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Licenses and Rights

Data ownership and licensing requirements

Data contributors (depositors) retain ownership over their data. A license must be declared for each dataset (e.g. CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, ODbL).

CeCILL-B License

Unless otherwise stated, the Arbogen platform source code is distributed under the CeCILL-B license.

This license allows use, modification, and redistribution of the software with minimal constraints, provided that proper attribution is given.

The software is provided “as is”, without any warranty, either express or implied. The authors and rights holders shall not be held liable for any damages resulting from the use of the software.

A copy of the CeCILL-B license is available here .

Data sharing on ARBOGEN

ARBOGEN maintains a global dataset of arbovirus genomes along with associated metadata including virological, ecological, clinical, and epidemiological information, with the aim of facilitating the access, sharing, and analysis of this data.

The data deposited on ARBOGEN can be defined as two main components: the sequence in itself, and the metadata (virological, ecological, clinical, and epidemiological information) attached to it. Data can be deposited in the ARBOGEN database under three different statuses:

  • For private data, the sequences and attached metadata are only accessible to the owner of the data with the exception of the genotype, sampling date and infection location information attached to the sequence. The latter can be used to represent the data under aggregated formats such as histograms or maps.
  • Semi-private sequences (and attached metadata) are shared between the owner of the data and other ARBOGEN users specified by the data owner upon its explicit request. As for private sequences, the genotype, sampling date, and infection location information attached to the sequence can be used to represent the data under aggregated formats such as histograms or maps.
  • Public sequences and their attached metadata are shared freely between the owner of the sequence and other ARBOGEN users.

Third-party open-source software

Arbogen includes the following open-source component:

Nextclade is used as an embedded analysis engine. Arbogen is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Nextstrain project.

Takedown procedures

Rights holders may request removal or restriction; Arbogen admins will assess and act promptly.

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