Documentation Review Model

Summary

Reviews validate accuracy, safety, usability, ownership, dependencies, and release alignment. A page may require several review types before approval or publication.

Audience

• Content owners, reviewers, approvers, engineering, architecture, security, QA, and product teams

Reference Content

Review	Trigger	Required focus
Quarterly review	Quarterly cycle or calculated next_review	Source accuracy, links, status, ownership, dependencies, search metadata
Architecture review	Boundary, service, data, integration, or deployment change	System relationships, diagrams, decisions, transitional state
Security review	Auth, authorization, secrets, personal data, visibility, or threat-sensitive content	Public safety, access classification, least privilege, disclosure risk
Release review	Release scope or release-note preparation	Introduced/deprecated versions, changed behavior, migrations, known limits
Major feature review	Material feature or workflow change	Business meaning, implementation evidence, affected pages, support impact
RC review	Release-candidate milestone	Completeness, transitional status, gaps, upgrade and operational readiness
GA review	General-availability decision	Approved behavior, public readiness, ownership, support, version baseline

Review outcome

Each review records reviewer role, date, evidence considered, findings, required changes, and outcome. Failed or incomplete review returns content to draft; approval does not automatically publish.

Event-driven review overrides the scheduled date when source, dependency, owner, visibility, implementation status, or supported version changes materially.

Related Articles

• Ownership model
• Documentation lifecycle
• Versioning model

See Also

• Review and ownership standard

Keywords

• Documentation review
• Release readiness
• Security review

Revision Information

• Status: Draft
• Last reviewed: 2026-07-15
• Review cycle: Quarterly