Learn editorial policy
VeriRFP Learn content is written for security and procurement operators. Every published guide includes explicit author, reviewer, and update metadata.
This policy exists to keep Learn content aligned with the live product, pricing, security, and support surfaces that buyers and operators actually use.
Why this policy is published publicly
Buyers, reviewers, and search systems all benefit when editorial standards are explicit instead of implied. Publishing the policy creates a stable reference for how VeriRFP defines authorship, evidence requirements, review ownership, and correction handling across the Learn library.
How the policy changes what gets published
The policy is not a decorative trust page. It sets the conditions for publication across the Learn section: direct-answer structure, named ownership, evidence boundaries, and revision discipline. Content that cannot meet those requirements does not belong in the library.
That constraint matters because many security and procurement topics drift into generic commentary. VeriRFP keeps Learn pages tied to live product, pricing, security, and support surfaces so the content remains useful to operators and reviewable by buyers.
Authoring standard
- Direct-answer first structure with implementation and caveat sections.
- No anonymous publishing; each item must declare author and reviewer names.
- Commercial claims require supporting references or product-surface linkage.
Review standard
- Security review validates control claims and wording boundaries.
- Editorial review validates clarity, scope, and buyer-intent relevance.
- Build gate rejects Learn items missing required metadata.
Update cadence
- Guides are reviewed quarterly or on major product/security workflow changes.
- Metadata timestamps are updated on any material content revision.
- Outdated guidance is revised or retired during monthly editorial triage.
Content purpose and audience
- Top-of-page language must match the actual search intent the page is targeting.
- Buyer-facing guidance must stay aligned to the product, pricing, security, and support surfaces.
- Every guide should create a useful next step, not just a definition or generic summary.
Evidence freshness rules
- Claims must align with the current product, pricing, security, and support surfaces on the website.
- External citations are rechecked when a guide is materially updated or when a source is known to have moved.
- Content that references gated artifacts or buyer workflows must name the controlling approval path.
Before publish
- Verify the title and description match the search intent actually served by the page.
- Confirm all internal links resolve to live Learn, product, pricing, support, or security routes.
- Reject vague filler: each page must add workflow guidance that helps enterprise buyers or operators act.
Retirement and correction policy
- Pages that become misleading after product, legal, or security changes must be corrected before promotion.
- Broken external references should be replaced or removed during any material update cycle.
- Deprecated guidance should redirect to a stronger live page rather than remain indexable and stale.