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On startup of the ARCQUERY software, the system will test the given initials against the archive users database. If they do not figure in the archive users list, the programme will display a message to that effect.
The `address_info' function (section 
)
enables the user to define user information for
the archive database; the information is sent to the manager for inclusion
by submitting a request.
The archive requires a minimum of address information before
data can be released: the archive (manager) has to know who, and where a
requester is.
Queries of the catalogue can be made without registration, but no data can be
de-archived before the archive username is authorized by the
archive manager; therefore, users are advized to submit the request during their
first session.
This may seem a cumbersome way of treating worried first-time users, but it
is necessary in order to avoid confusion about archive users, and because the
data are (partly) protected by the proprietary period of one year.