National Institute for Materials ScienceMatNavi Service Terms of Use
National Institute for Materials Science
Established on April 1, 2018
Revised on April 1, 2021
Revised on January 17, 2023
Revised on August 1, 2024

MatNavi Service Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as “Terms”) set forth the terms andconditions of use of the service (defined in Article 1 below; hereinafter referred to as“Service”) to make available, on a website, the NIMS Materials Database “MatNavi,” which
is managed and operated by National Institute for Materials Science (hereinafter referred toas “Institute”).
Registrants (defined in Article 1 below) of the Service are obligated to comply with theseTerms when using the Service, and upon registration for use of the Service, Registrants aredeemed to have agreed to these Terms, the site policy (http://www.nims.go.jp/siteinfo/sitepolicy.html) and the privacy policy (http://www.nims.go.jp/siteinfo/privacy-policy.html) on theofficial website of the Institute. Therefore, please carefully read these Terms, the site policy
and the privacy policy before using the Service.
Article 1: Definition
The following terms as used in these Terms shall have the meaning respectively prescribedin the following items.
(1) “Service”

Services provided free of charge to Registrants (defined in thefollowing item) through systems owned by the Institute, including, without limitation, the NIMS
Materials Database System “MatNavi” and the accompanying web pages, applications, user
registration systems (http://mits.nims.go.jp/);(2) “Registrants”

Individuals who have agreed to these Terms and submitted anapplication to the Institute for use of the Service pursuant to paragraph 1 of Article 4 below
and whose use of the Service has been approved by the Institute;(3) “Use Agreement”

Agreement for use of the Service that includes these Terms in thecontent;(4) “Site”

Web page of the Service;(5) “ID-PW”

ID issued to Registrant under the DICE Account Terms of Use to(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)manage the DICE account and the password (PW) set by Registrant. When multi-factor
authentication is used, the ID-PW shall include the authentication information used therefor.
(6) “DATA”

Data, content (including, without limitation, text, illustrations,pictures and tables) and data sheets that are provided through MatNavi and the Service;(7) “Processed DATA”

The DATA that have been processed into a table or other form ofexpression. The Processed DATA shall include the DATA and other data, etc., that have beenprocessed into a table or other form of expression.
Article 2: Applicability and Amendment to These Terms
1. These Terms shall apply to use of the Service that is provided by the Institute and all
matters in conjunction with provision of the Service.
2. Provisions announced through the Service from time to time by the Institute and provisions
for use posted on the Site when using the Service shall also constitute a part of these Terms.
3. The Institute may amend the details of these Terms at any time without prior consent ofRegistrants. The Terms after such amendment shall be deemed to have been agreed by all
Registrants after such terms have been posted on the Site for one (1) month.
4. In addition to the case described in the preceding paragraph, when the Institute judges it
necessary, the Institute shall notify Registrants of necessary information from time to time.
The notified content shall be deemed to have been agreed by all Registrants after it has beenposted on the Site for one (1) week.
Article 3: Purpose of Use of Service, License, Functionality, etc.
MatNavi and the Service are provided for the purpose of promoting science and technology
and facilitating assistance in research and development. The Institute therefore will provide
the Service only to those individuals who use the Service for the purpose of education or
research and development.
Article 4: Registration for Use
1. Registration for use of the Service shall be completed when the person who desires to use
the Service submits an application to the Institute for registration for use on the Site and theInstitute approves the use registration. Upon completion of use registration, the Use
Agreement shall be concluded between the individual whose use registration has beenapproved, as Registrant and the Institute.
2. When the Institute judges that one of the following events exists in relation to the applicantof use registration, the Institute may disapprove the application for use registration, and theInstitute shall not assume any obligation to disclose the reason therefor.

