Publication Lifecycle

Trust depth at every level

An artefact advances only when evidence, rights, review, QA, and publishing boundaries suit the next audience.

Level 1

Draft

Working material. Incomplete evidence and unknown rights are allowed. Never public.

Level 2

Team-visible research, architecture, or narrative material. Private or uncertain content allowed when clearly labelled.

Level 3

Structured review surface or noindex preview. QA findings expected. Not public-ready.

Level 4

Direct QA URL allowed, but absent from homepage, indexes, sitemap, search, and featured surfaces. Leakage QA required.

Level 5

Source, rights, review, QA, and renderer gates complete. Readiness — not automatic publication.

Level 6

Discoverable public surface. Unsafe media, private details, and unsupported claims excluded.

Level 7

Editorially promoted public material. Requires Public gates plus stronger narrative, accessibility, visual, and representative-quality review.