# Project Information ## About The Data-Centric Digital Rights (DCDR) Framework, an initiative by The IO Foundation, is a pioneering effort to empower technologists to protect digital citizens and their digital twins by embedding rights-focused principles into technology design. Comprising Principles, Taxonomies, and technical tools, the DCDR Framework provides a structured approach to understanding data’s nature and its implications for digital rights. It aims to shift technology paradigms by enabling technologists to act as Next Generation Rights Defenders, ensuring privacy, transparency, and user empowerment are built into digital systems by design. Through advocacy, publications, and global engagement, the DCDR Framework seeks to create a world where technology transparently upholds citizens’ rights. For more details, explore the full documentation at The IO Foundation’s DCDR project page. {% hint style="info" %} [**ShortURL**](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRFramework) **| Playbook | Assistant |** [**Contribute**](http://TIOF.Click/DCDRFrameworkContribute) {% endhint %} {% hint style="warning" %} **NOTICE** The DCDR Framework is currently a work in progress. {% endhint %} ## About The DCDR Framework is the basis for TIOF's DCDR advocacy. ## The Framework The DCDR Framework is composed of a number of components that are interconnected and building upon each other. Combined, they provide the necessary tools to support technologists in understanding the underlying interactions between the physical and the digital worlds. {% hint style="info" %} The DCDR Framework provides the foundation for the rest of the DCDR components * [Data Lifecycle](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRDataLifecycle) * [Digital Harms](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRDigitalHarms) * [Digital Rights](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRDigitalRights) * [Use Cases](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRUseCases) {% endhint %} {% embed url="" %} The DCDR Framework structure {% endembed %} The DCDR Framework is structured upon 3 Levels representing different conceptualizations. Each Level helps sustaining the propositions made in the upper level. {% embed url="" %} DCDR Framework Levels interconnection {% endembed %} ## Structure ### Basic Premises * Citizen-centric \[WHY?] * Digital Spaces (which can be many) are a result, and thus dependent of the Physical Space (which is unique) \[WHY?] ### Layer I This level provides an structure on the nature of a Space. It describes the fundamentals of what composes a Space and the interactions happening within it. ### Layer II This level provides a list of DCDR Components on the bases of the objects existing in a Space. ### Layer III This level describes the DCDR Framework, a macro view of how the DCDR Components are to interact to architect digital spaces that respond to the DCDR Principles. ### Licensing and distribution As all materials created by The IO Foundation, the DCDR Framework is published under TIOF Public Licensing Model. ### Revisions The DCDR Framework, as any other component of the [DCDR advocacy](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRDocs), is subjected to improvements. ### How to contribute Anyone wishing to submit an improvement to the DCDR Framework, can do so via the [DCDR Framework](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRFrameworkContribute) folder in the [DCDR repository](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRRepo). ## Outcomes * Establish a working group to research on the DCDR Framework * Produce a research paper documenting the DCDR Framework * Design a syllabus for the dissemination of the DCDR Framework * Promote the awareness and understanding of the research results * Serve as the basis for the [Sagan Oath](https://TIOF.Click/DCDRSaganOath) * Incorporate the research's results in the [Universal Declaration of Digital Rights](https://TIOF.Click/UDDRDocs) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://discover.theiofoundation.org/dcdr-framework/about/project-information.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.