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Use DALIA for your projects
Which DALIA level is your project?
Answer a few questions about your creative process to determine the appropriate DALIA level and how to credit your work.
Does your project use any AI tools?
Who originates the creative idea or concept?
Who creates the work or the bulk of its content?
Who makes the final call on what goes into the work?
You may use, share, and adapt it freely with attribution and under the same license. creativecommons.org/licenses/4.0
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Percentages are meaningless for creative work. A single AI-generated sentence that changes the conclusion of an essay has more impact than a background texture that fills 80% of an image. DALIA evaluates the locus of control — who drives the ideas, the execution, and the final judgment — not the pixel or word count.
The creator self-declares. DALIA is a transparency tool, not an audit system. Like a nutrition label, it's the producer's responsibility to label honestly. The community-driven specification provides clear criteria to make that assessment as objective as possible.
No. DALIA is purely descriptive. A D5 work is not inferior to a D0 work — the scale measures process, not value. Whether a given level is appropriate for a given context (a competition, a publication, a commission) is a question for the people involved, not for DALIA.
Yes, and that's by design. A film might have D0 live action footage and D4 AI-generated visual effects. In that case, creators can apply multiple badges to different components, or choose the level that best represents the dominant creative process. The specification covers this in detail.
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