Overview

The following principles correspond directly with our Statement of Purpose.

Design with Others

We collaborate with others through means of inclusion of ideas, research sessions, and working as openly as possible.

• Is this design the outcome of collaboration?

• Did we listen to and learn from people with different backgrounds and perspectives?

• Have we learned from the target audience that their needs are met?

  For Curious Humans

We welcome and consider a universal audience, striving to remove barriers to accessing knowledge which satisfies human curiosity.

• Is this design accessible, inclusive, and equitable?

• Does this idea encourage or allow for adaptability based on the preference of the person using it?

• Is there opportunity for wonder in the experience?

  Trustworthy

We design to enable the sharing and greater understanding of trustworthy knowledge, while maintaining the integrity of people's privacy.

• Are we minimizing the data we collect about people in both our design solution and the process to create it?

• Are we communicating information explicitly and honestly?

• Does this design help users confidently access and share well-sourced, reliable knowledge?

  Content First

We aim for content to be at the center of OSM projects, and to facilitate its comprehension and use.

• Is this design prioritizing the most contextually important information?
• Is the content presented in a way that supports clear understanding?
• Does this design help make it easy to learn from, improve, and share content?