3.1 Gaining access to the models

To access AUSRIVAS models from one of the suite of AUSRIVAS software packages, you need to have a username and password.

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There is a charge for creating an AUSRIVAS username and password.

The cost is $80 (50% discount for non-profit organisations), which you will be billed for after your account is created.

3.1.1 To get an AUSRIVAS account

To apply for an AUSRIVAS account, please use the on-line form on the AUSRIVAS web site http://ausrivas.canberra.edu.au (select ‘Getting an AUSRIVAS password’ from the left-hand menu).

Your (completed) application is sent to your State or Territory NRHP contact for approval and then forwarded to the AUSRIVAS password administrator for creation of your account.

You will be notified of your AUSRIVAS username and password by e-mail, usually within two weeks. If you need your AUSRIVAS account sooner than this, please make sure your NRHP contact knows this.

If you cannot use the on-line form, please refer to the alternate method for obtaining an AUSRIVAS account detailed below.

If you can not use the on-line form

Alternative steps for obtaining an AUSRIVAS access code are detailed below:

1. Download or copy the AUSRIVAS Account Request Form and fill in the information requested (Fields 1 to 10 in the account request form).

2. Answer 'yes' to agreeing to abide by the conditions of use. The conditions of use are given on the account request form.

3. Send your completed AUSRIVAS account request form to your State or Territory NRHP contact.

You will be notified of your AUSRIVAS username and password by e-mail, usually within two weeks. If you need your AUSRIVAS account sooner than this, please make sure your NRHP contact knows this.

Further information

If you need further information about obtaining AUSRIVAS software, please refer to the Software Users manual for the particular AUSRIVAS software package you are interested in.

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If you use the alternative method for requesting a password (downloading & printing a form), make sure you send your account request to your State or Territory NRHP contact. The central body that administers AUSRIVAS accounts (the CRCFE at the University of Canberra) can only create accounts for requests approved by NRHP contacts.

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If you use the alternative method for requesting a password (downloading & printing a form), make sure you read the Conditions of Use and answer 'yes' to agreeing to abide by the conditions of use (the last field in the account request form). Accounts cannot be created without this agreement.

3.1.2 Charges involved

There is a charge for getting an AUSRIVAS username and password.

This charge is calculated on a cost recovery basis, and covers the costs of creating your username and password only. The charge is $80, with a 50% discount for non-profit organisations, which you will be billed for after your account is created.

3.1.3 Conditions of use

Please note that your AUSRIVAS username and password are confidential and are to be used by yourself only. New members of an organisation, including research staff and students, must obtain their own AUSRIVAS username and password.

Why can’t I give my password to someone else to use?

The restrictions on the transferral of AUSRIVAS accounts has come about for two reasons:

AUSRIVAS Training and accreditation

At the workshop for the AUSRIVAS Training and Accreditation project, State and Territory representatives, along with Environment Australia and CRCFE representatives, decided that passwords would be issued to individual users, rather than to groups of users, as had previously been the case. It was also decided that State and Territory NRHP representatives would authorise account requests from their relevant State or Territory.

AUSRIVAS mapping and reference site screening module

The AUSRIVAS Mapping and Reference Site Screening Module, due for release in 2003, makes use of 3rd party data - the 1:250k streamline data from AUSLIG. In order to allow use of this module without all users needing to have an AUSLIG license for the 1:250k streamline data, we reached an agreement with AUSLIG, which defines several conditions. One of these conditions is that access to the maps produced with the streamline data is password protected, where each authorised individual is known and has a non-transferable password.

3.1.4 I don't have an AUSRIVAS account. Can I still use the software?

An AUSRIVAS username and password restricts access to AUSRIVAS models only. This means that you can make use of the software and utilise some of its functionality, as described below.

If you do not have an AUSRIVAS account, you can still:

•Download the AUSRIVAS software;

•Run the AUSRIVAS Macroinvertebrate Predictive Modelling software and:

•Load and view previously saved data;

•Find out which models are available;

•Find out which predictor variables are used by a model;

•Edit, print and save loaded data.

•Access the AUSRIVAS manuals (such as this one!)

•Request help. See Chapter 8 in this manual, or go to the AUSRIVAS web site, http://ausrivas.canberra.edu.au and select ‘Macroinvertebrates’ then ‘Help’ from the left-hand menu (note that charges may apply).

However, you cannot run data through an AUSRIVAS model if you don’t have an AUSRIVAS account.

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