Every rule, and how hard it binds

228 rules match. Showing 201–225.

1. ACC-015 Test with representative disabled users IF content is consequential or broadly used, THEN combine standards checks with representative user testing and track barriers ELSE perform proportionate review. Context default
2. ETH-001 No known false statement IF a statement is known to be false, THEN correct or remove it ELSE continue to evidence review. Hard constraint
3. ETH-002 Evaluate express and implied claims IF wording, visuals, omissions, sequence, or context could imply a material claim, THEN evaluate that implication as well as the literal sentence ELSE retain. Hard constraint
4. ETH-003 Evidence exists before objective claim IF an objective material claim will be published, THEN verify a reasonable evidentiary basis existed before dissemination ELSE block the claim. Hard constraint
5. ETH-004 Disclose material conditions IF price, outcome, eligibility, risk, timing, endorsement, or availability depends on a material condition, THEN disclose it clearly and near the claim ELSE retain. Hard constraint
6. ETH-005 Do not fabricate authority or social proof IF a credential, citation, endorsement, review, testimonial, user count, or case is unverifiable or synthetic without disclosure, THEN remove or accurately label it ELSE retain. Hard constraint
7. ETH-006 Do not exploit vulnerability IF the audience is distressed, grieving, cognitively impaired, financially desperate, a child, or otherwise vulnerable, THEN remove coercive pressure and raise clarity, evidence, consent, and review requirements ELSE retain. Hard constraint
8. ETH-007 Permission is not pressure IF a reader can legally or practically decline, THEN do not describe refusal as impossible, shameful, disloyal, or dangerous without evidence ELSE state real consequences neutrally. Hard constraint
9. ETH-008 Preserve uncertainty in summaries IF source material expresses uncertainty, disagreement, limitation, or conditionality, THEN preserve it in summary ELSE retain. Hard constraint
10. ETH-009 Separate persuasion from information when needed IF sponsorship, sales intent, advocacy, or conflict of interest could change reader interpretation, THEN disclose it early and plainly ELSE retain. Context default
11. ETH-010 Protect private information IF a draft contains personal, confidential, credential, or security-sensitive information not necessary for the reader’s task, THEN redact or minimize it ELSE retain authorized necessary data. Hard constraint
12. ETH-011 No discriminatory default IF examples, labels, or rules assign capability, risk, role, or worth by protected or irrelevant identity, THEN remove the inference and audit downstream rules ELSE retain identity only when relevant and responsibly handled. Hard constraint
13. ETH-012 Human review for consequential automation IF generated writing can materially affect rights, safety, health, finances, employment, housing, or legal status, THEN require qualified human review, evidence trace, and appeal or correction path ELSE apply proportionate review. Hard constraint
14. EDT-001 Do not polish before purpose is stable IF audience, purpose, outcome, or controlling idea is unresolved, THEN perform strategy or developmental editing before line editing ELSE continue. Hard constraint
15. EDT-002 Separate editing passes IF one pass attempts strategy, structure, evidence, style, mechanics, and proofing simultaneously, THEN separate the passes ELSE retain. Context default
16. EDT-003 Protect meaning before changing form IF an edit changes denotation, scope, polarity, actor, time, modality, evidence strength, or legal effect without authorization, THEN reject or escalate it ELSE retain. Hard constraint
17. EDT-004 Apply smallest sufficient intervention IF a diagnosed failure can be fixed at a lower layer without creating another failure, THEN use that lower-layer fix ELSE escalate one layer. Context default
18. EDT-005 Track the reason for substantive edits IF an edit changes argument, order, emphasis, evidence, obligation, or reader action, THEN attach a concise rationale ELSE silent mechanical correction is allowed by policy. Context default
19. EDT-006 Style sheet records local decisions IF spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, numerals, terminology, citation, locale, or exceptions repeat, THEN record the decision in a style sheet ELSE retain. Context default
20. EDT-007 Query instead of guessing intent IF two plausible interpretations require different edits and context cannot resolve them, THEN ask a focused query ELSE edit. Hard constraint
21. EDT-008 Verify facts outside copyediting scope IF names, dates, numbers, citations, quotations, links, calculations, or cross-references are present, THEN verify according to assignment scope and flag the rest ELSE retain. Context default
22. EDT-009 Read at multiple scales IF reviewing a document, THEN inspect outline, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and rendered page views ELSE retain. Heuristic
23. EDT-010 Reverse proofread for surface errors IF content is structurally final and proofreading is active, THEN inspect sentences or lines in reverse order for local mechanics ELSE do not use reverse order for meaning review. Heuristic
24. EDT-011 Compare before and after metrics IF a substantive revision is proposed, THEN compare accuracy, comprehension, task success, length, voice, accessibility, and evidence status ELSE retain. Heuristic
25. EDT-012 Regression-check dependent text IF terminology, fact, interface label, promise, or structural link changes, THEN search and test dependent occurrences ELSE retain. Hard constraint