On April 29th 2025 a webinar was held for the ‘SCOSS family’, which includes the infrastructures that have been selected by the SCOSS initiative , as illustrated below on the date of the webinar:
The agenda was as follows:
Introduction, Vanessa Proudman
TSOSI story, ideas and goals, Maxence Larrieu
TSOSI platform, how does it work?, Guillaume Alzieu
TSOSI & SciPost approach, Jean-Sebastien Caux
DOAJ’s experiences of TSOSI, Joanna Ball
Discussions
The presentations describe the project’s idea and its potential impact on the research community. The slides are shared on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15304265 . Below there are a few key points that were shared by the speakers and participants:
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TSOSI allows us to visualize the pledging landscape and acknowledge the funders.
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It enables users to observe growth, as well as any stagnation or decline in funding.
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One goal is to increase trust in open science infrastructure.
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TSOSI can be used to identify key stakeholders in funding infrastructure, which could help organizing a conference to encourage institutions to join the movement.
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Versioning the API would be beneficial for all users, ensuring they are aware of any changes made.
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How will institutions use the tool?
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How frequently will the data be updated?
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Next to a consortia approach, it would be great to have a “mission group” approach, like the “Association of Research Libraries” (US)
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TSOSI normalizes financial contribution to infrastructures