Repository Policies

Metadata Policy

for information describing items in the repository

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 and re-sold commercially provided:
   • the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given
   • Archivio "Giuliano Marini" is mentioned

Data Policy

for full-text and other full data items

1. Anyone may access full items free of charge.
2. All full items are individually tagged with differing rights permissions and conditions.

Content Policy

for types of document & data set held

1. This is a multi-institution subject-based repository.
2. Subject Specialities:
   • Philosophy and Religion
   • Law and Politics
3. Archivio "Giuliano Marini" is restricted to:
   • Journal articles
   • Bibliographic references
   • Conference and workshop papers
   • Theses and dissertations
   • Unpublished reports and working papers
   • Books, chapters and sections
   • Datasets
   • Learning Objects
   • Multimedia and audio-visual materials
   • Other special item types
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: Italian; English; German; French

Submission Policy

concerning depositors, quality & copyright

1. Items may only be deposited by accredited members, academic staff, registered students, and employees of the subject community, or their delegated agents.
2. Eligible depositors must deposit full texts of all their publications, although they may delay making them publicly visible to comply with publishers' embargos.
3. The administrator only vets items for relevance to the scope of Archivio "Giuliano Marini", valid layout & format, and the exclusion of spam
4. The validity and authenticity of the content of submissions is the sole responsibility of the depositor.
5. Items can be deposited at any time, but will not be made publicly visible until any publishers' or funders' embargo period has expired.
6. Any copyright violations are entirely the responsibility of the authors/depositors.

Preservation Policy

1. Items will be retained indefinitely.
2. Archivio "Giuliano Marini" will try to ensure continued readability and accessibility.
   • Items will be migrated to new file formats where necessary.
3. Archivio "Giuliano Marini" regularly backs up its files according to current best practice.
4. Items may be removed at the request of the author/copyright holder, but this is strongly discouraged.
5. Acceptable reasons for withdrawal include:
   • Proven copyright violation or plagiarism
   • Legal requirements and proven violations
   • National Security
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
   • a note explaining the reasons for withdrawal
9. Errata and corrigenda lists may be included with the original record if required.
10. 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.
11. In the event of Archivio "Giuliano Marini" being closed down, the database will be transferred to another appropriate archive.