[Cod-bugs] FW: Permission to use cif file in publication

[Andrius Merkys]

Dear Simon Escobar Steinvall,

All data in the COD is placed in public domain, thus everyone is free to
reuse it in any way they want. Of course, the users are kindly asked to
cite the COD [1], but this is by no means a must.

As for the reference, any unambiguous way to identify the structure
should suffice. You may reference individual CIF files as "COD entry
XXXXXXX", possibly accompanied by URL or a hyperlink. Please be aware
that individual CIFs undergo curation (that is, their contents may
slightly change), thus if you want to refer to a particular CIF file at
some particular moment in time, be sure to include the revision. You may
find it in the header of each CIF file, or in the bottom of its
information card on the COD website.

[1] https://wiki.crystallography.net/cod/citing/

Best wishes,
Andrius Merkys

On 2020-05-13 17:27, Escobar Steinvall Simon Robert wrote:
> I am writing my thesis, and I am using a visualization based on a .cif
> file I got from your database. Hence I wanted to check if it is
> sufficient to simply reference the COD ID and mention that it was
> acquired from you, or if any additional permission has to be acquired?


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