Why it matters
Documentation governance assigns owners, review cadences, publishing rules, and AI eligibility for docs. Ungoverned docs become AI liabilities at scale.
How it works
Ownership matrix by product area, review schedules, approval before AI indexing, archival rules, and feedback loops from AI failures to doc tickets.
Example
Nintendo documentation governance assigns API doc owners in developer relations with quarterly reviews and blocks AI indexing until status is verified.
Common mistakes
- 1Guest authors without ongoing ownership
- 2Governance only on customer docs, not internal mirrors
- 3No link between AI thumbs-down and doc backlog priority
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