We wrapped up the MoCHI project — a year-long study of how community health frameworks and metrics shape decisions about open research infrastructure.
Key finding: frameworks like CHAOSS, FOREST, and POSI are useful — but mainly for internal self-assessment, not external evaluation.

What stakeholders actually use? 11 recurring themes, shaped by trust and tension.
Full report + blog: https://investinopen.org/blog/building-trust-through-values-what-we-learned-from-the-mochi-project/

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Building trust through values: What we learned from the MoCHI project

How do we evaluate open infrastructure? After a year of research, we discovered the answer isn't about checklists. It's about navigating values in tension and building trust.

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