POSI comprises ~16 specific principles organised under three headings. Governance: stakeholder-governed, non-discriminatory membership, transparent operations, cannot lobby, living will. Sustainability: time-limited funds used only for time-limited activities; goal to generate surplus; mission-consistent revenue generation; revenue based on services not data; transparent finances. Insurance: open source software, open data, patent non-assertion, available data via download. POSI-aligned organisations include Crossref, DataCite, ORCID, DOAJ, ROR and OpenCitations, each publishing periodic self-assessments. POSI is widely cited as the de facto standard for assessing open-infrastructure status.
References
- Bilder G, Lin J, Neylon C, 2015/2020 (openscholarlyinfrastructure.org). Lin J 'Principled organisations need principles' 2020.