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Clear Structure Review
Group: layout • Guideline: structure
Summary in Plain English
An organisational assertion: the organisation states that it has a process and policy for reviewing written content for clear structure before publication - checking the Structure guideline's core requirements, keeping sections concise, considering icons as structural cues, and turning sentences into lists where that helps - and that any style guide or author training covers these.
Why It Matters
Structure is decided while writing, not afterwards. A review process is what keeps clear structure from depending on which author happened to write the page.
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W3C Maturity Status:developing
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[Title, role, or organization] asserts that:
* Our organization has a process and policy for reviewing written content for clear structure before publication. The process includes confirming:
* all of the core requirements in the Structure guideline are met
* content sections are as concise as possible
* icons are considered as possible ways to help users understand the content structure and identify key parts
* authors consider when to turn sentences into lists to make the information easier to understand and remember
* If a style guide is used by authors, it must provide guidance on these aspects of clear structure.
* If author training is provided, it must provide guidance on these aspects of clear structure.
::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 structure review
* whether training was provided for authors:
* date training was provided
* number or proportion of authors who completed the training
* copy of the style guide (if any) where clear structure review has been defined