1. Everyone can access the uploaded metadata in the repository free of charge.
2. Monographs metadata always include an Index and an Abstract, as per the Open Access Charter, section 4, paragraph 1, letter a).
3. Uploaded metadata can be used freely for non-profit purposes. All uses for private gain are prohibited.

1. Everyone can access the open version of the items in the repository free of charge. Any other use of the items is restricted to the author and/or the publisher, unless ruled free by law or allowed by the rightful owner. However, if the archived item comes with a Creative Commons license, at the author's and/or the publisher's choosing, it can then be used in the ways and for the purposes mentioned in the applicable Creative Commons license.

1. AperTO is the institutional Open Access repository for the storage of research products.
2. The following types of items, as identified by the University Senate, are allowed in AperTO:

3. For each item, the following are provided:
• date of publication;
• full-text version (draft, manuscript sent to the publisher, version approved by the publisher, published version);
• type of review (blind peer review, nonblind peer review, scientific committee, none);
• publishing status (post-print, in-print, Epub).

1. Items metadata can only be uploaded by qualified University personnel, or appointed substitutes, as per the Open Access Chart, section 2, letter b), and more specifically:
• full professors and associate professors;
• researchers;
• Ph. D. students;
• university staff;
• temporary employees.
2. Metadata and full-text upload is the responsibility of the authors. Upon submission, authors grant the University a non-exclusive License for the publication of metadata and full-text of research products according to the terms of use under Metadata Policies and Full-Text Policies.
3. Any request to be granted an embargo period to delay the publication of the full-text of an item must be approved by the University Senate's Research Committee.
4. Should an embargo period be granted, the item's full-text will remain unavailable to the public for a limited time.
5. Uploaded metadata will be checked by qualified librarians for consistency with the specified type and accuracy of bibliographic information; uploaded full-texts will be checked by qualified librarians for consistency of version (draft, manuscript sent to the publisher, version approved by the publisher, published version) according to the publishers' official policies as detailed in the SHERPA-RoMEO database.
6. Authors are exclusively responsible for the truthfulness of all uploaded metadata.
7. Authors are exclusively responsible for any infringement of rights of a third party (including infringements of others' intellectual property) that may result from the publication of the research products they upload.
8. Items that are found to infringe on others' rights (including infringements of others' intellectual property) will be immediately removed from AperTO.
9. The University of Torino accepts no responsibility for any infringement on the part of others of intellectual property rights related to the items uploaded to the repository.

About the storage, updating and removal of information uploaded to AperTO.

1. Metadata and full-texts uploaded on AperTO will be stored indefinitely.
2. AperTO will try to ensure non-stop availability of its contents.
3. If necessary, information uploaded to AperTO might be updated to a newer format.
4. AperTO regularly backs up all uploaded information.
5. Items are normally never removed from AperTO.
6. An item may be removed from AperTO for the following reasons:
• plagiarism or proven copyright infringement;
• other proven unlawful infringements;
• national security;
• research based on false data.
7. Removed items will however not be deleted, but they will not be accessible to the public.
8. Handle IDs and URLs for each item in AperTO will be stored indefinitely.
9. The help desk service allows users to request changes and updates be applied to already published items.
10. Handle IDs and URLs for each item in AperTO will always link to their latest version.
11. Should AperTO ever be shut down, all information uploaded will be transferred to a similar repository.