v1.0-D8

This is the eighth public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D7:

Additions:

• [#94] Cross-References to UN SDGs have been added to the guidelines. (@AlexDawsonUK, @mgifford & @timfrick)
• [#109] Additional details regarding Intepreting impact, assessment, scope, and measurement. (@jyasskin)
• [#110] Provided further clarification around greenwashing in conformance. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#114] WCAG3 style plain-English (TLDR) summaries added to introduction & categories. (@AlexDawsonUK & @mgifford)

Updates:

• [#97] Many Success Criteria have been reworded to be testable Yes/No statements. (@AlexDawsonUK & @jyasskin)
• [#102] Charter has been updated to include ISO and GRI references. (@jyasskin & @timfrick)
• [#105] & [#106] Redrafted the charter as a W3C IG in favor of a WG. (@AlexDawsonUK, @cwilso, @ianbjacobs, @ines-akrap, @jyasskin, @mgifford, @tantek, @timfrick, & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#108] We have changed from ESG to PPP as our core principle. (@AlexDawsonUK, @chrisn, @fullo, @ines-akrap, @mgifford, & @timfrick)
• [#115] Added new material to the laws and policies supplement. (@AlexDawsonUK, @fullo, & @ldevernay)

Fixes:

• Additional useful resources have been included within the specification. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Adjusted the alignment of code comments in resolutions for better readability. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Fixed some incorrect heading tag hierarchy usage. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved some alignment issues between the specification and its supplements. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Updated editors list and supplements now have acknowledgements. (@AlexDawsonUK)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

v1.0-D7

This is the seventh public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D6:

Updates:

• Applied content updates to the laws and policies supplement. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Charter has had several revisions to meet WG requirements. (@AlexDawsonUK, @timfrick & @ianbjacobs)
• Included a link to the Manifesto for a Humane Web as it ties into our work. (@AlexDawsonUK & @mbarker84)
• Updated GPFEDS references to the latest (2024) version of the recommendations. (@AlexDawsonUK & @ldevernay)
• Updated some content references to tighten the wording choices. (@mgifford)
• Updated STAR with corrections, additional links and new content. (@ldevernay)
• [#92] Improved readability by placing additional material behind click-to-reveal component. (@AlexDawsonUK)

Fixes:

• Additional useful resources have been included within the specification. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Applied resolution to blink rendering issue regarding syntax highlighting. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved a compatibility issue with the cross-referencing system for STAR. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#92] Fixed the print styles so that they don't waste ink on content that isn't visible. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#95] Fixed the Open Source GRI rating to better reflect emissions potential output. (@chrisn)
• [#96] Fixed an issue with non-normative references appearing as normative. (@chrisn)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

Editorial work for the above was handled by @AlexDawsonUK and @timfrick.

v1.0-D6

This is the sixth public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D5:

Additions:

• Sustainable Tooling And Reporting (STAR) 1.0 supplement has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#11] A list of techniques within STAR to identify machine testability for each WSG Success Criteria has been produced. (@airbr, @AlexDawsonUK, @timfrick & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#11] A Test suite within STAR for each technique showcasing implementability has been produced. (@AlexDawsonUK, @andy-blum, @lmastalerz, @mgifford, @notmariazoe, @timfrick & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#28] Website Auditing Evaluation Methodology within STAR has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK, @astuanax, @fullo, @mgifford & @thibaudcolas)
• [#29] Manual VS Automated testing capability for each success criteria has been established. (@AlexDawsonUK, @marvil07-adapt & @thibaudcolas, @timfrick)
• [#81] & [#84] Sustainability Laws & Policies supplement has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK, @ianbjacobs & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#91] New Guideline for BSPM on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning (@AlexDawsonUK & @iceraluk)

Updates:

• Added alignment to Human rights specification to SOTD. (@AlexDawsonUK, @timfrick & @TzviyaSiegman)
• Charter updated with latest information and submitted to W3C. (@AlexDawsonUK, @ianbjacobs, @timfrick & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#80] Implementation Advice section has been moved into STAR supplement. (@AlexDawsonUK & @ianbjacobs)
• [#90] Updated SC on Carbon Aware Design for 3.14 to include Situational Design. (@AlexDawsonUK & @jeanmonod)

Fixes:

• 200 Additional Spelling & Grammar fixes have been applied. (@AlexDawsonUK & @acme)
• Additional useful resources have been included within the specification. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK & @gaelduez)
• Resolved content references for the checklist and quick reference. (@AlexDawsonUK)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

Editorial work for the above was handled by @AlexDawsonUK and @timfrick.

v1.0-D5

This is the fifth public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D4:

Additions:

