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Criteria for inclusion in Archie

The Cochrane Collaboration Secretariat (secretariat@cochrane.org) is responsible for dealing with requests for inclusion of new entities and special and temporary groups in Archie, and for considering exceptions that do not meet the criteria below. Requests from 'Possible' entities should be put forward by the Director of the relevant reference Cochrane Centre, in accordance with established practice. This does not apply to the Steering Group’s advisory and working groups, which should be given an entry in Archie on request.

1. The contact details of intending Cochrane entities that have held at least one exploratory meeting (attended by a member of the Monitoring and Registration Group) should be included in Archie, should be labelled ‘Possible’, and their Super User(s) should have access to Archie.

2. The contact details of intending Cochrane entities that have not held at least one exploratory meeting (attended by a member of the Monitoring and Registration Group) should not be included in Archie, and they should not have access to Archie.

3. Collaboration-wide working groups reporting to the Steering Group (such as the CENTRAL Vision Group, the Umbrella Reviews Working Group, the Updating Working Group, etc.) should be included in Archie in the ‘Other’ category, if they request it, and their Super User(s) should have access to Archie.

This information is also available in Section 1.4.6 of The Cochrane Manual.

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