Principles for Independent Archives

Use open standards
Think long term
Stay small, let others create meta-collections
Strive for universal accessibility, be accessible by default
Store the original record, present its essence over its resolution
Work together
Believe in your ideas, an independent perspective is worth a lot

Help needed for "Principles for Independent Archives"!

The following is missing from this set of principles:

Summary: Each design principle can have a brief summary, these could be a couple of lines or a detailed paragraph outlining how this principle is used or measured, e.g.

- principle: Strive to be universal
summary: Our aim is to be a resource that is helpful to everyone. We do this by strictly adhering to principles of progressive enhancement…

Tip! You may be able to find the missing information at the source URL:
https://github.com/equivalentideas/independent-archive-principles/blob/master/independent-archive-principles.md.

It would be great if you could contribute and update this set of principles with anything that's missing!

Use open standards

Think long term

Stay small, let others create meta-collections

Strive for universal accessibility, be accessible by default

Store the original record, present its essence over its resolution

Work together

Believe in your ideas, an independent perspective is worth a lot