Ethical and Legal Aspects
For the DOBES programme, a number of ethical and legal documents have been agreed upon:
- An overview document describes the state and purpose of all documents - Overview (pdf)
- A Code of Conduct that guides the work of all parties involved in the documenting and archiving work - Code of Conduct (pdf)
- A Data Access and Protection Rules document describing the activities of the archivist - Data Access and Protection Rules (pdf)
- A Depositor-Archivist-Agreement describing the terms under which the data provided can be made available to others - Depositor-Archivist Agreement (pdf)
- A Usage Request to be filled in by the potential user - Usage Request Form (pdf)
- A Usage Declaration to be accepted by the user before actually accessing the data. These documents will be subject of small changes, but the essentials will not change - Usage Declaration Form (pdf)
Furthermore, it should be noted that the archivist in DOBES claims the right to archive all deposited material and that the archive claims all copyright on behalf of the creators.
With respect to access procedures we distinguish four categories of resources. To view at the details click here.