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== Ten basic conditions for digital sustainability ==
== Ten basic conditions for digital sustainability ==
In 2017 an academic article was published in the [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] journal ''Sustainability Science''<ref>[https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-016-0412-2 Matthias Stuermer, Gabriel Abu-Tayeh, Thomas Myrach "Digital sustainability: basic conditions for sustainable digital artifacts and their ecosystems" Sustainability Science 12 (2017), pp. 247-262, 10.1007/s11625-016-0412-2]</ref> introducing the concept of digital sustainability and elaborating ten basic conditions that digital artifacts have to follow in order to be digital sustainable:
In 2017 an academic article was published in the [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] journal ''Sustainability Science''<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0412-2|title=Digital sustainability: basic conditions for sustainable digital artifacts and their ecosystems|first1=Matthias|last1=Stuermer|first2=Gabriel|last2=Abu-Tayeh|first3=Thomas|last3=Myrach|date=March 1, 2017|journal=Sustainability Science|volume=12|issue=2|pages=247–262|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s11625-016-0412-2|pmid=30174752|pmc=PMC6106115}}</ref> introducing the concept of digital sustainability and elaborating ten basic conditions that digital artifacts have to follow in order to be digital sustainable:
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== Digital sustainability in academia ==
== Digital sustainability in academia ==
Since 2004 Marcus Dapp teaches the lecture on digital sustainability at [[ETH Zurich|ETH Zürich]]
Since 2004 Marcus Dapp teaches the lecture on digital sustainability at [[ETH Zurich|ETH Zürich]]
<ref>http://www.vvz.ethz.ch/Vorlesungsverzeichnis/lerneinheit.view?semkez=2018W&lerneinheitId=125702 Digitale Nachhaltigkeit in der Wissensgesellschaft</ref>. Also the student organizations ''TheAlternative'' at [[ETH Zurich|ETH Zürich]] and ''SUBDiN'' at [[University of Basel]] use the concept of digital sustainability in their activities<ref>[http://www.thealternative.ch/ ''TheAlternative'' – Digitale Initiative innerhalb von ''<nowiki>[project 21]</nowiki>'' an der ETH]</ref><ref>[http://www.subdin.ch/ ''Studentische Union Basel für Digitale Nachhaltigkeit'']</ref>.
<ref>http://www.vvz.ethz.ch/Vorlesungsverzeichnis/lerneinheit.view?semkez=2018W&lerneinheitId=125702 Digitale Nachhaltigkeit in der Wissensgesellschaft</ref>. Also the student organizations ''TheAlternative'' at [[ETH Zurich|ETH Zürich]] and ''SUBDiN'' at [[University of Basel]] use the concept of digital sustainability in their activities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thealternative.ch/|title=The Alternative|website=www.thealternative.ch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.subdin.ch/|title=SUBDiN - Studentische Union Basel für Digitale Nachhaltigkeit|website=www.subdin.ch}}</ref>.
Since 2014 there exists a [[Research Center for Digital Sustainability]] at [[University of Bern]]<ref>[http://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/medien/media_relations/archiv/news/2014/nachhaltige_entwicklung_goes_digital/index_ger.html Official press release of the University of Bern regarding the foundation of the Research Center for Digital Sustainability]</ref>. The research center is lead by Matthias Stürmer and consists of about 20 members. It was founded with a donation by the Swiss open source association CH Open<ref>https://www.ch-open.ch</ref> of CHF 80'000<ref>[http://www.derbund.ch/bern/stadt/Die-Nachhaltigkeitsforscher-20/story/21154224 "Die Nachhaltigkeitsforscher 2.0" newspaper ''Der Bund'', 4 September 2014]</ref> and belongs to the Institute of Computer Science<ref>http://www.inf.unibe.ch</ref>.
Since 2014 there exists a [[Research Center for Digital Sustainability]] at [[University of Bern]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unibe.ch/aktuell/medien/media_relations/archiv/news/2014/nachhaltige_entwicklung_goes_digital/index_ger.html|title=Nachhaltige Entwicklung goes digital|date=July 26, 2016|website=Portal}}</ref>. The research center is lead by Matthias Stürmer and consists of about 20 members. It was founded with a donation by the Swiss open source association CH Open<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch-open.ch/|title=Home > CH Open|website=CH Open}}</ref> of CHF 80'000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.derbund.ch/21154224|title=Die Nachhaltigkeitsforscher 2.0|first=Der Bund, Tamedia Espace|last=AG|via=www.derbund.ch}}</ref> and belongs to the Institute of Computer Science<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inf.unibe.ch/index_ger.html|title=Institut für Informatik|date=January 31, 2017|website=Institut für Informatik}}</ref>.


== Digital sustainability in politics ==
== Digital sustainability in politics ==
In 2009 the [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] ''Parliamentarien Group for Digital Sustainability'' (Parldigi)<ref>https://www.parldigi.ch</ref> was formed in the [[Swiss parliament]]. It consists of more than 50 parliamentarians from all parties of the Swiss parliament. They lobby for [[open source software]], [[open data]], [[open content]], [[net neutrality]] etc. within the Swiss government. The parliamentarian group is funded by open source providers such as [[Red Hat]] and [[SUSE]] as well as non-profit organizations such as [[Wikimedia CH]], CH Open and Opendata.ch (Swiss chapter of the [[Open Knowledge Foundation]]).
In 2009 the [[Nonpartisanism|non-partisan]] ''Parliamentarien Group for Digital Sustainability'' (Parldigi)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parldigi.ch/de/|title=Startseite|website=Parldigi - Digitale Nachhaltigkeit}}</ref> was formed in the [[Swiss parliament]]. It consists of more than 50 parliamentarians from all parties of the Swiss parliament. They lobby for [[open source software]], [[open data]], [[open content]], [[net neutrality]] etc. within the Swiss government. The parliamentarian group is funded by open source providers such as [[Red Hat]] and [[SUSE]] as well as non-profit organizations such as [[Wikimedia CH]], CH Open and Opendata.ch (Swiss chapter of the [[Open Knowledge Foundation]]).


