Text and data-mining clause agreed by ALPSP, P-D-R, and STM

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-09-17

Summary:

“Pharmaceutical companies will be better able to pursue research using text and datamining, thanks to an agreement announced today. The Pharma-Documentation-Ring (P-DR) sample license has been updated to grant text and data-mining rights to use the content to which each of the P-D-R members subscribes.  The P-D-R sample license serves as a benchmark used by P-D-R’s members to negotiate individual subscription agreements with publishers and other content suppliers. It is regularly updated to enable market demand to meet at the intersection of pharmaceutical 

research, bio-informatics as well as electronic and scientific publishing.  The agreement was reached between P-D-R, an association of twenty-one pharmaceutical companies, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), and the 

International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers...  The text of the clause reads: ‘Text and Data Mining (TDM): download, extract and index information from the Publisher’s Content to which the Subscriber has access under this Subscription Agreement. Where required, mount, load and integrate the results on a server used for the Subscriber’s textmining system and evaluate and interpret the TDM Output for access and use by Authorised Users. The Subscriber shall ensure compliance with Publisher's Usage policies, including security and technical access requirements. Text and data mining  may be undertaken on either locally loaded Publisher Content or as mutually agreed.‘   ‘Text and data-mining technology is expanding research possibilities and this new clause will help publishers meet the rapidly changing needs of their subscribers,’ said Audrey McCulloch, CEO of ALPSP. ‘STM members are committed to helping subscribers make the most of the content we publish,’ said Michael Mabe, CEO of STM. “In parallel with the continuing investment by individual STM members in dynamic and novel publishing and analytic services, this 

agreement enables P-D-R members to maximise the use of technology to facilitate scientific advances through customised integration in the flow of their research. We are pleased to have worked with P-D-R and ALPSP to achieve this.’”

Link:

http://www.stm-assoc.org/2012_09_12_PDR_ALPSP_STM_Text_Mining_Press_Release.pdf

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Date tagged:

09/17/2012, 19:54

Date published:

09/17/2012, 15:55