What an assessment is
The editor’s assessment is the operator’s personal opinion of a document. It sits in its own block labelled “personal view, not a summary of the document”, apart from the summary. The summary says what the document states; the assessment says where the operator finds it noteworthy.
An assessment is not the position of any organisation, agency or of “the site as a whole”.
What it contains
Each assessment follows a four-point template, kept short:
- Novelty (required)
- Value as a reference (required)
- Limitations
- Intended audience
Assessments carry no numerical scores and do not rank documents.
It assesses the document, not the author as a person
An assessment evaluates the document: its content, method and fit for readers. It does not comment on an author’s private life, motives or character.
Who writes it, and the role of AI
- Assessments are written by the operator in Vietnamese. AI does not write assessments.
- AI is used only to translate the assessment into English and check spelling. English versions always carry the label “AI-assisted translation”.
- Summaries may be drafted with AI assistance but are always reviewed by the operator and labelled (see Methodology).
Which documents have an assessment
- Every new document added from the site’s launch date has an assessment.
- Legal instruments and official documents/statements are not required to have one.
- The baseline list of documents that predates launch is not required to have one.
- Where an entry has no assessment, no assessment block is shown.
Assessments can change
If the operator changes their view or finds an error, the assessment will be corrected and noted as described in Disclaimer & corrections.