Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A repository service publishes its annual energy use and grid carbon intensity in its transparency report.
- Is an instance
A preprint server moves storage to a low-carbon region and reports the migration impact.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A commercial closed publisher disclosing scope 2 only is outside the open infrastructure scope.
- Not an instance
An institutional repository with no transparency on hosting is the opposite of this concept.
Editorial commentary
As open scholarly infrastructure (OSI) takes responsibility for an increasing share of research-output preservation and discovery, its carbon footprint becomes a community concern. Examples include CrossRef, DataCite, ORCID, OpenAIRE, INVENIO-based repositories, and arXiv, each of which discloses or is being asked to disclose hosting energy, region, and grid intensity. Efficient design (caching, deduplication, lazy preservation tiers) is increasingly considered alongside scientific feature requirements. The POSI principles (Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure) implicitly support this conversation.
References
- Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI); Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) annual reports.
Also known as
OSI energy efficiency · Repository carbon footprint
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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