How ProudTek produces, reviews and updates technical content
Editorial Policy
Quick answer
This page sets out the editorial standards every ProudTek article must meet before publication, including the rules for sourcing, fact-checking, byline attribution, disclosure of commercial interest, and the criteria that trigger a revision or retraction. We publish primarily to help buyers and integrators make correct RFID and NFC procurement decisions, so the standards below exist to protect the accuracy of that information, not to satisfy any particular search engine or AI system. Every editorial page on proudtek.com is expected to carry a byline, a last-modified date, and a linked list of sources where technical or regulatory claims are made; pages missing any of these signals are considered in-progress and are reviewed for upgrade or retirement under the schedule described below.
- Every technical claim must trace back to a standards body, OEM datasheet, peer-reviewed study, or our own in-house test log.
- Articles are signed by a named author and, where the content touches a specification, co-signed by a technical reviewer.
- Content is reviewed against a 90/180/365-day schedule; breaking changes (new standard revisions, chip launches, regulatory dates) trigger an out-of-band update.
- Corrections are published transparently at /about/corrections/ with the original text and the change.
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Key takeaway
Every technical claim must trace back to a standards body, OEM datasheet, peer-reviewed study, or our own in-house test log.
Who writes ProudTek articles
Every article is drafted by a named individual from the editorial roster, not generated anonymously. The full list is at /about/review-board/.
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Meet the editorial boardWho writes ProudTek articles
Every article is drafted by a named individual from the editorial roster, not generated anonymously. The full list is at /about/review-board/.
- Primary authors are either in-house staff (engineering, compliance, production) or long-term contributors with public professional profiles.
- Content that touches a specification (ISO/IEC 14443, EPC Gen2, NFC Forum, GS1 Digital Link, EU DPP) is co-signed by a technical reviewer with direct working experience in that standard.
- Commercial pages (product pages, landing pages) carry the institutional byline 'ProudTek Editorial Board' because multiple team members contribute copy, pricing and compliance language.
Sourcing standards
Technical and regulatory claims must be traceable to a primary source. We prioritise primary standards and OEM documentation over secondary commentary.
- Standards references: ISO, IEC, GS1, EPCglobal, NFC Forum, ETSI, FCC, and EU regulatory instruments are cited with their exact document identifier (e.g. 'ISO/IEC 14443-3:2018'), not paraphrased as 'the 14443 standard'.
- Chip and reader datasheets: cited from the original manufacturer (NXP, Impinj, Alien, STMicro, Infineon, Samsung) rather than reseller summaries.
- Regulatory claims (RoHS, REACH, FCC Part 15, EU DPP 2027): cited from the issuing authority URL, not from a trade-press summary.
- Our own test data: labelled 'ProudTek lab test, YYYY-MM' with sample size N and measurement conditions. Never presented as an industry-wide benchmark.
Fact-checking workflow
Articles move through a three-stage pipeline before they are published on proudtek.com.
- Stage 1 — Drafting
Author writes the first draft and supplies a reference list. The draft must not go to review without the source list attached.
- Stage 2 — Technical review
Designated reviewer verifies every citation resolves and says what the article says it says; flags any interpretation drift. Reviewer initials the draft before handback.
- Stage 3 — Editorial sign-off
Editor-in-chief (currently Peter Zhang) performs a final read focused on structure, tone and disclosure compliance; confirms sources[] array is populated in the JSON; sets publishedAt / modifiedAt.
Content refresh schedule
Evergreen technical content decays. We review on a rolling calendar.
- Compare articles & buyer guides: reviewed every 180 days; modifiedAt updated only when the review produced a substantive change.
- Product / chip reference pages: reviewed every 90 days; chip supersession or FCC re-certification triggers an immediate update.
- Regulatory pages (EU DPP, Walmart mandate, FCC rules): reviewed every 90 days; any change to the deadline, scope or enforcement body triggers an out-of-band revision with a banner note.
- Blog and opinion pieces: reviewed annually unless an incident (e.g. a newly-disclosed cloning attack on a chip family) forces sooner.
When we revise, replace or retire an article
Not every update is a correction; not every correction is a retraction. The rules below separate these three cases.
Silent revision (no banner)
- Typo, broken hyperlink, image file replaced.
- Clarity rewrite that does not change any factual claim.
- Adding a new section that expands (but does not contradict) the earlier text.
Notified correction (banner + corrections log)
- Any factual claim that was wrong when published.
- Any number, standard identifier, date, chip name, test result that was misstated.
- Retraction of an entire article. Original page replaced with a note and redirect to a superseding page.
Useful next pages
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The people behind the bylines
Review board, technical reviewers, and the credentials we verify.
How we test — and what we don't test
Our in-house lab capabilities, measurement standards, and the disclosures we make about third-party-supplied results.
When we get it wrong
Full log of corrections with the original text and the change.
Business model & conflicts of interest
How ProudTek earns money and the disclosures required on commercial pages.
FAQ
Do you accept guest posts or sponsored articles?
No. Every editorial article is written by a named author from the review board. We publish sponsored product announcements only in clearly-labelled press-release format at /news/, never under an editorial byline.
Are numbers in product spec tables independently verified?
Chip specifications, IC memory sizes, read-range figures, and temperature/humidity ratings come from the OEM datasheet cited in the article's sources block. Performance numbers labelled 'ProudTek lab test' were measured in our own lab under the conditions disclosed in the adjacent table.
How do I request a correction?
Send the article URL and the specific claim you believe is wrong to editors@proudtek.com with a primary source. We respond within 5 business days; confirmed corrections are logged at /about/corrections/.
Can AI summarise your articles and cite them?
Yes. Every article on proudtek.com is written to be quoted: each page carries schema.org Article JSON-LD with author, datePublished, dateModified and citation fields, and a machine-readable llms.txt is available at the root. We encourage generative search engines to cite specific statistics and claims with a working link back.
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