Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Guidelines for Publishing Terms

While creating terms of use document, ensure that you comply and are familiar with the relevant guidelines.

Mandatory Guidelines

The following guidelines are mandatory for Terms of Use document in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure MarketplacePublisher. Each guideline must be followed. Before being approved, each terms and conditions document is validated against each of these guidelines.

  • The name of the term version must be clear, concise, and free of spelling and grammar mistakes. It must have no line breaks.
  • The Display name must clearly state the application's purpose and be free of spelling and grammar mistakes.
  • Font/Spacing on the listing must be consistent.
  • All text must be free of spelling or grammar errors.
  • All links must point to the correct locations and open in a new tab or window.
  • You can activate only one term version and its status changes to Available. The status of other term versions changes to Unavailable.
  • You can edit terms only at the term version level.
  • You can only delete a term version with an Unavailable status.
  • The Support section must contain accurate contact details for customer to engage partner support. These contact details must contain an accurate phone number or email address.
  • The System Requirements must contain the list of required Oracle Cloud Infrastructure components including compute shapes, security rules, IAM policies, block volumes, secondary VNICs, etc.
  • Terms of Use document must be in PDF only and be free of spelling or grammar errors. Terms of Use name must be in title case. Links in Terms of Use must point to the correct locations to download and view the document.

Recommended Guidelines

The following guidelines can be considered as best practices that should be followed whenever possible.

  • The release notes should be specified as bullet points with proper line breaks.
  • The related documents should contain information on how to purchase a license if necessary.

General Guidelines

Here are some generic guidelines for terms of all types.

  • Pasting content in plain text is recommended to avoid including any hidden styles and formatting. Adhering to these basic formatting options will ensure the terms content displays correctly across multiple devices and platforms.
  • The use of the Oracle trademarks within the Terms content (such as Oracle product names) must conform to the Third Party Usage Guidelines for Oracle Trademarks.
  • The use of the Oracle logos within the term content (such as infographics and screenshots) must conform to the Third Party Usage Guidelines for Oracle Logos.
  • The content of the description section should provide a high-level overview of the application. It must describe the value and benefit to the customer of running/hosting the application on the Oracle Cloud.
  • A long description must be preceded by a short description. Don't repeat the short description in the long description section.
  • The description should not highlight or refer to "Oracle Validated Integration." The Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) program is only applicable to on-premises solutions, and does not apply to the Oracle Cloud.
  • In the Term Attachment field:
    • Attached documents must be a PDF file only.