Methodology
How investigations are scoped, researched, documented, and published.
THE EVIDENCE ECOSYSTEM
QUESTIONS • EVIDENCE • CONCLUSIONS
METHODS • GOVERNANCE • PUBLIC RECORD
THE VOV STANDARD
The VOV Standard defines the methodology, evidence requirements, and governance framework behind every VOV Verified investigation.
This visual summarizes how investigations move from submitted questions to published classifications under a documented standard.
Most public claims are easy to publish and hard to verify. People are expected to sort through screenshots, marketing language, selective anecdotes, and conflicting opinions, then somehow decide what is actually supported.
That is backward. If a conclusion is going to be published with confidence, the method behind it should be visible, the evidence standard should be clear, and the reasoning should be strong enough for a skeptical reader to follow.
VOV Verified publishes the conclusion. The VOV Standard exists so the public can inspect the rules, thresholds, and documentation requirements that make that conclusion worth trusting in the first place.
How investigations are scoped, researched, documented, and published.
Source quality tiers, corroboration requirements, and conflict-resolution rules.
Independence, accountability, correction policy, and revision controls.
Foundational operating principles and non-negotiable commitments.
VOV Verified is the outcome layer. The VOV Standard is the rules layer that governs every outcome.