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Description: Polson et al. (2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.977781) successfully demonstrated how to build an executable paper by collaborating between research software engineers, software developers, and scientists in heliophysics for the first time. In their work, a single MMS observation of a magnetopause crossing was compared with the Shue model and a simulated result from the OpenGGCM model, all using Python packages from the PyHC community (https://heliopython.org/). The result is an executable paper hosted on DeepNote for the community to build directly upon, which is linked in the published paper. That work was limited by a data volume of 2 GB, which was not enough to compare the observed results with modeled data of sufficient quality. Also, only model outputs from one model were supported by the versions of software packages included in that work. This work aims to build that executable paper into an open validation platform, called the Magnetosphere Open Validation Experiment (MOVE), as an example of how the application of open science principles can accelerate science. The analysis platform will be hosted on HelioCloud, an online analysis platform under development in Heliophysics, where the required software and developed infrastructure will be made public. The project page on OSF will serve as the main resource with non-technical resources, such as contribution rules and recognition rubrics, and links to HelioCloud, the associated GitHub page, and other resources. When the project is made public, the community will be able to openly contribute resources (e.g. model outputs, scripts, and software tools) to the platform and use any contributed object openly. The platform is expected to be made public sometime in 2024.