• Added new Metrics (calculations) links category in the Intro supplement. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Added role based benefits to categories on how it affects professionals. (@AlexDawsonUK, @timfrick, & @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#66] Two New Success Criteria for 5.22 on the Environmental Impacts and Quantum Encryption. (@chrisn & @OR13)
• [#67] New Success Criteria for 2.26 on Performance Testing in Each Major Release-Cycle. (@fullo)
• [#67] New Success Criteria for 5.27 on Material Type VS Energy Intensity. (@mgifford)
• [#68] New Success Criteria for 2.11 on organic / ethical Search Engine Optimization. (@airbr)
• [#71] New Success Criteria for 3.7 on Third-party resource visitor preferences. (@Nahuai)
• [#73] New Success Criteria for 4.10 for Processing Data Close to the Source. (@BezPowell)
• [#74] New Success Criteria for 3.22 on Language Choice at the server-side. (@BezPowell)
• [#75] New Success Criteria for 5.26 on Right-to-Repair. (Jim McCool)
• [#76] New Success Criteria for 5.5 on Tooling Impact. (@BezPowell)
• [#77] New Success Criteria for 5.27 on KPIs for Internet workers. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#78] New Success Criteria for 4.9 on Event-Driven Design. (@AlexDawsonUK)

Updates:

• Added additional research studies and useful resources to the WSGs. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Added clarification to 5.22 to be inclusive of the Decentralized Web. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Charter has been updated with latest batch of pre-submission details. (@AlexDawsonUK & @timfrick)
• Included mention of the new prefers-reduced-transparency within 3.13. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Provided clarification around the issues surrounding deceptive design. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#69] Updates to WSGs, supplements, and charter regarding mailing list usage. (@AlexDawsonUK, @mgifford, & @timfrick)
• [#72] Caching content under 3.24 and 4.2 have been updated to contain more server-side material. (@BezPowell)
• [#73] Updated SC in 3.24 relating to Database filtering. (@BezPowell)
• [#79] Removed duplicate SC and resolved other minor content issues. (@AlexDawsonUK & @thibaudcolas)

Fixes:

• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved a JSON readability formatting issue within the source code. (@AlexDawsonUK)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

v1.0-D4

This is the fourth public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D3:

Additions:

• Living Draft version of STAR has been published to our repository. (@AlexDawsonUK & @timfrick)
• [#2] Guidance for WGs / CGs wishing to discuss or frame Sustainability within their own output has been added. (@OR13)
• [#62] Added a Success Criteria to 2.12 on ensuring source code readability and maintainability. (@airbr)

Updates:

• Mirrored the abstracts of the supplements with contribution details. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#21] High quality sources that quantify impacts are now cross-referenced to guidelines. (@andy-blum, @tantek & @youenchene)
• [#65] Resolved the terminology around users vs visitors. (@thibaudcolas)

Fixes:

• Added a useful link to the introduction supplement. (@Nahuai)
• Added missing contribution references to the introduction supplement. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Added numerous abbreviations into the quick reference. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#63] Provided clarity around the terminology use surrounding Web Accessibility. (@thibaudcolas)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

Editorial work for the above was handled by @AlexDawsonUK and @timfrick.

v1.0-D3

This is the third public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D2:

Additions:

• Draft initial version of our WG charter has been published to our repository. (@AlexDawsonUK, @ianbjacobs, @timfrick, @TzviyaSiegman)
• [#10] An Introduction to Web Sustainability has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK, @dlemm, @ldevernay, @mgifford, @npdoty & @timfrick)
• [#42] The JSON API now has edition, shortName and lastModified. Each guideline also contains a fragment URL. (@AlexDawsonUK, @screenspan & @timfrick)
• [#43] The Sustainable Web {Design} Website is being relaunched. (@timfrick)
• [#45] New Success Criteria for 2.16 to promote the use of video facades over preloading. (@DocRoms)
• [#47] Added a new Success Criteria to 2.23 regarding "Optimizing Delivery". (@DocRoms)
• [#52] ReSpec drafts and source documents are now available for Pull Requests (PRs), edits, and download. (@airbr & @chrisn)

Updates:

