Sydney Hackathon 2011

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

The Sydney Hackathon (the “Challenge”) is a skill-based competition in which participants are asked to submit a working application on the SciVerse platform (“Application”) using the SciVerse Content API and/or SciVerse Framework API (the “SciVerse APIs”). The Application shall be an XML-based definition file following OpenSocial specifications and may include data and functionality from applications hosted outside the SciVerse platform. The Challenge takes place at the School of Computer Science (the “Venue”) located at the University of Sydney, Sydney.

SPONSOR

The Challenge is sponsored by Elsevier B.V., Radarweg 29, 1043 NX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

CHALLENGE PERIOD

Between 1:00:00PM Sydney time on September 24, 2011, and 12:59:59 PM Sydney time on September 25, 2011 (the “Challenge Period”), participants may submit entries into the Challenge.

ELIGIBILITY

The contest is open to all tertiary level students, faculty and staff members in Sydney area as well as employees of Sydney area based companies to compete in teams of one to four members, provided each member of the team meets the eligibility criteria. Entrants must have reached the age of majority in their home jurisdictions at the time of entry. All members of a team must have registered for the Challenge at www.sydneyhackathon.com (the “Registration Site”) to be eligible. Entrants may be subject to rules imposed by their institution or employer relative to their participation in competitions and should check with their institution or employer for any relevant policies. Entrants are responsible for determining if the Challenge is legal in their jurisdiction. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED. Directors, officers, and employees of Elsevier B.V. (the “Sponsor”), its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and any participating vendors, professional advisors, advertising and promotional agencies, the Challenge judges, and the immediate families and those living in the same household of the foregoing are not eligible to enter the Challenge. Any Application or Challenge entry that violates these Official Rules, applicable laws or regulations, or entrant’s employer’s or institution’s policies will be deemed ineligible.

AGREEMENT TO THE OFFICIAL RULES

By participating in the Challenge, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and the Administrator, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Challenge. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

HOW TO ENTER

Participants must follow the instructions on the Challenge registration site at

www.sydneyhackathon.com and submit the Application according to the submission instructions at http://developer.sciverse.com/howtos#submission, which are incorporated into these rules by reference. Entries that are (i) submitted in any manner other than as specified; (ii) submitted before or after the Challenge Period; or (iii) incomplete, defective, forged, or irregular in any way or not in compliance with these Official Rules will be disqualified. Sponsor’s servers and clock shall serve as the official clock for the Challenge and participant’s proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt by Sponsor. Entry materials will not be acknowledged or returned.

ORIGINAL WORK

An Application submitted for consideration in the Challenge must be the original work of and created solely by the participant(s) submitting such Application. Modifying, enhancing, or altering a third-party’s pre-existing work does not constitute an original work. An Application can include elements not owned by the participant (including, but not limited to Open Source Software, third-party APIs), but will be judged on the original work of the Application.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Applications submitted shall not: (i) violate the intellectual property rights (copyright, patent, trademark, etc.) of any third party; (ii) defame or invade the publicity or privacy rights of any person, living or deceased; or (iii) otherwise infringe upon any person’s or entity’s personal or proprietary rights. Each participant must have a non-restricted right to submit the Application for consideration. Any participant whose Application includes elements not owned by the participant (including, but not limited to, third-party APIs, trademarks and logos) must be able to provide legal releases for such use in a form satisfactory to the Sponsor or they will be disqualified. Applications must not be obscene, profane, or unsuitable for publication in Sponsor’s sole discretion.

HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO SCIVERSE CONTENT, PLATFORM AND APIS

At the beginning of the Challenge, participants will receive a ScienceDirect registration id and password by which they can redeem access to the SciVerse content for the period of the Challenge with their SciVerse profile. Before the start of the Challenge, participants will also receive an email with further instructions on how to obtain a SciVerse API Key. The SciVerse ScienceDirect username and password and SciVerse API Key are for use solely by the registered participant for purposes of the Challenge and shall not to be disclosed or shared with anyone else for any reason. Use of the SciVerse platform and SciVerse APIs is subject to and shall comply with the SciVerse Application Developer Program Agreement at http://developer.sciverse.com/developeragreement. The content in the SciVerse framework retrieved via the use of the Sciverse APIs shall be used solely for purposes of the Challenge.

USE OF INFORMATION

None of the entry materials and information submitted by participants will be treated as confidential, so please do not submit proprietary information. Participants further agree that personally identifiable information may be processed, stored, and otherwise used for the purposes of the Challenge, including, but not limited to, checking participant’s identity, postal address, and telephone number, or to otherwise verify eligibility to participate.

JUDGING CRITERIA

All eligible entries will be evaluated and ranked by a panel of qualified judges based on but not limited to the following criteria:

Originality

• How original is the idea of the Application? Is the Application using existing functionality or creating new functionality? Does the Application make use of third party tools? Does the Application use externally hosted code?

Clarity

• Among other factors, this criterion looks at: simplicity of the code; user-friendliness of design; how easy is it to navigate to Application? Is the functionality obvious and intuitive?

Value Proposition

• Does the Application add new functionality to the SciVerse platform? How substantial and complex is the functionality of the Application? Does the Application add functionality that users are expecting based on their usage of other platforms? Will the Application be useful to researchers, librarians and students? Does the Application add external data and make use of external APIs.

Quality of Software Development

• Readability of code; is the Application free of errors?; Does the Application run on different browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari); Does the code run fast or delay the rendering of the page? Can the code be easily reused by other gadgets or on other platforms?

The judges’ decisions are final and binding.

WINNER SELECTION/PRIZES

On Saturday September 25, 2011, at around 4 PM Sydney time, three (3) winners will be selected based upon the judging criteria and announced during the Prizes and Awards Ceremony.

