Table 4 Values of the STARDIT project

System and language agnostic

STARDIT is system and language agnostic, it should always be designed to work across and with as many systems as possible, in as many countries and languages as possible

Designs and code should always be open access

In alignment with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science [43], STARDIT designs and code should always be open access and relevant licenses should always be those which allow others to build on and improve the project, while maintaining central control over quality (such as the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0 for code)

Participatory paradigm

STARDIT development will be guided by the participatory action research (PAR) paradigm [66]. PAR is an umbrella term which describes a number of related approaches, including [85(p1)], community-based participatory research, participatory action research (including critical participatory action research), participatory health research, community-partnered participatory research, cooperative inquiry. It may also include other forms of action research embracing a participatory philosophy which may include ‘co-design’ of research and other kinds of research which might include forms of ‘public involvement’ (or sometimes ‘engagement’). The plain English definition of the paradigm is that power to control the project with be shared in a transparent, inclusive and equitable way.

United Nations rights-based paradigm

STARDIT will be guided by the United Nations rights-based paradigm, including human rights, environmental rights and other emerging rights