Retraction and removal
A published version is never changed. When something is wrong with an entry, it is corrected, marked, retracted or, for legal reasons, removed.
Correcting and disputing
An error is fixed by a new version, which the guarantor submits and confirms; earlier versions stay readable and say that a newer one exists. Disagreement with an entry is not a reason to remove it: publish a claimset that disputes it, or write to us if you think it needs a notice.
Retraction
A retracted entry stays readable, with a notice at its top that says who retracted it, when, and why.
Removal
An entry is removed only when it must be: it infringes someone's rights, it holds personal data that should not be public, or it is unlawful. Its content is replaced at the same address by a notice that says who removed it, when, and why; its identifiers keep resolving to that notice.
Who can ask
The entry's guarantor retracts or removes it at once, by signing in with the ORCID iD the entry names. Anyone else, such as a co-author, a rights holder or a person named in the data, sends a request that EntryLib reviews: we contact the guarantor where we can, so that they can respond, and answer you. Every notice names who acted (the guarantor, or EntryLib for a reviewed request), when, and why. A removal is final.