Metadata Policy

Access to metadata - Anyone may access the metadata free of charge

Reuse of Metadata - The metadata may be re-used in any medium without prior permission for not for-profit purposes and resold commercially provided the OAI Identifier or a link to the original metadata record are given

Data Policy

Access to Full Text Items - Free access to some full text items is controlled because of a publishers, funders or internal embargo period.

Reuse of Full Text Items - Copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge provided:

  • the authors, title and main bibliographic details are given;
  • a hyperlink and/or URL are given for the original metadata page;
  • the content is not changed in any way.

Full text items must not be harvested by robots except transiently for full text indexing or citation analysis. Full text items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holders. Some full items are individually tagged with different rights permissions and conditions like Creative Commons. Mention of the TU Delft repository is appreciated but not mandatory.

For more information contact: library@tudelft.nl