{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/web-design-standards/issues/1518","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/web-design-standards","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/web-design-standards/issues/1518/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/web-design-standards/issues/1518/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/web-design-standards/issues/1518/events","html_url":"https://github.com/18F/web-design-standards/issues/1518","id":181536013,"number":1518,"title":"Call it the U.S. Web Design System","user":{"login":"shawnbot","id":113896,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/113896?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot","html_url":"https://github.com/shawnbot","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/shawnbot/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-10-06T21:56:34Z","updated_at":"2016-10-06T21:56:34Z","closed_at":null,"body":"This is a proposal to rename this project from the \"Draft U.S. Web Design Standards\" to the \"U.S. Web Design System\". We've gotten [feedback](https://github.com/18F/web-design-standards/wiki/August-Listening-Tour-Findings) that the word \"standards\" is loaded for people in government, some of whom wonder whether the system is or will be required (when the word _draft_ is removed?); whereas many people outside of government aren't sure what the word \"standard\" even means for them.\r\n\r\nMy understanding is that we don't have plans to impose of this upon government web designers, or private sector contractors building government sites. Also, the word \"standards\" suggests inflexibility to some, and we haven't done a good job of explaining how various aspects of the USWDS can be incorporated piecemeal, or extended (like the [18F visual identity](https://pages.18f.gov/brand/)). I think that calling this a _system_ rather than a set of standards, and removing the word \"Draft\", could help shed some baggage from the project and make it easier to explain how various parts (language guidance, accessible colors, interactive components, or page templates) can be used either individually or together.\r\n\r\nOne nice thing about this particular name change is that we can continue to call it USWDS for short. We would need to change the URL, though, from `standards.usa.gov` to... what, `webdesign.usa.gov`?\r\n\r\n🇺🇸 ✌️ "}}
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