發展機構開放取用出版模式以促進學術交流(Developing Institutional OA Publishing Models to Advance Scholarly Communication,DIAMAS)和 為開放取用建立健全可取用的整合技術(Creating a Robust Accessible Federated Technology for Open Access,CRAFT-OA)計畫提出了他們選擇Diamond OA期刊的操作準則,以下是工作小組與社群合作定義的6個準則: