(15-Nov-2018 version after joint EOSC-hub+AARC2 meeting, Julich, Germany)
The draft text of the baseline AUP is available as a Google document here - WISE Baseline AUP template v1.2. (Please see the stored Version History for the recent evolution of this text.)
Draft implementors guide at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tGghpHCKTu8sTO1wNrJBXXfD0N1XDAmFTn9b8t6wzPE
Guidance on the intended use of this Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use (AUP) text.
The AUP text referenced above is intended to form part of the information presented to a member of a community (the user) at the time they register to access the services comprising an infrastructure. The AUP provides the user with information about their expected behaviour and restrictions on their use of the infrastructure. This "baseline" text can, optionally, be augmented with additional, community or infrastructure specific, clauses as required, but the numbered clauses should not be changed. The registration point where the user is presented with the AUP may be operated directly by the user's research community or by a third party on the community's behalf.
The motivation to provide this "baseline" text is to facilitate -
rapid community infrastructure ‘bootstrap’ - communities do not have to build their own AUP from scratch
ease the trust of users across an infrastructure - services within an infrastructure have a common framework describing the behaviour of users coming from multiple communities
provide a consistent and more understandable enrolment for users - as users move between communities and projects come and go, users have a common understanding of their responsibiities.
Other information to be presented to a user, as addition to the AUP, to properly define their rights and responsibilities when using the infrastructure and services are -
- Privacy Notice - information about the processing of their personal data together with their rights under law regarding this processing
- Service Level Agreements - information about what the user can expect from the service in terms of quality such as reliability and availability
- (Optional) Terms of Service - additional requirements or information which does not naturally fit within the AUP, PN and SLA policies. (e.g. a requirement to cite a sponsoring body in publications or the assignment of Intellectual Property rights.)