• 20 missing abbreviations have been included within the specification dictionary. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Provided additional website resources which relate to digital resilience. (@fullo)
• [#12] A list of getting started highlights has been added to the at-a-glance document. (@andy-blum & @cwilso)
• [#19] Wiki Resource links have been fully merged into the WSG and it's supplements. (@mgifford)
• [#27] Clarification has been provided on several Guidelines regarding data transfer and energy. (@dom-robinson, @i-a-i-n & @Internetthought)
• [#35] All examples using Apache now include links for NGINX boilerplates for balance. (@JulienWilhelm)
• [#36] Success Criteria for 4.10 has been re-written to include clarification on dynamic code. (@grugnog)
• [#44] The Success Criteria of 5.22 has been refreshed regarding emerging technologies (like AI). (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#50] HTTP Header response codes and a HTML Dialog API example have been added to various guidelines. (@thibaudcolas)
• [#51] Benefits for 2.12 & 2.13 re-written to be more explicitly linked to Successs Criteria. (@chrisn)
• [#56] Example for 2.7 has been provided with added context to relate it better to it's guideline. (@ldevernay)
• [#59] Additional URL Resource on Islands architecture has been added to Guideline 3.9. (@ldevernay)
• [#61] Section 3.7 has clarification and references added for advertising pixels and tags. (@www-diogo-in)

Fixes:

• Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved duplicate references to key academic sources in the specification. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved a missing PDF identifier alongside the print-friendly checklist. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#49] Multiple abbreviations which have incorrect pluralization have been resolved. (@YummyBacon5)
• [#53] Changed "Web Workers" references to avoid potential API name confusion. (@chrisn & @ianbjacobs)
• [#55] Example image for 2.4 was too resource intensive and has been replaced with a better solution. (@ldevernay)
• [#57] Syntax issues in the source code which affected list rendering have been fixed. (@AlexDawsonUK & @ldevernay)
• [#58] Success Criteria for 3.5 has been moved to 3.14 in order to have better relevancy. (@ldevernay)
• [#60] Missing reference to the WSG checklist has been added to the specification. (@www-diogo-in)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

Editorial work for the above was handled by @AlexDawsonUK and @timfrick.

v1.0-D2

This is the second public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.

The following changes have been made since v1.0-D1:

Additions:

• Added Glossary term for ESG to tie into our principles. (@timfrick)
• [#1] Section 3.21 now has a Success Criteria on "Static Sites". (@arnaudlevy)
• [#4] Quick Reference & PDF Checklist of WSG's has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK & @gagarine)
• [#5],[#6] Section 1.2.1 Principles has been given additional context. (@Emily-Trotter & @gagarine)
• [#9] Abstract now contains advice on "How to use the guidelines / document". (@TzviyaSiegman)
• [#20] JSON API for for third-party implementations has been published. (@AlexDawsonUK & @timfrick)
• [#37] New Success Criteria and content within "Conducting Research" & "Early Ideation". (@joshkimux)
• [#40] Section 3.8 has a New Success Criteria on "Optional Features". (@j9t)

Updates:

• Updated the Section 5.8 guidance about onboarding and green-by-default. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Section 2.19 clarified to include PDF and application based documents. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#23] Conformance Notes have been rewritten to be more explicit and helpful. (@airbr)
• [#30] Section 3.6 clarified to include code abstraction concepts. (@marie-ototoi)
• [#38] Section 3.13 has been rewritten to include fixes and new content. (@thibaudcolas)

Fixes:

• Fixed a cross referencing issue to the functional unit. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Fixed cross referencing issues within the at-a-glance document. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Fixed a small URL encoding error present upon validation. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Fixed some case and character issues with the WSG's content. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Guideline 4.7 name has been tweaked to be clearer on it's intent. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Numerous grammatical fixes applied to the at-a-glance document. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved a missing abbreviation for Virtual Machines. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Resolved some missing international language references. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• Links that resolved behind a paywall have been replaced. (@CristellaH)
• Updated all WAI WCAG references to the new 2.2 W3C Recommendation. (@AlexDawsonUK)
• [#3],[#15] 269 Spelling & Grammar fixes have been applied. (@AlexDawsonUK, @mgifford & @yuna-orsini)
• [#8] Resolved the W3C reserved term usage. (@ianbjacobs)
• [#17],[#24] Clarified "Use Edge Computing" to "Consider CDN's And Edge Caching". (@airbr & @fershad)
• [#18] Small displays suffered a text overflow issue with our spec title. (@airbr)
• [#25] Broken links and redirects have been resolved or removed. (@JamesChristie-SustainableUX)
• [#26] PDF's or multimedia where applicable are identified as such. (@JamesChristie-SustainableUX)
• [#26] Short text descriptions have been added to numbered links. (@JamesChristie-SustainableUX)
• [#26] Visited links now have a color change indicated. (@JamesChristie-SustainableUX)
• [#37] Dark patterns now also refer to deceptive design. (@joshkimux)
• [#39] Title case inconsistencies within TOC have been resolved. (@j9t)

Note:

• Unresolved issues haven't been forgotten! They will be progressed in a future draft.
• If you spot any new bugs, or have new content or ideas to include, submit an issue.

Editorial work for the above was handled by @AlexDawsonUK and @timfrick.

v1.0-D1

This is the first public draft of the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG's) 1.0 and its accompanying documents.