Concept
POSI
POSI is a set of 20 principles for the governance, sustainability and insurance of the organisations that run scholarly infrastructure. It is not a standard.
How it connects
Related to
- POSI relates to CORE.
- POSI relates to Crossref. Adopted by Crossref board vote in 2020; publishes periodic self-assessments against POSI.
- POSI relates to DataCite.
- POSI relates to DOAJ.
- POSI relates to Open science infrastructure. POSI sets out principles for governing, sustaining and insuring the organisations that run this kind of infrastructure.
- POSI relates to OpenAIRE.
- POSI relates to OpenAlex.
- POSI relates to OpenCitations.
- POSI relates to World Data System.
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Details
Also known as: Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure
Description
The Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI) are principles for the organisations that run scholarly infrastructure, not a technical standard or a certification. Version 2.0 (October 2025) has 20 principles in three groups: governance (including a "living will" for what happens if the organisation winds down), sustainability, and insurance (open source, open and secure data, patent non-assertion and interoperability with open standards). Organisations adopt them by publishing a self-audit and committing to show evidence of following them; Crossref adopted them by board vote and has published periodic self-assessments (2020, 2022 and 2024).
Attributes
| url | https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/ |
|---|---|
| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | theme: vertical integration |
Sources
- https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/adopters/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Adopters "formally adopted the POSI principles by publishing an initial self-audit" and committed to routinely demonstrating evidence of following them in practice; lists Crossref self-audits for 2020, 2022 and 2024.
- https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-13): Version 2.0 (October 2025) is the current release; 20 principles in three groups (governance, sustainability, insurance). Earlier versions are 1.1 (2023) and 1.0 (2015). Described as principles, not a standard or certification.
- https://www.crossref.org/blog/crossrefs-board-votes-to-adopt-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-09-04)
Last reviewed: 2026-11-13
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