(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)(1) If the applicant does not exist;(2) If the Institute has determined that the applicant may not satisfy the requirements
described in the preceding Article;(3) If the applicant has reported false information at the time of application for useregistration;(4) If the application is made by a person who has committed a violation of these Terms;or(5) If the Institute has otherwise judged that the use registration is not appropriate.
3. When, with respect to Registrant, the address, name, place of work, member organizationor other information entered in the form for registration for use of the Service (excluding thee-mail address) is changed, Registrant shall promptly report the change to the Institute by
updating the relevant information on the user information registration page of the Site.
Article 5: Notice of Completion of Registration
Promptly upon completion of registration for use, the Institute shall give Registrant notice ofcompletion of registration. Registrants may use the Service after the receipt of the notice ofcompletion of registration.
Article 6: Cancellation of Use Agreement
When Registrant cancels the Use Agreement of the Service, Registrant shall submit anapplication for such cancellation on the Site. The Use Agreement of the Service shallterminate at the time when the Institute has accepted the application for such cancellation.
Article 7: DICE Account and Scope of Users
1. Registrants may use the Service themselves with the DICE account.
2. Registrants shall not cause or allow any person other than themselves to use the Service,and shall not use the Service beyond the scope permitted by these Terms.
Article 8: Management of ID-PW
1. Registrants shall comply with the following: (a) Registrants shall not disclose or lend theID-PW to, or share the ID-PW with, any third party other than themselves, and (b) Registrants
shall carefully manage the ID-PW to avoid leaks or unauthorized use of the ID-PW. TheInstitute shall assume no liability for damages caused to Registrants or other persons arisingout of the management or usage conditions of the ID-PW.
2. If a person other than Registrant uses the Service with the ID-PW, such act shall bedeemed to be an act of Registrant, and Registrant shall compensate for damages caused to(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)the Institute by such use. However, this shall not apply if the unauthorized use of the ID-PWof Registrant occurs due to a reason attributable to the Institute.
Article 9: Rights to Data, etc.
1. Rights to use and manage the DATA that are provided through MatNavi and the Service
are held by the Institute. Copyrights to MatNavi, all web pages on the Site and the relevant
systems in general are also held by the Institute.
2. The Institute shall license Registrants to use the DATA only for use by themselves for thepurpose of education, or research and development or product development and themanufacture of products so developed, and review pertaining to the foregoing.
3. When Registrant publishes any deliverables of research and development or productdevelopment using the DATA, Registrant shall indicate the names of the Institute and theService as the source of data in the following manner. However, this shall not apply when theInstitute has approved the omission of such an indication.
(1) The following statement or other similar descriptions shall be clearly included as anacknowledgment.
“This research was conducted (in part) using the [database name] provided by theMaterials Data Platform (MDPF) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).”(2) When the Service is referred to in a research paper, etc., the appropriate references as
selected from the list posted on the DICE portal site shall be indicated as the source. If there
are no appropriate references, the following shall be indicated:“Database Name: URL of the database, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),
date accessed”(3) When data is cited in a research paper, etc., if a digital object identifier (DOI) is assigned
to the data, the DOI shall be indicated as the source. If no DOI is assigned, the following shallbe indicated:“Database Name: URL of the data page, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),
date accessed”
4. If Registrants have any questions about the Institute’s rights relevant to use or exploitationof the DATA, Registrants’ obligation to display the source, etc., please contact the user
consultation service (dice_help@nims.go.jp).
Article 10: Prohibited Acts
Registrants shall not commit any of the following acts.
(1) All acts of using the DATA other than use licensed under paragraph 2 of the preceding
Article (including copying, translation, adaption, derivative use, transmission, uploading,(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)distribution, assignment, lending, licensing or merchandising other than use licensed underparagraph 2 of the preceding Article);(2) Act of selling or distributing the DATA or Processed DATA through publication,
download sales or by other means. However, publication of deliverables of research anddevelopment or product development using the DATA shall be excluded;(3) Act of reprinting the DATA or Processed DATA in documents, websites, etc. However,the publication of deliverables of research and development or product development using
the DATA shall be excluded;(4) Use of the Service in violation of these Terms;(5) Act of obtaining data the volume of which in the judgment of the Institute is at or above
a certain limit, by web scraping (meaning automatic extraction of data from web pages byusing a program) or by other means;(6) Resales of the Service, provision or sublicensing of use of the Service to a third party;(7) All acts of making the functions of the Service available to any person other thanRegistrants;(8) Disclosure, provision or sublicensing use of the ID-PW to a third party and other acts
in connection with the ID-PW, except for those licensed under these Terms;(9) Act of attempting an unauthorized access to the system of the Institute or Service, andthe act of sending a virus or otherwise disrupting the server or network;(10) Act that may interfere with the operation of services by the Institute;(11) Act of impersonating another Registrant;(12) Act of offering benefits directly or indirectly to an anti-social force in connection withthe services of the Institute;(13) Act of using the Service for the purpose of developing, designing, manufacturing,storing and using nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, biological weapons, missile weapons
or other weapons of mass destruction regulated by the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade
Act and its relevant laws and regulations, for the purpose of military applications, or for otherpurposes that may hinder the maintenance of international peace and security, or act of using
the Service for the purpose of providing the DATA or the Processed DATA to any third party
having such aforementioned purposes;(14) Any other acts deemed inappropriate by the Institute.
Article 11: No Transfer of Rights
Registrants shall not transfer to others the whole or any part of the rights or obligations they
have as Registrant of the Service.

