The __________________________________________________,
an organisation of
approximately ___________ people engaging in research
and development of
natural-language-processing, information- retrieval
or document-understanding systems,
which is a part of
Corporation/Partnership/Legal Entity: _____________________________________________________
Official mail address: _____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Telephone: ____________________________________________
Facsimile: ____________________________________________
E-mail: _______________________________________________
applies to use the CLEF Cross-Language Information Retrieval
Test Research Collection
and specifically the
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Dutch: _________
- French: _________
- German: _________
- Italian: _________
- Spanish: _________
- GIRT dataset: _________
(clearly mark the data set(s) you intend to use), from now on referred to
as the information.
We understand that authorisation to use the above specified information indicates our
intention to participate in the CLEF system evaluation activity for
- multilingual _________
- bilingual: x -> English______; x -> Dutch______ (indicate which)
- monolingual ___________________________ (indicate which language(s))
- domain-specific system testing _________
(clearly mark which task(s) you intend to perform)
and this participation is subject
to the following understandings, terms and conditions.
These understandings, terms and conditions apply equally to all or part of the information.
Permitted Uses
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The information may only be used for research
and development of natural-language-processing, information-retrieval or
document- understanding systems.
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Summaries, analyses and interpretations of
the linguistic properties of the information may be derived and published,
provided it is not possible to reconstruct the information from these summaries.
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Small excerpts of the information may be displayed
to others or published in a scientific or technical context, solely for
the purpose of describing the research and development and related issues.
Any such use shall not infringe on the rights of any third party including,
but limited to, the authors and publishers of the excerpts.
Access to the Information by Individuals
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Access to the information by an individual
person is to be controlled by that person's organisation. The organisation
may only grant access to people working under its control, i.e., its own
members, consultants to the organisation, or individuals providing service
to the organisation.
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Individuals may be allowed access to the information
only after completion and submission of the Individual
Application form. The access is to be terminated when the conditions
of the application no longer apply. The organisation will retain the applications
of all persons ever granted access to the information and make them available
upon request to any of the copyright holders and to the institution or
agency holding this completed application.
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The organisation will maintain and post a
list of people with current and recently-terminated access to the information.
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An individual with access may only display
the information to or share the information with persons whom his organisation
lists as having access to the information.
Copyright
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The copyright holders retain ownership and
reserve all rights pertaining to the use and distribution of the information.
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Except as specifically permitted above and
as necessary to use and maintain the integrity of the information on computers
used by the organisation, the display, reproduction, transmission, distribution
or publication of the information is prohibited. Violations of the copyright
restrictions on the information may result in legal liability.
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Copyright holders of the information contained
in the CLEF Cross- Language Information
Retrieval Text Research Collection
include:
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French dataset: Le Monde 1994 - Copyright LE MONDE S.A. distribution rights
ELDA
(European Language Resources Distribution Agency).
- German dataset: Frankfurter Rundschau, 1994-1995 - Druck- und Verlagshaus Frankfurt
am Main,
Frankfurt am Main (Germany);
Der Spiegel, 1994-1995 - SPIEGEL Verlag, Hamburg
(Germany).
- Italian dataset: La Stampa 1994 - Copyright La Stampa, distribution rights
Hypersystems Srl, Torino.
- Spanish dataset: Spanish news agency data - Copyright Agencia EFE S.A.
- Dutch dataset: NRC Handelsblad - 1994, 1995; Algemeen Dagblad - 1994, 1995 -
Copyright PCM Landelijke dagbladen/Het Parool.
- GIRT database: InformationsZentrum Sozialwissenschaften, Bonn (Germany).
- SDA collection: French, German, Italian Swiss news agency data - Copyright Schweizerische Depeschenagentur, Switzerland.
By the Organisation:
Signature: ________________________________________________
Date:
______________
Name (please print): _______________________________________
Title:
_______________
Accepted by CLEF:
Signature: ________________________________________________
Date:
_______________
Name (please print): _______________________________________
Title:
_______________
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