FAQ

Contact ARIM

• Help desk
  • I am planning to use ARIM for the first time. Where can I contact for more information?
  • I would like to use ARIM's facilities. How can I do?
  • I would like to know about data utilization (material datasets collected by ARIM)

Facility Use

• Search for Shared Facilities
  • What facilities are available? What state-of-the-art facilities are provided?
  • I want to know how to search for facilities (specifications).

• How to Use / Fees
  • Is there a cost to use the facilities?
  • Can private companies also use this service?

Users' Reports

• Contents of User's Reports
  • What is a User's Report?
  • What needs to be included in a User's Report? How is it handled after submission?
  • The text in the PDF preview of the User's Report is garbled.

• Search User's Reports
  • I want to know how to search user's reports.

Data Utilization

• Use of Data
  • What kind of data will be provided by ARIM datasets?
  • Is there a cost to use the datasets?
  • What is the time period for which the licensed data is available?
  • Do we need to enter into a usage agreement every fiscal year?
  • What does secondary use mean?
  • Can the license data or derivative data be used after the end of the usage agreement?
  • What are the rights to derivative data?
  • Can the deliverables be used after the end of the usage agreement?
  • What should I do if there is a change in the user of the license data?
  • What are the rights related to the license data?
  • Is an account necessary when applying for a license from the ARIM Data Providing Portal Site?
  • How do I apply for a dataset?
  • How long does it take from application to download?
  • I am not sure if the license data is a “deliverable”. How can I judge this?

• Data Registration
  • Is it mandatory to register data when using shared facilities?
  • Will the registered data be immediately shared with third parties?
  • Will the registered data be available for use by people all over the world?
  • Can the name and organization of the data registrant be registered anonymously?
  • Can registered data be deleted?
  • Can structured data be edited?
  • Do you have any structured data provided for a fee?
  • Will the profits from providing structured data for a fee be returned to the registrant?
  • What is secondary use?
  • What becomes of the data after the subscription agreement ends?
  • Is the registration data shared with other data users?
  • Do I need a special account to use the ARIM data structuring system?
  • Can I extend the non-shared period?