Portal guidelines

Using the CDS Portal, and especially saving data in your storage space is subject to the following terms and conditions :

  • only data related to astronomical research might be saved or uploaded to the CDS Portal storage space
  • CDS does not assume any responsibility for loss of data. Please backup your important results locally !
  • the user storage space must not be considered as a long-term backup facility, but as a convenient facility to facilitate the use of CDS services
  • in order to preserve disk space, saved data might be removed if the associated account is inactive for more than 6 consecutive months