Data mining and fair use

As a web-based resource, WormBase is
primarily designed for users interacting with the resource on a
page-by-page basis.

Users wishing to automate data retrieval from WormBase should
direct their scripts to the data mining server (mining.wormbase.org)
instead of the primary WormBase server.

In consideration of other users, we request that any script -- whether
it be mining the web interface or directly interacting with the
underlying databases -- send no more than one request every three seconds.

If these facilities do not provide adequate speed for your needs, you may download and install the database locally. For additional
help, please contact help@wormbase.org.

WormBase is an open source and open access resource. Use of WormBase is covered under two Creative Commons licenses:

The terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain (CC0) License apply to all WormBase drafted annotation files, such as those available on the FTP site or through download interfaces.

The terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License apply to all software and code, e.g. relating to the functionality of wormbase.org website, APIs, database dump files, and WormBase branding materials.

For information about how to properly credit data use, please review the Creative Commons FAQ or contact the WormBase Helpdesk.

Tracking

WormBase logs the IP address of your browser and each
query against the website. This is done in order to
track usage statistics and to identify operational
problems. This information is not used to identify individuals
or organizations, and is never shared with third parties.

Cookies are used to provide persistence across browsing
sessions. These may persist after you exit your browser,
but they are never used for either identification or
tracking purposes.

If you log in to the WormBase site, you may optionally enable
history tracking. This information is made available to other
users in aggregate (for example, as part of the "What's Popular
on WormBase" feature) but are never associated directly with
a specific user.

Comment Moderation

To encourage discussion amongst the community, WormBase
includes the ability to comment on any item. Only registered
and confirmed users are allowed to comment.

WormBase administrators reserve the right to remove comments
that are off-topic or defamatory in nature. Stay classy!

If you'd like to help as a comment moderator, please contact help@wormbase.org.

WormBase is copyright © 1999-2019 California Institute of
Technology, European Bioinformatics Institute, Ontario Institute
for Cancer Research, Washington University at St. Louis, and
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Permission to use the information contained in this database
was given by the researchers/institutes who contributed or
published the information. Users of the database are solely
responsible for compliance with any copyright restrictions,
including those applying to the author abstracts. Documents
from this server are provided "AS-IS" without any warranty,
expressed or implied.

WormBase is supported by a grant from the National Human
Genome Research Institute at the US National Institutes
of Health # U41 HG002223 and the British Medical Research Council.

In-line citations

We do our best to correctly annotate and cite sources when
available. Users are encouraged to confirm these citations
independently. Absence of a citation from WormBase does not
imply that an appropriate citation does not exist.