Application to use the resources created during the BioCreative  evaluation


The resources created during the execution of the assessment of text mining systems - BioCreative - by the organizers and the participants are available for download. In principle there are no limitations or copyright issues involved but we ask you to accept the following conditions:

1. Provide us with your contact information
2. Use the data for research purposes only. (An exception is the task 1A data, which has no such restrictions.)
3. Inform us about publications that use these resources (all or just parts of them) and cite the use accordingly with a link to the project web page:
http://www.pdg.cnb.uam.es/BioLINK/BioCreative.eval.html
4.For the task 1A data, follow the notice included with the data (and
reproduced here):

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*  This software/database is a "United States Government Work" under the
*  terms of the United States Copyright Act.  It was written as part of
*  the author's official duties as a United States Government employee and
*  thus cannot be copyrighted.  This software/database is freely available
*  to the public for use. The National Library of Medicine and the U.S.
*  Government have not placed any restriction on its use or reproduction.
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*  Although all reasonable efforts have been taken to ensure the accuracy
*  and reliability of the software and data, the NLM and the U.S.
*  Government do not and cannot warrant the performance or results that
*  may be obtained by using this software or data. The NLM and the U.S.
*  Government disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including
*  warranties of performance, merchantability or fitness for any particular
*  purpose.
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*  Please cite the author in any work or product based on this material.
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