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Policy for providing data to theorists and other colleagues
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In general, we will give theorists our published physics outputs from
Belle analysis, IF they can be used without knowledge specific to the
experiment.  Once results are published, we can release the
corresponding data values (for example, for published plots of
cross-sections we can give out tables of data values).

Provide detailed data to theory groups after final results are
submitted to hep-ex archive and journal

We will NOT distribute data on unpublished physics results



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Policy on Unpublished preliminary results 
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The results presented as preliminary at conferences are
valid Belle preliminary results for at most three years.(*)

Belle only allows outside authors to use plots from physics results
that are published in a journal article

We recommend quoting only official results and valid preliminary
results in journal articles.  In the latter case, we ask the authors 
to explicitly mention that the result is  preliminary


(*) Similarly, HFAG removes preliminary results after 2+1 years. 
    When results are published in journal, they are regarded as 
    Belle official (final) results. These supersede the corresponding 
    preliminary results.

[ Both are approved at March-2013 EB/BGM ]