This is because access to dissertation’s metadata is not restricted despite the fact that the applicant may set a time limit for digital file’s publication. The release date of the digital file is the date on which it can be made available online, in accordance with the license set by him/ her and is embedded in his/ her text and an integral part of it. The above restriction (embargo) concerns exclusively the access to the digital file which is hosted in N.A.Ph.D. Theses and does not concern dissertation’s metadata.