Sources and updates

Useful industrial information needs an identifiable subject, a clear scope and a source that readers can understand. This page describes the editorial approach used on Factinery.

Source types

• Company-provided information: material supplied or published by the company about its own business or products.
• Official public sources: information published by the relevant public authority, standards body, document issuer or other original institutional source.
• Other public sources: identifiable third-party material, described with its publisher and relevant limitations.

A source label identifies where information came from. It does not mean that Factinery has independently reproduced a test, authenticated every document or audited a supplier. Sources are attached to the statements or document scope they support; one reference is not evidence for every statement on a page.

Read the scope with the claim

Product parameters should retain their units, model, operating or test conditions and source notes. A report about a named sample or configuration should be read within that stated scope. A management-system document, patent and product test report describe different matters; their presence alone does not establish every product claim.

Public source links are preferred where available. A file is only published when it is authorized for public use. This website does not provide a private evidence repository.

Different dates mean different things

• Content updated: when the published page text was last changed in WordPress.
• Source date: the date stated by the source publisher or on the relevant document, when known.
• Source accessed: when an editor actually consulted the public source, when recorded.

Missing dates remain missing. Saving a page does not create a new test date or verification date. Publication confirmation is an internal decision to release the final company or product content; it is not an independent certification.

Corrections and withdrawal

Editors should amend statements when reliable new information changes them, replace or explain unavailable source links and record material corrections in a short update note. Information that no longer has permission to be public should be withdrawn. Related product information must be considered when a company profile is withdrawn.

Commercial context

A relevant paid publishing or other commercial relationship should be explained on the affected profile or product page. Source descriptions and the limits of a document remain visible alongside that disclosure.

For practical reading steps, browse the guides.