Documentation Standards

These pages describe how our guides are produced and how confident we are in what they say. They are published so you can check our working rather than take it on trust.

This section is incomplete. We are publishing each standard as it becomes accurate rather than describing processes we do not yet follow.

Standards

Evidence StandardsThe six labels we use to show how we know something, and what each one requires before we can use it.

Records

Known IssuesOpen problems in our own guidance, including places where our guides currently disagree with each other.
CorrectionsFactual errors we have found and fixed, including what the guidance previously said.

Editorial policy — how we create and maintain our guides
About — who this site is for and what it covers