== Digital sustainability in the business ==
== Digital sustainability in the business ==
In 2019 the insurance company [[Baloise]] has included digital sustainability in their sustainability strategy<ref>[https://www.baloise.com/en/home/about-us/what-we-stand-for/sustainability/digital-sustainability-information-security.html Digital ''Sustainability & Information Security'' at Baloise]</ref>. The published this new part of their [[corporate social responsibility]] activities together with the new ''Baloise Open Source Guidelines''<ref>https://baloise.github.io/open-source/docs/arc42/</ref> that allows programmers of Baloise to initialize new open source projects.
In 2019 the insurance company [[Baloise]] has included digital sustainability in their sustainability strategy<ref>[https://www.baloise.com/en/home/about-us/what-we-stand-for/sustainability/digital-sustainability-information-security.html Digital ''Sustainability & Information Security'' at Baloise]</ref>. The published this new part of their [[corporate social responsibility]] activities together with the new ''Baloise Open Source Guidelines''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baloise.github.io/open-source/docs/arc42/|title=Baloise Open Source Guidelines|website=baloise.github.io}}</ref> that allows programmers of Baloise to initialize new open source projects.




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The symbol of digital sustainability

The notion of digital sustainability explains how digital artifacts such as software or data have to be created, shared, improved and stored in order to provide longterm benefit to the entire society. Digital sustainability is aligned with the definition of sustainability within the Brundtland Report that sustainable development "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Thus the concept of digital sustainability connects digital preservation, digital commons and knowledge commons with the aim for sustainable development.

Ten basic conditions for digital sustainability

In 2017 an academic article was published in the Springer journal Sustainability Science[1] introducing the concept of digital sustainability and elaborating ten basic conditions that digital artifacts have to follow in order to be digital sustainable:

1. Elaborateness: Quality of the software or data
2. Transparent structures: Technical openness of the source code, data structures, specifications etc.
3. Semantic information: Meta data for machine-readability
4. Distributed location: Redundant data storage e.g. through peer-to-peer technology
5. Open licensing regime: Open license such as an open source license for software, a creative commons license for content or an open database license for data
6. Shared tacit knowledge: Tacit knowledge about the digital artifact is distributed among many persons and organizations
7. Participatory culture: High quality contributions by external persons are integrated
8. Good governance: Governance of the legal and technical positions of power is decentralized
9. Diversified funding: Costs for infrastructure etc. are covered by various financial sources
10. Contribution to sustainable development: The digital artifact contributes to sustainable development

Digital sustainability in academia

Since 2004 Marcus Dapp teaches the lecture on digital sustainability at ETH Zürich [2]. Also the student organizations TheAlternative at ETH Zürich and SUBDiN at University of Basel use the concept of digital sustainability in their activities[3][4]. Since 2014 there exists a Research Center for Digital Sustainability at University of Bern[5]. The research center is lead by Matthias Stürmer and consists of about 20 members. It was founded with a donation by the Swiss open source association CH Open[6] of CHF 80'000[7] and belongs to the Institute of Computer Science[8].

Digital sustainability in politics

In 2009 the non-partisan Parliamentarien Group for Digital Sustainability (Parldigi)[9] was formed in the Swiss parliament. It consists of more than 50 parliamentarians from all parties of the Swiss parliament. They lobby for open source software, open data, open content, net neutrality etc. within the Swiss government. The parliamentarian group is funded by open source providers such as Red Hat and SUSE as well as non-profit organizations such as Wikimedia CH, CH Open and Opendata.ch (Swiss chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation).

Digital sustainability in the business

In 2019 the insurance company Baloise has included digital sustainability in their sustainability strategy[10]. The published this new part of their corporate social responsibility activities together with the new Baloise Open Source Guidelines[11] that allows programmers of Baloise to initialize new open source projects.


References

  1. ^ Stuermer, Matthias; Abu-Tayeh, Gabriel; Myrach, Thomas (March 1, 2017). "Digital sustainability: basic conditions for sustainable digital artifacts and their ecosystems". Sustainability Science. 12 (2): 247–262. doi:10.1007/s11625-016-0412-2. PMC 6106115. PMID 30174752 – via Springer Link.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  2. ^ http://www.vvz.ethz.ch/Vorlesungsverzeichnis/lerneinheit.view?semkez=2018W&lerneinheitId=125702 Digitale Nachhaltigkeit in der Wissensgesellschaft
  3. ^ "The Alternative". www.thealternative.ch.
  4. ^ "SUBDiN - Studentische Union Basel für Digitale Nachhaltigkeit". www.subdin.ch.
  5. ^ "Nachhaltige Entwicklung goes digital". Portal. July 26, 2016.
  6. ^ "Home > CH Open". CH Open.
  7. ^ AG, Der Bund, Tamedia Espace. "Die Nachhaltigkeitsforscher 2.0" – via www.derbund.ch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Institut für Informatik". Institut für Informatik. January 31, 2017.
  9. ^ "Startseite". Parldigi - Digitale Nachhaltigkeit.
  10. ^ Digital Sustainability & Information Security at Baloise
  11. ^ "Baloise Open Source Guidelines". baloise.github.io.
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