This page provides a paraphrased summary of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) 1.0. For the normative technical specification, see https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/.
It aims to be a helpful entry-point for individuals and stakeholders who have an interest in digital sustainability and the work undertaken by the Sustainable Web Design Community Group.
While this document does provide a quick summary of numerous key aspects of the WSG specification, it must be established that it in no way should be used as a replacement for following the guidelines and success criteria as laid out in the complete, long-form specification. Reasons for this include that this summary is neither intended to be in-depth nor feature complete. Therefore, its role as an overview to help orientate stakeholders to the specification's purpose in no way provides conformance to Web Sustainability criteria.
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This document has been reviewed by Community Group members and interested parties. This is a draft document which may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than a work in progress. The Community Group's role in publishing is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment.
By publishing these guidelines, the Community Group does not expect that the work produced in this specification will affect the work undertaken by other W3C sustainability, accessibility, or performance groups. The Community Group will continue to track these Working Groups and Community Groups as appropriate. This specification closely aligns itself with the principles laid down for Web Platform Design [[design-principles]], Privacy [[privacy-principles]], and the Ethical Web [[ethical-web-principles]].
-There are two methods of providing feedback regarding this specification. The first is using GitHub. It is free to create a GitHub account to file issues. If filing issues in GitHub is not feasible, email our open discussion group public-sustyweb@w3.org (comment archive). Comments received on the specification cannot result in changes to this version of the guidelines, but may be addressed in errata or future versions of WSG. A list of issues filed as well as archives of the mailing list discussions are publicly available. There is currently no preliminary interoperability or implementation report, however potential implementation strategies alongside filtering and categorization of guidelines are showcased within the Sustainable Web Design website.
+To provide feedback regarding this specification, the preferred method is using GitHub. It is free to create a GitHub account to file issues. Comments received on the specification cannot result in changes to this version of the guidelines, but may be addressed in errata or future versions of WSG. A list of issues filed as well as archives of previous mailing list public-[email-list]@w3.org (archive) discussions are publicly available. There is currently no preliminary interoperability or implementation report, however potential implementation strategies alongside filtering and categorization of guidelines are showcased within the Sustainable Web Design website.
This document provides an introduction to the subject of Web Sustainability, acting as the "what" and "why" element to the "how" provided by the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) 1.0 specification.
It aims to be a helpful entry-point for individuals and stakeholders who have an interest in digital sustainability and the work undertaken by the Sustainable Web Design Community Group.
This is a supplementary document created to showcase the need for such guidance, helping individuals and organizations better understand the current Web landscape and how it is affected by sustainability issues. It also provides answers to common questions which may help those looking to become more environmentally friendly utilize the WSGs, and gain a broader awareness of the subject and its relevance to the Internet.
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This document provides a quick reference to the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) 1.0 specification. The content is laid out in a table, with Success Criteria, Impact, Effort, and GRI ratings noted for each guideline. Checkboxes are provided for those individuals or groups wishing to work through the list (note your progress will not be saved), and a print-friendly (PDF) version is also available to audit your work as part of an exercise.
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Sustainable Tooling And Reporting (STAR) 1.0 provides information, examples, and metrics data to complement the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG) 1.0 specification. Within this supplementary document, you will find an evaluation methodology (for testing conformance), a categorized series of techniques (potential implementations and case studies), and a test suite (metrics data on impact and machine automation capability). As with the WSGs, these features have been inspired by the work of the Web Accessibility Initiative ([[WAI]]). They have also been curated with a Web sustainability methodology, with the goal of better understanding the digital landscape's role in reducing harm to the wider ecosystem (regarding people and the planet).
For the normative technical specification, see https://w3c.github.io/sustyweb/.
-Help improve this page by sharing your ideas, suggestions, or comments via e-mail to the publicly archived mailing list public-sustyweb@w3.org or via GitHub issues.
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Information about the group (including details about deliverables, issues, actions, status, participants, and meetings) will be available from the Sustainable Web Working Group home page.
Most Sustainable Web Working Group teleconferences will focus on discussion of particular specifications, and will be conducted on an as-needed basis.
-This group primarily conducts its technical work on the public mailing list public-[email-list]@w3.org (archive) or on GitHub issues. The public is invited to review, discuss and contribute to this work.
+This group primarily conducts its technical work on GitHub issues. The public is invited to review, discuss and contribute to this work. This group also uses utilizes the public mailing list public-[email-list]@w3.org (archive) for event notifications and important announcements.
The group may use a Member-confidential mailing list for administrative purposes and, at the discretion of the Chairs and members of the group, for member-only discussions in special cases when a participant requests such a discussion.