Rules and Policy

General Information

The site isgi.unistra.fr is published by the International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI), Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre de Strasbourg (EOST), 5 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex France.
The International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI) website is provided as a public international service by the Université de Strasbourg (UniStra, France), Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS-INSU, France), Ecole et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre de Strasbourg (EOST, France) and International Service of Geomagnetic Indices (ISGI).

Policy on General contents

The general contents (texts, including press releases, videos, pictures and animations) that appear or are available on the site are protected by copyright and intellectual property. They are the exclusive property of ISGI. As such, you agree not to copy, translate, reproduce, sell, publish, exploit and disseminate the contents of the site protected by intellectual property law, without prior written permission of ISGI.
The ISGI trademarks and logos on the site are, except in special cases, ownership of ISGI. Unless prior written authorization, the user agrees not to use them.
The ISGI allows the user, however, the right to reproduce any contents of the site as copy for backup or printout. This right is granted as part of a strictly personal, private and not collective use.

Policy on Geomagnetic Indices

The Policy on Geomagnetic Indices follows the International Council for Science World Data System (ICSU WDS) Data Policy (http://www.icsu-wds.org/organization/data-policy)
The ISGI Data Policy recognizing the benefits and importance of contributing to the growing international efforts of data sharing, has adopted the following general principles:

Full and open exchange of data, metadata and products shared, recognizing relevant international instruments and national policies and legislation;
All shared data, metadata and products are made available with minimum time delay and at minimum cost;
All shared data, metadata and products are free of charge or no more than cost of reproduction for only research and education.

The data are supplied on the condition that they are not used for commercial gain (media, transcription and other costs may be charged to the user).
The ISGI recognizes the value to commerce of geomagnetic data and derived products, which are available in near real time, and accepts the right of ISGI Collaborating Institutes to recover costs for services and to levy charges when possible and as necessary. ISGI Collaborating Institutes will undertake to safeguard the interests of fellow participants, concerning the commercial usage of the data they are in charge of.
The quick-look data (also named preliminary data) are raw, automatically processed data that have not passed through any review by ISGI and/or ISGI collaborating Institutes scientists. They are intended for applications where gaps and glitches in the data are expected and accepted, for example, assimilation by forecast models. Near-real-time data should not be used in lieu of final, "clean", regularly reported data, and the data providers expressly deny permission for users to publish near-real-time data.
The provisional data are first step towards definitive data and have passed through routine-review by ISGI and/or ISGI collaborating Institutes scientists. They are intended for applications when definitive data are not still available.
The definitive data contained on ISGI Web site are available free of charge for non-commercial and scientific use. Definitive Geomagnetic Indices are available with open access and without login.

Policy on Acknowledgements for Geomagnetic Indices

By using this data, you, as data user, accept that an offer of co-authorship will be made through personal contact with the related ISGI collaborating Institute(s) whenever substantial use is made of the data for any publication or website.
By using this data, you, as data user, should acknowledge the ISGI collaborating Institute(s) in charge of the corresponding index (indices), the ISGI, the INTERMAGNET organization and the associated geomagnetic observatories.
We offer two acknowledgement templates. The first is for cases where several geomagnetic indices from various ISGI collaborating Institutes have been used and it is not practical to list them all. The second is for cases where research results have been produced using a single geomagnetic indice.
Suggested Acknowledgement Text (template 1)
The results presented in this paper rely on geomagnetic indices calculated and made available by ISGI Collaborating Institutes from data collected at magnetic observatories. We thank the involved national institutes, the INTERMAGNET network and ISGI (isgi.unistra.fr).
Suggested Acknowledgement Text (template 2)
The results presented in this paper rely on [Insert here the name of the considered geomagnetic index] calculated and made available by [Insert here the name of the considered ISGI Collaborating Institute(s)] from data collected at magnetic observatories. We thank the involved national institutes, the INTERMAGNET network and ISGI (isgi.unistra.fr).

Access and Contents of the ISGI Web site

Access to the site can be interrupted at any time, without notice, especially in cases of force majeure or of maintenance, and more generally if unexpected events force ISGI to suspend or stop providing this service. The obligation of providing the service is therefore limited to an obligation of means.
The ISGI strives to provide the best of its abilities the accuracy and up-to-date information, when they are posted on the site. However, the ISGI does not guarantee the accuracy, precision or completeness of the information provided on the site. The information contained on the website is not contractual and may change at any time without prior notice.
The site is governed by French law. Foreign users accept the application of French law by visiting this site and using some or all of the features of the site.

Private data

The ISGI does not collect personally identifiable information (for example, name, address, phone number, email address) from users, regardless of age, unless you provide it to us. These are confidential and will only be used for official business.
We collect standard web log data:

Name of domain (for example,"xyzfirm.com" if you use a private internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from a university's domain)
Country from which you access our website
Date and time you access our website
Amount of data you upload from our web site

The site meets the regulations relating to data, files and freedoms as defined by Law No. 78-17, as amended. The user has to respect the personal data collected during a visit to the site, the right to access, modify, rectify and delete data in accordance with French law. These rights may be exercised from:
ISGI,
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France
Site: isgi.unistra.fr

Links

The site may contain links to websites operated by partners or third parties. The ISGI does not have any means to control these sites and does not guarantee compliance with these sites of laws and regulations in force.

Solicitation alert

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Modifications

The ISGI reserves the right to change without notice these terms and conditions of use.