Documents Assessment Criteria

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Alpha Quality Document Criteria
Pre-Assessment Checklist:
 * 1) Is your document licensed under a free and open license? (see Project Licensing section of the Guidelines for OWASP Projects)
 * 2) Is the Project Identification template on the project wiki page complete and accurate?
 * 3) Is the document compiled into an exported (PDF) and editable (.Doc) format available on-line?
 * 4) Are all articles that constitute the project properly tagged within project category and available from main project Wiki page?
 * 5) Is there an OWASP mail list for the project?
 * 6) Is there a statement of the application security issue the document addresses on the OWASP project wiki page?

Beta Quality Document Criteria
Pre-Assessment Checklist:
 * 1) Are all document contents (articles) present and listed on the OWASP project wiki page?
 * 2) Is there an “About This Document” section in the document listing:
 * 3) Document Name
 * 4) Author(s)
 * 5) Contributor(s)
 * 6) Contact email address
 * 7) Current version and/or release date
 * 8) Project's web page address
 * 9) Is the document compiled into an exported (PDF) and editable (.Doc) format available on-line?
 * 10) Are all articles that constitute the project properly tagged within project category and available from main project Wiki page?
 * 11) Are the Alpha pre-assessment items complete?

Reviewer Action Items:
 * 1) Does the document consider the OWASP Writing Style?
 * 2) Do contents from wiki articles match compiled document?
 * 3) Does the document have an “About This Document” section which allows the end user to get an overview of the state of the document?

Release Quality Document Criteria
Pre-Assessment Checklist:
 * 1) Have any limitations been documented?
 * 2) Is there a conference style presentation that describes the document in at least 3 slides?
 * 3) Is there a one sheet overview document about the project?
 * 4) Does the document considering OWASP Writing Style and OWASP Template for Docs?
 * 5) Is there a one sheet overview document about the project?
 * 6) Are the Alpha and Beta pre-assessment items complete?

Reviewer Action Items:
 * 1) Does the document substantially address the application security issues it was created to solve?
 * 2) Does the document respecting OWASP Writing Style and OWASP Template for Docs?
 * 3) Have you noted any limitations of the document that are not already documented by the project lead.
 * 4) Have all the Beta Reviewer Action Items been completed? These will need to be completed if they have not already occurred during a previous assessment.