, application programming interfaces, or tools made available for that purpose (collectively, the “TDM Service”). By accessing or using the TDM Service, you agree to these terms.
I. Definitions
- Authorized User: A researcher, student, or staff member who has lawful access to Acadlore content through an active institutional subscription or another valid access arrangement.
- Dataset: Acadlore journal and book content, metadata, and related materials you are lawfully entitled to access for TDM via the TDM Service.
- TDM Output: Results you generate from lawful computational analysis of the Dataset (e.g., models, indices, taxonomies, embeddings, annotations, statistical summaries).
- Snippet: Up to 200 characters of query-dependent text that surrounds—but does not include—the matched term/entity.
- Open Access (OA) Content: Content distributed under a public license (e.g., CC BY). OA content is governed by the license stated on the item itself, which prevails over these terms where they conflict.
- API Keys: Credentials enabling programmatic use of the TDM Service (which may be issued by Crossref for secure access).
II. Eligibility and Acceptance
1. You confirm that you have the authority to enter into these terms and that you are an Authorized User. Your right to use the TDM Service is conditional on the continued validity of your authorized-user status and any underlying institutional subscription.
2. If your status changes (for example, you leave the institution or the institution’s subscription lapses), your right to use the TDM Service ends automatically.
III. Access and Changes
1. Acadlore may provide access to content for TDM through proprietary APIs and/or the Crossref interface. Reasonable technical controls (including authentication, rate limits, and security checks) apply.
2. Acadlore may update these terms or the TDM Service with reasonable advance notice posted on the service site. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the changes.
IV. Permitted Uses
Subject to these terms and applicable law, Acadlore grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide license to:
1. Perform computational analysis on the Dataset you are entitled to access, including continuous and automated extraction of entities, relations, or other features for recognition, classification, and discovery.
2. Store intermediate copies as strictly necessary to conduct TDM, provided they are secure, not shared outside your project team, and deleted when no longer needed for TDM.
3. Create and use TDM Output within your institution or research project, including deploying search indices, knowledge graphs, or trained models that do not reproduce expressive content of the originals.
4. Share TDM Output externally (e.g., in publications, repositories, or project websites), including:
- Snippets (up to 200 characters) and/or bibliographic metadata, each accompanied by the DOI link to the source item; and
- Aggregated statistics and non-expressive features (e.g., vectors, weights, parameters) that cannot be reverse engineered to reconstruct substantial portions of the source text or images.
4.5 Use OA Content in line with the license on the item (e.g., CC BY). Where a public license allows broader reuse than these terms, the public license controls.
4.6 Reuse images, figures, or third-party materials only where your reuse is permitted by law or license, or you have obtained separate permission from the rightsholder.
Attribution requirement. Where TDM Output references individual works, include appropriate citation and the DOI link. For OA items, comply with the exact attribution and notice terms of the OA license.
V. Prohibited Uses
You may not:
1. Circumvent access controls or use automated tools outside the provided TDM interfaces to harvest content.
2. Create, enable, or enhance a service that substitutes for Acadlore publications, or systematically reproduce, retain, or redistribute the Dataset beyond what is necessary for TDM.
3. Build or populate institutional or subject repositories with full text or extended excerpts in a way that competes with the value of the final peer-reviewed article or book chapter.
4. Remove, obscure, or alter copyright notices or other rights statements.
5. Use the Dataset or TDM Output for direct or indirect commercial exploitation not permitted by applicable licenses.
6. Deploy robots/spiders or similar tools to screen-scrape or index Acadlore sites in a manner inconsistent with these terms or applicable technical controls.
7. Misrepresent mined results, infringe intellectual property, or violate data protection, privacy, export, or other applicable laws.
VI. Branding and Publicity
Use of Acadlore names, logos, or trademarks requires prior written permission. Any permitted use must not be misleading, defamatory, obscene, or suggest Acadlore’s endorsement of your TDM Output.
VII. Compliance, Security, and Privacy
1. Audit and cooperation. On reasonable request, provide information sufficient to verify compliance. If non-compliance is identified, you will have 30 days to remediate before access may be suspended.
2. Data protection. If you process personal data in connection with TDM, you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws (e.g., data minimization, pseudonymization, secure storage, and lawful basis).
3. Research integrity. Your TDM activities and disclosures must align with Acadlore’s Research Integrity and Publication Ethics policies and any applicable OA license terms.
VIII. APIs and Keys
1. Upon enabling access, Acadlore (or Crossref, where applicable) will issue API Keys and documentation. Keys are personal to you/your project, must be kept confidential, and may not be sold, transferred, or sublicensed.
2. Acadlore may test or request demonstration of your integration to validate compliance with the documentation.
3. Acadlore may modify, suspend, or revoke API access or the TDM Service to protect the platform, enforce these terms, or comply with law.
IX. Warranties and Disclaimers
The Dataset and TDM Service are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, completeness, or accuracy. Your use is at your own risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Acadlore and its suppliers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for loss of data or business interruption, arising from or relating to your use of the TDM Service or Dataset.
X. Term and Termination
1. These terms take effect when you first access or use the TDM Service and continue until terminated.
2. Either party may terminate for material breach not cured within 10 days of written notice; for insolvency-related events; if the underlying institutional subscription lapses or is unpaid after 30 days’ notice; or upon 60 days’ written notice for convenience.
3. Upon termination or expiry, Acadlore will disable access to the APIs and TDM Service. You must promptly delete any stored copies of Acadlore content obtained for TDM. You may retain and use non-expressive TDM Output and scholarly publications lawfully created during the term, subject to applicable licenses and confidentiality obligations.
XI. General
1. Force Majeure. Neither party is liable for failure or delay due to events beyond its reasonable control.
2. Severability. If any provision is unenforceable, the remainder remains in effect.
3. Entire Agreement. These terms are the entire agreement for TDM use and supersede prior understandings on this subject.
4. Modifications. Changes must be in writing and posted by Acadlore as set out in §3.2.
5. Assignment. You may not assign these terms without Acadlore’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld).
6. Notices.
- To Acadlore: support@acadlore.com
- To you: the email or postal address provided with your registration or otherwise notified in writing.
XII. Contact
Questions about these terms or requests for permission (e.g., brand use) should be directed to support@acadlore.com.
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