IEC Community Knowledge Base

Content quality and structural warnings

The OSD platform checks certain structural rules. Below you will find a few examples of these.

  • Incorrect clause positioning

  • Hanging paragraphs warning

  • Non supported elements


1 Incorrect clause positioning

This warning will appear for clauses that are not in the correct position.

The fixed parts of an OSD document are the ones surrounded in red below:

Fixed clauses - front matter and body 1-3.

2 Hanging paragraphs warning

This warning will appear for "hanging paragraphs".

For example: It is not possible to have parent clauses that have content but also have sub-clauses:

Example hanging paragraphs warning.

3 Non supported elements

This warning will appear for elements that are not supported.

  • Should you see this type of warning please contact us.

    • Please make sure to include your help ticket:

      • a screenshot of the contents of the "Technical error details" (see below example)

      • information on which internet browser you are using

      • the project number

      • and, if possible, the link to access the document.

Technical error details example screenshot.