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Write the brief
The brief names audience, reader job, source basis, acceptance criteria, and forbidden implications.
Operations explainer
Documentation Curator Publication Process
The publication process exists because a mechanically valid page can still be weak. It preserves source basis, authority boundary, readability, visual evidence, and review evidence.
Publication comprehension
Public readability is downstream from source binding.
The publication process begins with a brief and source spec, then produces a page, screenshots, review evidence, provenance, and manifest updates.
The diagram is a static reader aid. It does not replace the source files, route dossiers, or claim-status records that govern the topic.
Mechanism
How to read this surface.
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Bind the source spec
The source basis controls what public copy may explain.
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Review rendered evidence
Screenshots and human review catch public-comprehension failures that commands cannot prove.
Terms
Define the loaded words before using them.
- Publication brief
- A planning surface for reader job, source basis, and acceptance criteria.Not source authority by itself.
- Source spec
- The source-boundary contract for a public page.Cannot strengthen source claims.
- Human review
- A reviewer judgment that the page teaches the topic without overclaiming.Separate from scripted PASS.
Boundaries
What this page must not imply.
- No generated authority
- Readable pages stay downstreamA polished public page cannot supersede its source files or registries.
- No validator-only comprehension
- Human review remains requiredScripts can catch missing structure, but not prove reader understanding.
Safe reading
A useful summary also names the unsafe one.
- Safe summary
- Supported readingPublication work translates source-bound material into readable pages with screenshots, human review, manifests, and provenance.
- Unsafe summary
- Forbidden shortcutA public page or screenshot changes source authority, proves comprehension by script alone, or promotes source claims.
Related routes
Continue through internal pages first.
Source basis
Use these as provenance, not primary navigation.
Source basis
Documentation curator publication process explainer
Generated noncanonical upstream explainer: github-facing/documentation-curator-publication-process-explainer.md.
Publication lifecycle
A page-specific brief controls the work.
The brief defines reader, reader job, source basis, narrative shape, visual strategy, acceptance criteria, and forbidden patterns before public copy is produced.
- Brief
- Define the reader jobThe brief names what the page must help readers understand and what it must not imply.
- Source spec
- Bind the source basisThe source spec preserves source materials, authority boundary, and core claims.
- Page
- Adapt for readersThe website may improve clarity and structure without changing the source claim status.
- Review
- Check rendered evidenceScreenshots and before/after review capture public readability beyond command success.
Review boundary
A readable page is not an authority upgrade.
Publication work can improve the reader journey, expose provenance, and record screenshots. It still remains downstream from the source basis.
- Human
- Review covers comprehensionScreenshots and review notes capture public readability risks that deterministic checks cannot fully decide.
- Source
- Claims remain boundA source spec prevents the page from silently strengthening mathematical, scientific, governance, or workflow claims.
Related reading
Continue through internal routes first.
These links keep the primary reader journey inside the website. Source links remain visible in the provenance section.
Source provenance
Source links are for inspection, not primary navigation.
The links below point to reviewed upstream source surfaces. This website adaptation remains downstream from those sources and from the registered authority records they cite.
Publication process source
Reviewed generated noncanonical upstream source for this page.
Inspect sourcePublication process standard
Committed control source for brief-first publication discipline.
Inspect sourcePublication process validator
Committed script source for mechanical publication-process checks.
Inspect source