Establish content governance for commerce presentation components

Presentation components need governance rules that define who can create, modify, and use them. For some of the following situations, Xperience doesn’t provide built-in restrictions that automatically ensure consistency, so you need to establish the governance guidelines outside of Xperience, for example, within the editor team’s documentation.

Template governance:

• Define which roles can decide which templates are available for each website channel.
• Establish an approval process for new template requests.
• Document the purpose and intended use of each template.

Section governance:

• Decide whether all sections should be available in all templates, or restrict specific sections to specific templates for brand consistency.
• Require designer approval for custom section requests that go beyond the predefined set.

Widget governance:

• Control widget availability per template - campaign templates may offer all widgets, while product detail templates offer a curated set.
• Define override permissions: who can override referenced content with promotional messaging?
• Establish ownership for optimization and approval workflows - not every editor should be able to launch a promotional override without review.
• Create a review process for promotional badges and campaign-specific messaging.

Best practices for governance:

• Document the purpose of each component so that new team members understand the design decisions.
• Create component usage guidelines for editors with examples of when to use each widget pattern.
• Define clear rules for when to use Mixed content, Referenced content, and Stored content patterns.
• Balance flexibility with consistency - too restrictive prevents editors from responding to marketing opportunities, too permissive creates brand inconsistency.