(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)Article 12: Handling of Registrant Information
1. The accessing device’s IP address, content of requests, use time, usage environment,
response results given to and other such data of Registrants are automatically collected inconnection with the Service. Before using MatNavi and the Service, Registrants shall agree
that the access logs so collected will be used as information for making a decision as forresponses to inquiries by Registrants, system maintenance, analysis of usage conditions,improvement in convenience of services, etc. The Institute will not use such access logs forany purpose other than the above-described purposes.
2. In addition to the provision of the preceding paragraph, the site policy and the privacy
policy shall apply to the protection of the information and privacy of Registrants in connection
with use of MatNavi and the Service.
3. Registrants agree that the Institute may disclose the information described in the preceding
two paragraphs to third parties in the following cases.
(1) When the person related to the information agrees to the disclosure; or(2) When the Institute is required by laws or regulations to disclose such information.
Article 13: Disclaimer
1. If a dispute with a third party arises out of use of MatNavi and the Service, Registrant shallsettle the dispute at its own responsibility and cost, and the Institute shall assume no liabilityfor such dispute.
2. The DATA provided through MatNavi and the Service may be subject to additions,amendments or deletions without notice. The Institute shall assume no liability for any
damages caused by amendments, additions, deletions, etc., of the content of the DATA.
3. The Institute shall assume no legal liability for the DATA provided through MatNavi and theService, nor shall the Institute provide any warranty as for the quality of the DATA, including,
without limitation, the integrity or accuracy of information. The Institute shall therefore
assume no liability for any damage caused as a result of development or other acts
conducted by using the DATA.
4. The Institute shall not be concerned with, or assume liability for, the content of websitesthat are provided by other organizations and linked from MatNavi and the Service.
5. The Institute shall assume no obligation or liability for any of the following items:(1) The DATA satisfy the requirements of Registrants; or(2) MatNavi and the Service are operated and available at all times, and that failure or
trouble is not caused in providing the DATA contained therein.
6. Since the Service is provided free of charge, the Institute shall not assume warranty liability,
default liability, tort liability or any other legal liability with respect to MatNavi or the Service,(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)irrespective of whether there is willfulness or negligence.
Article 14: Service Change, etc.
1. The Institute may change, suspend or discontinue the whole or any part of MatNavi andthe Service at any time without giving prior notice to Registrants when the Institute deems
such change, suspension or discontinuance to be necessary (including all cases where theInstitute deems such change, suspension or discontinuance to be necessary for any
operational or technical reason, including, without limitation, cases where system
maintenance is conducted and where a power failure or other event makes the provision ofservices impossible), and Registrants shall consent thereto.
2. The Institute may discontinue the provision of MatNavi and the Service by giving one (1)month prior notice to Registrants. The notice shall be deemed to have been agreed by allRegistrants after it has been posted on the Site for one (1) month.
3. When the Institute changes, suspends, discontinues or interrupts MatNavi and the Servicepursuant to the provision of paragraph 1 above, the Institute shall assume no liability for
Registrants, and Registrants shall consent thereto. The same shall apply to the case where
the Institute terminates the provision of the Service pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
4. When the Institute terminates the provision of the Service, the Institute shall assume noliability for such termination, and Registrants shall consent thereto.
Article 15: Termination of Use Agreement
1. If the Institute judges that one of the following events exists in relation to Registrant, theInstitute may immediately terminate the Use Agreement of the Service and suspend the useof the Service by Registrant without giving prior notice to, or obtaining prior consent of,Registrant.
(1) If one of the events described in the items of paragraph 2 of Article 4 above exists or is
likely to exist in relation to Registrant;(2) If Registrant has caused or allowed a person other than Registrant to use the Service;(3) If Registrant has committed or may have committed an act in violation of paragraph 2of Article 9 or Article 10 above, including use of the Service for any purpose other thaneducation or research and development;(4) If Registrant has spread false information relating to MatNavi and the Service orotherwise interfered with the operation or damaged the credibility of the Institute;(5) If Registrant has violated or may have violated these Terms; or(6) If the Institute has otherwise deemed it inappropriate to provide the Service toRegistrant.

