# Adopting the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure - what might it mean?

**URL:** https://community.crossref.org/t/adopting-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure-what-might-it-mean/1488
**Category:** Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure
**Tags:** governance, board, strategy
**Created:** [14 December 2020 21:15 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/adopting-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure-what-might-it-mean/1488 "2020-12-14T21:15:01Z")
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### Author: ![Ginny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ginny/32/1694_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.crossref.org/u/Ginny)
#### Post date: [14 December 2020 21:15 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/adopting-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure-what-might-it-mean/1488/1 "2020-12-14T21:15:01Z")

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Last month, our board voted to [adopt the 16 Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)](https://www.crossref.org/blog/crossrefs-board-votes-to-adopt-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure/). It’s a really important statement of commitment to developing open and sustainable practices for our organisation. We want to be held accountable to these principles forever. So we shared a self-assessment and hope other infrastructure organisations will do the same. Please post here any questions about this move, such as the rationale, or any practical implications, and we’ll gladly have a conversation about it.