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An organisational assertion: the organisation states that it has a style guide covering focus indicators, plus a policy or process requiring it to be followed.
Why It Matters
Focus styling is usually removed by accident, one component at a time. A style guide is what keeps it from eroding across a product.
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[Title, role, or organization] asserts that:
- Our organization has a style guide that includes guidance on focus indicators and a policy and/or processes that the style guide must be followed.
::assertion-required
- title, role, or organization making the assertion (if different from the conformance claim)
- date of when the design style guide was published
- date of assertion (if different from the date of the conformance claim)
::assertion-recommended
- copy of the policy implementing the use of design style guide on focus style
- whether training was provided for authors
- date training was provided
- number or proportion of authors who completed the training
- copy of the design style guide (if any) where focus style has been defined