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2. If Registrant has violated these Terms, Registrant shall delete all DATA and Processed
DATA and their duplicate data, and shall dispose of materials recording the DATA andProcessed DATA. After implementing the procedures for the deletion or disposal thereof,Registrant shall, at the request of the Institute, submit to the Institute a certificate showingthat those procedures have been implemented.
3. The Institute shall not assume any liability for damages caused to Registrants or third
parties as a result of the preceding two paragraphs, and Registrants agree to this.
Article 16: Reporting of Use
Registrants shall submit a user report in the manner specified by the Institute by thedesignated date of each fiscal year during the use period of the Service.
Article 17: Effect after Termination of Agreement
1. When the Use Agreement terminates due to cancellation, termination pursuant to thepreceding Article, etc., Registrant shall lose the rights to use the Service and shall not use
the Service thereafter. Upon request of the Institute, Registrant shall submit a written
acknowledgement to provide assurance on compliance with the same.
2. Even after the termination of Use Agreement, these Terms shall remain in force withrespect to matters arising in connection with use of the Service.
Article 18: Miscellaneous
1. The formation, effect, implementation and interpretation of these Terms shall be governedby the laws of Japan.
2. All disputes arising in connection with these Terms, Service Use Agreement, MatNavi and
the Service shall be referred to the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance having
exclusive jurisdiction.
3. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, when the address of Registrant exists outside
Japan, disputes arising in connection with these Terms and/or the Use Agreement between
Registrant and the Institute shall be settled only by arbitration by the Japan Commercial
Arbitration Association in Tokyo, Japan in accordance with its Arbitration Rules. The arbitralaward shall be final and binding upon both Registrant and the Institute. The arbitration
expenses (including fees of attorneys and lawyers) shall be borne by the losing party unlessotherwise specified in the arbitral award.
4. The failure at any time of either Party to enforce or require strict compliance with any
provision of the Use Agreement and/or these Terms shall in no way be construed as a waiverof such provision nor in any way be construed to affect the right of such Party to thereafter(MatNavi Service Terms of Use)

enforce that or any other provision .
5. The Japanese version of the Use Agreement and these Terms shall be the official version.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Japanese version and the English
language translation thereof, the provisions of the Japanese version shall prevail.

Supplementary Provision
These Terms shall come into force on April 1, 2018.
Supplementary Provision (April 1, 2021)
These Terms shall take effect on April 1, 2021.
Supplementary Provision (January 17, 2023)These Terms shall take effect on January 17, 2023.
Supplementary Provision (August 1, 2024)
These Terms shall take effect on August 1, 2024.

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