01
Content standard
- Define the reader and task
- Use reliable evidence
- Distinguish official requirements from practical guidance
- Label planned product behavior
- State limitations
- Provide examples that are tested or clearly hypothetical
- Assign review ownership
02
Source priority
- Official standards and documentation
- Primary research and records
- Direct product behavior and internal evidence
- Qualified subject-matter review
- Responsible secondary analysis when primary material is insufficient
03
Review triggers
- Standard or platform update
- Product behavior change
- Broken or superseded source
- User correction
- Material performance change
- Legal or policy change
04
Operational implementation
- Assign an owner for implementing and reviewing the obligations described in Editorial policy.
- Map the policy to product settings, contracts, support procedures, data flows, records, and staff responsibilities.
- Keep the public language aligned with actual production behaviour and contracted commitments.
- Retain approval, effective-date, change-history, and customer-notice records.
05
Decision and verification record
Scope
Name the website, environment, URLs, entities, templates, or user journeys included in the editorial policy decision.
Decision
Record the chosen action, owner, priority, dependencies, approval, and the evidence that justified it.
Verification
Review the page against its intended task, validate claims and links, and measure whether users reach the next useful action.
Next useful action
Turn editorial policy into an accountable record.
An implementation checklist showing where Editorial policy is reflected in product behaviour and business procedure.