2020 December 02
TL;DR
On November 11th 2020, the Crossref Board voted to adopt the “Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure” (POSI). POSI is a list of sixteen commitments that will now guide the board, staff, and Crossref’s development as an organisation into the future. It is an important public statement to make in Crossref’s twentieth anniversary year. Crossref has followed principles since its founding, and meets most of the POSI, but publicly committing to a codified and measurable set of principles is a big step. If 2019 was a reflective turning point, and mid-2020 was about Crossref committing to open scholarly infrastructure and collaboration, this is now announcing a very deliberate path. And we’re just a little bit giddy about it.
Here is a picture of me being “giddy.”
If you just want to see the principles that the board has endorsed, you can see them here:
https://0-doi-org.libus.csd.mu.edu/10.24343/C34W2H
But if you also want some background and want to understand some of the implications of Crossref adopting the principles, read on…
Warning - this is a long post.
