Welcome to Open Access Repository of ICRISAT

Metadata Policy

1. Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
2. The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not-for-profit purposes provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given.

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, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge.
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. Subject Specialities:
   • Agriculture, Food and Veterinary
   • Biology and Biochemistry
   • Business and Economics
3. OAR@ICRISAT holds all types of materials.
4. Deposited items may include:
   • working drafts
   • submitted versions (as sent to journals for peer-review)
   • accepted versions (author's final peer-reviewed drafts)
   • published versions (publisher-created files)
5. Items are individually tagged with:
   • their version type and date.
   • their peer-review status.
   • their publication status.
6. Principal Languages: English

Submission Policy

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members, and registered students of the institution, or their delegated agents.
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. The administrator only vets items for the eligibility of authors/depositors, relevance to the scope of OAR@ICRISAT, valid layout & format, and the exclusion of spam
6. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
7. No embargo policy defined.
8. If OAR@ICRISAT receives proof of copyright violation, the relevant item will be removed immediately.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
2. OAR@ICRISAT will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
   • Items will be migrated to new file formats where necessary.
   • Where possible, software emulations will be provided to access un-migrated formats.
3. OAR@ICRISAT is working with external partners to:
   • convert or migrate file formats
   • develop and implement software emulations for old file formats
   • record preservation metadata
   • backup items in external archives
4. No file preservation policy defined.
5. Items may be removed at the request of the author/copyright holder, but this is strongly discouraged.
6. Withdrawn items are not deleted per se, but are removed from public view.
7. Withdrawn items' identifiers/URLs are retained indefinitely.
8. URLs will continue to point to 'tombstone' citations, to avoid broken links and to retain item histories, with:
   • a link to a replacement version, where available
9. If necessary, an updated version may be deposited.
   • The earlier version may be withdrawn from public view.
   • The item's persistent URL will always link to the latest version.
   • There will be links between earlier and later versions, with the most recent version clearly identified.
10. In the event of OAR@ICRISAT being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.