Building a More Inclusive Glosario: Celebrating Our 2025 Milestones

Over the past year, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Carpentries has made incredible progress in improving Glosario, our open, multilingual glossary for computing and data science terms.

In 2025, we focused on making Glosario more accessible, inclusive, and community-driven. Guided by feedback from our community, we enhanced the ways our community members can contribute, learn, and be recognised for their work.

Join Our Final 2025 Co-Working Session

You are invited to the next and final Glosario Community Co-Working Session for 2025.
🗓 Wednesday, 5 November 2025
🕒 15:00 UTC

During this session, we will share updates on all the work completed under the Mellon Foundation grant, including accessibility improvements and contributor recognition. This is also a space to connect, collaborate, and celebrate our contributors around the world.

View the event on our Community Calendar.

What We Achieved in 2025

Expanded Accessibility and Contribution Options

We introduced simpler ways to contribute, including a Google Form submission process, an updated Help Page, clearer contribution guides, and “how-to” videos with subtitles in multiple languages (using the YouTube autotranslate function).

Improved User Experience

Navigation on glosario.carpentries.org was redesigned to make it easier to explore terms and understand related translations. We also updated visual contrast and interface elements to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards.

Contributor Recognition

The integration of the All Contributors bot on GitHub now automatically acknowledges our 222 contributors across various roles; from translation and review to documentation and planning. These visible recognitions celebrate the many forms of contribution that keep Glosario growing.

New Opportunities for Feedback

To support continuous improvement, contributors can now send suggestions directly via the Help Page or by emailing community@carpentries.org.

Looking Ahead

As we move toward the final reporting phase of the Mellon Glosario Supplemental Award, we are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed time, expertise, and ideas to make Glosario more inclusive. Your efforts continue to shape this resource for learners and researchers worldwide.

Together, we are building public knowledge, one translated term at a time.