Purpose
The Editorial Review Process at Veritas Index governs how the platform’s public-facing content—including editorials, policy statements, and descriptive representations of indicators and frameworks—is reviewed prior to publication.
Its purpose is to ensure that all published materials accurately reflect the platform’s governance principles, ethical commitments, and intended scope, while preventing misrepresentation, premature disclosure, or interpretive overreach.
Scope of Review
The review process applies to content that communicates or contextualizes the platform’s core components, including:
Editorial materials that interpret or explain platform principles and governance.
Public descriptions of indicators, frameworks, and evaluative constructs.
Policy-oriented narratives related to research integrity, transparency, and assessment philosophy.
Clarificatory content that accompanies platform features or updates.
The process is concerned with how platform elements are represented, not with how they are technically implemented.
Review Objectives
All reviewed content is assessed against the following objectives:
Accuracy of Representation
Ensuring that descriptions of indicators, frameworks, or evaluative concepts are conceptually sound and do not imply unsupported claims or conclusions.
Governance Alignment
Verifying consistency with approved governance policies, ethical standards, and institutional commitments.
Boundary Protection
Preventing disclosure of protected methodologies, internal logic, weighting structures, or proprietary implementation details.
Interpretive Discipline
Ensuring that editorial language does not overstate, speculate, or pre-empt evaluative outcomes.
Review Principles
The review process operates according to these principles:
Separation of Roles
Editorial and representational review is distinct from technical development, data processing, and scoring activities.
Proportional Review
The depth of review is calibrated to the nature and sensitivity of the content.
Consistency and Traceability
Review decisions follow documented policies to ensure consistency across publications.
Institutional Neutrality
Content avoids advocacy, endorsement, or ranking justification and remains bounded by published governance and editorial policies.
Review Stages (High-Level)
Depending on the nature of the content, review may include one or more of the following stages:
Representational Assessment
Evaluation of clarity, scope, and conceptual accuracy in how platform elements are described.
Governance and Policy Alignment Review
Confirmation that content adheres to established editorial and governance frameworks.
Ethical and Risk Review
Identification of potential risks related to misinterpretation, disclosure, or reputational impact.
These stages are applied flexibly, without disclosing prescriptive internal procedures.
Outcomes and Publication
Following review, content may be:
Approved for publication.
Returned for revision or clarification.
Deferred pending internal governance review.
Publication outcomes are documented in accordance with governance practices, without public attribution of internal deliberations or attribution of decisions to individuals.
Relationship to Other Policies
This Review Process operates in conjunction with the platform’s:
Editorial Board oversight framework.
Versioning & Corrections Policy.
Broader governance and integrity commitments.
Statement of Commitment
Through this Review Process, Veritas Index affirms its commitment to responsible representation, disciplined communication, and governance-led transparency, ensuring that public-facing content reflects the platform’s intent while respecting governance boundaries and protecting proprietary implementation safeguards.