Recommendation: Read the user documentation and FAQ first. This page assumes familiarity with the jargon used in the Physics Derivation Graph.

This page enumerates design principles and goals for the Physics Derivation Graph (PDG).
The list is unordered.

• Technology used should be free to improve accessibility.
• Technology used should be open source to improve ability to inspect the implementation.
• Technology used should be durable and stable to decrease the maintenance burden.
• Rendered HTML pages should have a single scope. (As opposed to a single-page website.)
• HTML tag "Fieldset" is used to denote actions available to the user.