Resource creator manifesto

Declaration of values and commitments for resource-creators to hold ourselves and each other accountable to our stakeholders regarding the protection and preservation of resources developed from and for these stakeholders.

Outputs

Description of a minimum viable product, aspirational output, stretch goals, etc.

Connection to previous RDFs

Add links, any useful information

Notes

As we started talking about what we are creating. we used the example of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We agreed that this manifesto could be a declaration of this kind (to leave open the possibility of people/orgs signing it or not, and other ways for it to be used).

We started to brainstorm the topics of articles that we want to include in the manifesto. Here are some of those topics with some life-cycle buckets:

Planning Have a vision of success for it Follow principles of user centered design

Creation Put a date on it (created, updated, exp, etc) Meta data (date, why, context, who) Reference-ready (responsive formats)Planning don't be exploitative of communities/beneficiaries Community engagement

Release Licensing

Archiving

Articles:

To the best of your ability, make the resources accessible to communities that would find it useful. Accessibility includes physical access to the resource, language, relevance, findability (reference-ready), ability to reuse and repurpose.

Be transparent on motivations for creation, including who created it, who supported it (monetarily or otherwise), and the context in which it is created and for whom.

Put community at the center by identifying the benefit to the community and including them in the creation and use of the resource.

In creation process, be aware of the format and structure of the resource so that beneficiaries can localize, reference, reuse, repurpose (usability?)

Clarify ways in which the resource can be contributed to, corrected or updated. (agency?)

To the best of your ability, attribute all contributors particularly frontline and on-the-ground people. Acknowledge the other expertise that has contributed to the development of the resource.

evaluation

Other resources related to this: Symantic URLs movement - making content findable User-centered design tennants Wikimedia model

Audience

Personas, use cases, context

Contributors

Arthit, Dirk, Kristin

Food for thought

• concepts, problems
• questions to ask frequently
• preventions: what do you actually do in concrete terms to prevent these things from happening
• reactions: responsible responses for when things go wrong

Resources (we <3 links!)

Feel free to link any and all background material, additional info, useful resources, etc. The more the merrier!

The post that sparked this conversation: https://www.theengineroom.org/nobody-puts-data-in-a-corner/

First draft of manifesto: https://www.theengineroom.org/manifesto-for-human-rights-resource-creators/