1st place: AUD$1500

2nd place: AUD$1000

3rd place: AUD$500

If a winner: (i) is determined to be ineligible; (ii) cannot be contacted; or (iii) declines or cannot or fails to accept a prize at the Challenge for any reason, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected based upon the judging criteria. The respective winners will be solely responsible for any applicable taxes, withholding, and reporting requirements on their acceptance and/or use of a prize.

Sponsor reserves the right to award fewer than three prizes in the event an insufficient number of eligible Applications are entered or if there is an insufficient number of eligible Applications entered that meet the judging criteria articulated above in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor may also award more than three prizes depending on the quality of submitted Applications.

The winners will have the opportunity to list their applications on the Challenge Site. Gift cards or checks will be awarded to the winners. In the event a winner consists of more than one individual, only one gift card or check will be awarded to the team as a whole and the disposition of the gift card or check will be in the sole discretion of the winning team members.

GENERAL PRIZE RESTRICTIONS

Prizes may not be transferred or assigned prior to award. No cash or other substitution may be made, except by the Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute a prize in whole or in part with another prize of comparable or greater value if the intended prize is not available for any reason as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion. Winners will be responsible for all applicable taxes (not limited to federal, state, local and/or income) on prize. Winners are solely responsible for any costs associated with use of the prize. Gift cards are subject to the terms and conditions generally applicable thereto.

RIGHT TO USE ENTRIES

By entering the Challenge, participants grant Sponsor and its affiliates, the rights, without limitation or further permission or compensation, to: (i) use and publish their name and likeness; and (ii) use, reproduce, publish, display and distribute the website URL to the Applications. Winners’ full names, institutions, and city and state/province/country of residence and their Applications will be announced and, with their photograph, may be featured on the Challenge Site at www.sydneyhackathon.com and websites of the Sponsor and its affiliates. By accepting a prize, winners grant Sponsor and its affiliates, the additional rights, without limitation or further permission or compensation, to use and publish their photograph in conjunction with their credited name. Rights granted by participants and winners are for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in perpetuity and in any medium Sponsor sees fit, including, but not limited to, website, television, radio, or printed materials.

By submitting an entry, each participant grants Sponsor and the judges an unrestricted right to use, review, assess, test, and otherwise analyze the entries and all of their content in connection with the Challenge. Participants agree not to instigate, support, maintain or authorize any action, or lawsuit against Sponsor on the ground that any use of the entry materials infringes any of the participants’ rights as creators of the entry materials.

Participants acknowledge that Sponsor may currently, or in the future, be developing internally, or receiving from a third-party, information or applications similar to those submitted by participants. Nothing contained in these Official Rules will be construed as a representation or agreement that Sponsor will not develop or have developed products, concepts, systems, or techniques that are similar to or that compete with the products, concepts, systems, or techniques contemplated by or embodied in any of the entry materials. Further, Sponsor shall be free to use for any purpose the residuals resulting from access to work with entries. The term ”residuals” means information in intangible form, which is retained in memory by persons who have had access to the Applications, including ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained therein. Sponsor shall have no obligation to limit or restrict the assignment of such persons or to pay royalties for any work resulting from the use of residuals. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to grant Sponsor a license under the participants’ intellectual property rights.

DISCLAIMER/LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Official Rules or elsewhere, Sponsor makes available the Challenge and any prizes on an ”as is” basis and disclaims all warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose in connection therewith. Sponsor, and the respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, professional advisors, advertising and promotional agencies, and directors, officers, and employees thereof, shall not have any obligation, liability or responsibility for: (i) lost, late, incomplete, illegible, unintelligible, damaged, garbled, or misdirected entries, prize claims or other communications, whether electronic or otherwise; (ii) inaccurate entry information, whether caused by participant or by any of the equipment or programming associated with the Challenge; (iii) any errors or malfunctions that may occur; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond Sponsor’s control that may cause the Challenge to be delayed, disrupted or corrupted; (v) any error in any materials associated with the Challenge; and (vi) any damages or losses of any kind resulting from participation in the Challenge, accessing, transmitting, uploading or downloading data in connection with the Challenge, or acceptance, possession or use of any prize.

RELEASE

BY ENTERING THE CHALLENGE, PARTICIPANTS RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR, AND THE RESPECTIVE PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, AND DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, INJURIES, LOSS, DAMAGE, EXPENSES, OR LIABILITIES OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHALLENGE, PARTICIPANTS’ PARTICIPATION IN THE CHALLENGE, OR DELIVERY, MISDELIVERY, ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, AND USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, ANY PRIZE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SPONSOR BE LIABLE TO A PARTICIPANT FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHALLENGE, WHETHER OR NOT SPONSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED, HAD REASON TO KNOW, OR IN FACT KNEW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE

The laws of the Commonwealth of Australia govern the Challenge and these Official Rules without reference to choice of law principles. The Challenge is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Participants hereby irrevocably waive any and all right to a trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Challenge. Participants further waive any objection to the venue in the University of Sydney, Sydney whether such objection is based on lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, forum non conveniens, or the like.

RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

If for any reason, the Challenge is not capable of being run as planned, the Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to change these Official Rules, disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process or operation of the Challenge Site, and to modify, suspend, cancel or terminate the Challenge. If the Challenge is terminated early, the Sponsor may select winners based on the entries received prior to the termination date.

RULES

By submitting an entry, participants represent that they meet all requirements for eligibility and agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor in regards to the Challenge. Any participant found to be acting in violation of these Official Rules may be disqualified in Sponsor’s sole discretion. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, the entry will be declared made by the individual named in the Challenge registration.

WINNERS LIST

A list of winners will be posted on the Challenge winners’ page of the Challenge Site before or after October 5, 2011.