Validation

How and why is my content validated?

When entering a publication record into PURE, you may notice you have the choice of saving it under 'For Validation' or 'Entry in Progress'.

'For Validation' is the default status and means that the article will be available for the Editors of content to process to a 'Validated' status. As articles are added and processed the editor can send messages to you if content needs clarifying or correcting. You will see these messages in your PURE ‘Message box’ to the right of the user window, and depending on if you elect to receive email alerts, these will be summarised in an email to you.

Once content has been validated it can still be edited by the author if they need to make any changes. It will then be marked for 'Revalidation' and go back through the workflow process. The article metadata (title, authors, date, journal name, volume, pages) will be visible straight away but other elements will not be released until the article has been validated.

If you wish to keep something out of the editor's view and signal that it is not ready to be validated or appear publicly, the status should be set to 'Entry in Progress'.