Digital Public Goods Standard
The DPG Standard is a set of specifications and guidelines designed to maximise consensus about whether a digital solution conforms to the definition of a digital public good.
The DPG Standard establishes the baseline requirements that must be met in order to earn recognition as a digital public good. When a digital solution is successfully reviewed against the DPG Standard, it is listed Registry alongside all other recognised digital public goods.
The DPG Standard Indicators
Below are the 9 indicators and requirements that determine if nominated software, data, AI systems, and/or content collections can be considered a DPG.
Disclaimers &
Considerations
1. The DPG Standard exclusively focuses on the design of the core solution. The Digital Public Goods Alliance does not evaluate local implementations as part of our review to determine if a digital solution is a DPG.
2. The Review Policy lays out the policies that govern the review process of Digital Public Good applications.
For open-source software, open data, AI systems, and open content collections wanting to be recognised as digital public goods use the eligibility tool to assess readiness or submit your nomination. All recognised DPGs are listed in the DPG Registry. Take your next step!
Learn more about the DPG Standard
The DPG Standard is an open standard licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 and maintained by the DPGA Secretariat with contributions from a global community that cares about the growth of digital public goods.
You can create an issue to suggest improvements or explore the changes made over the past years.
Contribute to the DPG Standard
We encourage creators, maintainers, funders, implementers, and consumers to recognise and use the DPG Standard to support DPGs.
The DPG Standard was developed through an iterative process, building off of the original 51 indicator standard used by the DPGA in the preliminary review of Early Grade Reading projects, and refined through contributions by many experts. The DPG Standard is free for anyone to use and adapt and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International License. We actively solicit contributions to improve the DPG Standard.
