DTPR is a translation layer that makes technology’s impact easier to understand.
DTPR (Digital Trust for Places and Routines) is an open standard that explains how technology uses data, in plain language and a visual system that’s designed for everyone.
Public realm
Transportation
Buildings
Digital layer
Where to start
Curious about DTPR
You've come across DTPR on a sign, a city website or in the news, and want to know what it is and what the icons mean.
Running technology in public
Cities, agencies and the people who manage public places use DTPR to explain the technology they run, on signs, online and in workshops.
Organizing your community
Advocates and organizers use DTPR to put their community's needs at the center of how technology is developed and overseen.
Building with DTPR
Developers and designers build DTPR into products and tools with the taxonomy, the REST API, the MCP server and the agent skills.
Co-created since 2019
Over 100 residents, designers, privacy experts and city practitioners have contributed to DTPR. The standard grew from the most asked questions people have about the technology around them.
DTPR in the World
Communities and municipal stewards around the world are deploying DTPR to put residents’ agency and understanding first.
- communities using DTPR
- 15
- countries
- 6
- awards and grants
- 6
- press articles
- 24