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To start using CSVS can access the CSVS web on this link.
On the first page you can see a start button to start using the application (1), a principal menu (2) and button "?"(3) for CSVS information.
Read and accept "Terms and conditions for the use of the CSVS database"
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When the user clicks on "Start" 
or on the Search tab, what the user will see will be the search tab.
CSVS is part of the “Beacon Network” project (https://beacon-network.org/).
You click about 
in the home page to go this website.
According to their website, they describe a Beacon as “a genetic mutation sharing platform developed by the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. A beacon is web service that any institution can implement to share genetic data. A beacon answers questions of the form "Do you have information about the following mutation?" and responds with one of "Yes" or "No", among potentially more information.
Example to search a variant and know if exist or no in CSVS:
The information request is standardized, so it has a common API for all the projects that are part of said website. This information is published on the following page: https://beacon-network.org/#/developers/api/beacon-network