Carbon.txt
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| − | [https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/carbon.txt carbon.txt GitHub repository] | + | * [https://github.com/thegreenwebfoundation/carbon.txt carbon.txt GitHub repository] |
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Latest revision as of 18:16, 24 October 2022
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[edit] Overview
carbon.txt is a proposed web standard for making it possible to verify that web-infrastructure uses green power, in lieu of green power, users of the standard will simply be able to see what type of power is being used by a hosting provider. The standard is designed to be chained from web-site to host to electricity provider, creating a graph of dependencies. A graph-like approach enables hosting-providers with other upstream hosting dependencies to link to those, and likewise, until an electricity provider is located.
[edit] File format example
Via carbon.txt simple example.
We assume a filename-based identification: carbon.txt
Content may look as follows:
# we assume most sites have one main provider which might provide the servers # used to serve content. If you know this, you can look up that provider's # carbon.txt file to make it possible to start walking the graph. [Upstream Providers] # while a website might rely on a single provider, it's common to rely on other # providers: google for analytics, or another CDN, and so on. Let's assume a # simple site is hosted just by one org for this example. providers = [<URL for company>] # That's all you need
