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From draft to the published version.

TermShelf covers the entire workflow for legally relevant website documents — from structured maintenance through review and approval to targeted publishing and live verification.

Workflow overview

Seven steps that fit together.

  1. 1

    Set up structure

  2. 2

    Maintain documents

  3. 3

    Define variants

  4. 4

    Start review

  5. 5

    Trigger publishing

  6. 6

    Check live drift

  7. 7

    Triage findings

A

Workspace & structure

The target structure defines where a legal text applies — for a specific website, language, region, or commercial variant.

  • Workspaces
  • Brands
  • Products
  • Sites
  • Domains
  • Locales
  • Markets
  • Site profiles

B

Documents & structured content

Legal texts are not managed as loose HTML blocks but as structured documents with sections and validated content blocks.

  • No free HTML paste
  • Sections and typed blocks
  • Stable keys
  • Document types
  • Search and filter

C

Variants & overrides

Variants enable targeted deviations without copying entire documents.

  • Base document
  • Locale, market, profile variants
  • Replace or suppress inherited blocks
  • No duplicated full texts

D

Versioning & history

Every approved version remains traceable. Restorations create new drafts rather than overwriting history.

  • Immutable snapshots
  • Version numbers
  • Diffs between versions
  • Restoration as a new draft
  • History is never modified

E

Review & approval

Approvals are not hidden in informal chats or emails but mapped as an auditable workflow.

  • Single reviewer
  • Sequential review
  • Threshold approval
  • Self-review not allowed
  • Decisions and notes

F

Publishing

Publishing happens with target precision for specific sites, languages, markets, or profiles.

  • Target-aware publication
  • Asynchronous publishing
  • Published artifacts
  • Rollback via controlled pipeline

G

Delivery

Websites and apps consume published content via a fast, read-only delivery interface.

  • Public Delivery API
  • JSON delivery
  • HTML fragments
  • ETags and cache headers
  • Version pinning

H

Scanner & findings

Live drift detection reveals whether the approved version is actually visible on the website.

  • Crawl of public customer sites
  • Comparison with approved version
  • Drift detection
  • Open and triage findings

I

AI-assisted change suggestions

AI-assisted suggestions can prepare possible updates. Changes are never applied or published automatically.

  • Suggestions as recommendations
  • Adoption is decided by users
  • No automatic adoption
  • Not a substitute for legal advice
  • Legal review recommended

J

Webhooks & integration

Publication and lifecycle events are integration-ready.

  • Publication events
  • Signed webhooks
  • Replayable deliveries
  • Integration with external systems

K

Audit & operations

Operational events and audit data remain traceable — failed jobs can be retried under control.

  • Workspace event stream
  • Audit logs
  • Retry for failed jobs in the customer app
  • No hidden mutation of history

Note on AI-assisted change suggestions

  • Suggestions are non-binding recommendations.
  • Changes are never automatically adopted or published.
  • Acceptance, adjustment, or rejection is decided solely by users.
  • Legal review by qualified counsel is recommended.
  • TermShelf is not a substitute for legal advice.

Start the workflow in TermShelf

Manage and publish legal content with full control.

TermShelf brings privacy, legal notice, terms, and other website documents into a structured workflow.

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