The internet should be a place that everyone can use, regardless of their background, abilities, or the technology they use. Openness and accessibility are important because they allow more people to find information, communicate, and participate online. Making the web open and accessible helps ensure that the internet can truly be for everyone.

Openness

Why?

Open content allows information to be shared and used by more people. This is important because the internet is most useful when people can easily access information, learn from it, and share knowledge with others.

How?
Content can be made more open by using resources that allow people to share and reuse information. Creative Commons licenses are one way creators can clearly explain how others are allowed to use, share, or adapt their work.

Accessibility

Why?

Accessibility helps make sure that people with different abilities can use and understand online content. Making websites accessible creates a more inclusive internet and allows more people to participate online.

How?

Web content can be made more accessible by adding descriptive alt text to images, using proper heading structures, providing captions for videos, using descriptive hyperlinks, and making text easy to read. The Web Accessibility Initiative also provides guidelines for creating more accessible web content.