Terms of Use for OpenArchives API
API-key: a unique and confidential code allowing access to the OpenArchives API.
Data Providers / Third parties: Institutions providing content from their respective digital libraries or repositories.
Content: Content includes all data, software, databases, metadata as well as any other intellectual work that could be the subject of copyright according to Law No. 2121/1993, as applicable, regardless of whether the protection period has lapsed or the use falls under the copyright exceptions.
Content of Data Providers / Third parties: The collections of items provided to OpenArchives.gr by Data Providers
Metadata: textual information that facilitate the identification, interpretation, discoverability and/or management of the items of the Content of Data Providers / Third parties.
Implementation: a service developed by the User, using the OpenArchives API.
OpenArchives API: application programming interfaces for the purpose of searching and retrieving the Metadata offered by ΕΚΤ in OpenArchives.gr aggregator.
User:a natural or legal person authorised to receive a OpenArchives API-key.
The Institution responsible for OpenArchives.gr is ΕΚΤ/NHRF (National Documentation Centre/ National Hellenic Research Foundation) and is described henceforth in this document as EKT.
By accessing the OpenArchives API, the User accepts and agrees to be bound by these terms of use.
The use of the OpenArchives API is conditioned upon the unreserved acceptance of the Terms of Use (ToU) described henceforth and is construed as an acceptance of these Terms of Use.
EKT, unilaterally reserves the right to modify, amend and alter the content or services of the Website and its terms of use, whenever it deems necessary. Otherwise, their communication takes place via announcement on the Website and in accordance with applicable law.
The Website may contain references (links) to third party website. EKT collects / stores / features / transmits through Search Culture.gr, metadata relating to third party content, without proceeding in the collection, processing or making of third party content available. The third-party content derives from the respective digital library or repository in which it is stored and via which it becomes available under the terms and conditions laid down in the relevant third-party website. Consequently, EKT bears no responsibility regarding any damage, incidental, consequential, direct or indirect arising in connection with third-party content or the accuracy and correctness of metadata published by third party websites, repositories or digital libraries and cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the metadata or any such content whatsoever.
The third party Data providers are the ones solely responsible for the content of their websites and for any damage that may arise from their use, when the User accesses them through the Service. The User accepts that, by visiting the website of third parties, he/she leaves the Service and is subject to other conditions of use.
API-keys are confidential and are for use by the User only and may not be shared with third parties unless with express agreement from EKT.
An API-key applies to a single Implementation. The User needs to create a separate API-key for every new Implementation.
The display of data obtained via the OpenArchives API in contexts that are illegal, pornographic, defamatory or can be detrimental to the reputation of EKT in any other way is prohibited. EKT reserves the right to terminate individual OpenArchives API-keys that are used in that way.
ΕΚΤ will not provide technical support for Users unless explicitly agreed otherwise.
EKT will log all uses of the OpenArchives API by the User for the purpose of monitoring service load and for the purpose of improving the service and producing statistical data.
Το EKT may limit the number of transactions the User may send or receive through the API at any time to ensure even performance of the OpenArchives API to all Users.
The content of the Website, including the graphic user interface, the text of the website, the marks or other works on which EKT has the necessary copyrights or licenses unless expressly stated otherwise - especially content subject to third party rights - is available through the Services of the Site to users only in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike v. 4.0 licence.
All Content of Data Providers, including metadata displayed through the search engine, on which third party rights subsist, is made available under the terms and conditions defined by the Data Provider, in the relevant websites or repositories from which the material derives and to which OpenArchives.gr refers.
The User is encouraged to provide attribution to the data sources including, where possible, links to the Content on the original data providers' websites (edm:isShownAt field in RDF representation). Users of the API are requested to use the ‘Content by OpenArchives.gr” phrase and the OpenArchives logo to indicate that they have obtained Content from the OpenArchives API.
EKT under the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 679/2016, as in force from May 25, 2018 and the national law, will retain, file and process the user's personal data collected through the use of the OpenArchives API service.
The Terms of Use of this Website, as well as any future amendment, are governed and supplemented by Greek and EU Law and the relevant international treaties. The Greek Courts are hereby defined as those competent to hear any case arising from any differences with regard to the present. If any provision of these Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity and/or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of these Terms and without further action by the parties, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.
These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between EKT and the User of OpenArchives API service and are binding only between them. No modification of these terms of use shall be taken into account and constitute part of this agreement unless expressed in writing and incorporated in these Terms of Use. Unless agreed otherwise, the above terms and conditions shall be rendered immediately enforceable upon their publication on the Website, as a whole.
In the event that EKT is under the impression that it is publishing Metadata or Previews to which it is not entitled, it will remove these Metadata or Previews from the OpenArchives API. The User must cease use of such Metadata and Previews upon first request thereto from EKT.
EKT, unilaterally reserves the right to modify, amend and alter the content or services of the Website and its terms of use, whenever it deems necessary. Otherwise, their communication takes place via announcement on the Website and in accordance with applicable law.
EKT bears no responsibility regarding any damage, incidental, consequential, direct or indirect arising in connection with third-party content or the accuracy and correctness of metadata published by third party websites, repositories or digital libraries and cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the metadata or any such content whatsoever.
Under no circumstances does EKT (including EKT's legal representatives, employees, assignees etc) bear responsibility for any legal, civil or criminal action and/or any potential damages (compensatory, loss etc.) of the User deriving from this Website.
In the event that the User is under the impression that OpenArchives.gr is publishing Metadata or Previews to which it is not entitled, illegal, pornographic, defamatory or can be detrimental to the Users please contact EKT through privacy@ekt.gr.
