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An organisational assertion: the organisation states that it has a process and policy for reviewing text for clear language before publication - meeting the Clear Language guideline's core requirements, choosing verb tense for ease of understanding, keeping paragraphs short, and opening informative paragraphs with a topic sentence - and that any style guide or author training covers these.
Why It Matters
Clarity is a property of how content is produced. A review policy is what makes it survive deadlines and changes of author.
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[Title, role, or organization] asserts that:
* Our organization has a process and policy to review text content for clear language before publication. The process includes confirming:
* All of the core requirements in the ‘Clear Language’ guideline are met.
* Verb tense is chosen for ease of understanding.
* Content uses short paragraphs.
* Paragraphs that convey information begin with a sentence stating the main point or purpose (often called a topic sentence).
* If a style guide is used by content authors, it must provide guidance on these aspects of clear language.
* If author training is provided, it must provide guidance on these aspects of clear language.
::assertion-required
* title, role, or organization making the assertion (if different from the conformance claim)
* date of when the policy was implemented
* date of assertion (if different from the date of the conformance claim)
::assertion-recommended
* copy of the policy implementing the clear language review
* date author training was provided (if any)
* number or proportion of authors who completed the training
* copy of the style guide (if any) where clear language review has been defined