Validate a functional LT service or ELG hosted LRT at legal level¶
When you have been assigned to validate an item at the legal level, you will receive a notification via email. To access the validation form, log in at the ELG platform and select “Administration” at the menu that pops up when you click on the dashboard icon:
You will be re-directed to the backend administration pages. Click on Legal validations
to view the catalogue of metadata records that have been assigned to you:
Click on the title of the metadata record that you have been assigned to access the validation form.
On this form, you can click on “DOWNLOAD” to download the uploaded files and “VIEW ON SITE” to view the metadata record.
Please, check the value(s) of the Licence
element on the metadata record to identify potential legal issues, such as:
if the LRT comes from a pilot project, whether it fulfils the legal oblications, i.e. that it has been assigned an open licence, or, at least, a licence that allows free use for academic and research purposes,
in case of LRTs with multiple licences, that the licences are consistently used,
…
If you are satisfied, set the value of Legally valid
to Yes
and click on “Save”.
If not, add your comments and recommendations at the Review comments
field and set the value of Legally valid
to No
and click on “Save”, as below:
The provider will be notified by email (containing the review comments) in order to update the record. Once finished, the provider will re-submit the record for publication and you will be notified to perform the validation again.
Note
This section is under development and continuously updated with new information. In addition, the forms included in the current release are implemented with Django. New forms will be provided later.