Terms of Use & Academic Charter
Please review these terms governing the access, open-access dataset usage, DevStudio tools, and contributor fellowship guidelines.
🤝 1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing or utilizing the Jammu & Kashmir Digital Knowledge Archive (jammu-kashmir-portal.vercel.app), including all interactive tools, quiz simulators, historical archives, and the Digital Scholar DevStudio, you signify your unreserved acceptance of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.
💻 2. Permitted Use & Open Dataset License
This portal is engineered to foster educational research, civic literacy, and preparation for public examinations:
- Open Research: You are granted a free, non-exclusive license to review, cite, and utilize structured knowledge datasets for private study, non-commercial education, and research papers under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Proper Attribution: Any published work reproducing substantial portions of our curated datasets should acknowledge: "Source: Jammu & Kashmir Digital Knowledge Archive (Cohort 2026)".
- Prohibited Actions: Users shall not execute automated scraping bots that degrade server availability, inject malicious exploits, or attempt DDoS operations.
🎓 3. Scholar Studio Fellowship Code of Integrity
Participants in the 15-Day Virtual Research Contributor Fellowship agree to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity:
- All contributions (JSON schemas, history summaries, exam MCQs) must cite verifiable primary source documents (*Census 2011, J&K Gazetteers, GAD circulars*).
- Submissions must be original or appropriately attributed. Plagiarism or submission of AI hallucinations without fact-verification is strictly prohibited.
- Fellowship certificates and Letters of Recognition are non-transferable community credentials issued under our private open-knowledge initiative.
🛡️ 4. Warranty Disclaimer & Limitation of Liability
The portal and all associated content, tools, and calculators are provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis without warranties of any kind:
- We make no guarantees regarding uninterrupted availability, total freedom from typographical errors, or instantaneous reflection of administrative policy amendments.
- In no event shall the platform curators, developers, or independent editorial fellows be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, or exemplary damages arising from the use of this portal.
⚖️ 5. Governing Law & Jurisdiction
These Terms shall be construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Any legal disputes or claims arising out of the use of this service shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts situated in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, India.
All historical, demographic, examination, and geographic records across this portal are compiled from authoritative public domain repositories, including the Official Gazette of India (egazette.nic.in), Census of India Demographic Data, India Meteorological Department (IMD), and statutory notifications issued by the J&K Administration & Examination Boards.