editorcreated

Editorcreated is a term used in publishing and content management to describe material that originates from editors rather than authors. In many systems, content can be flagged, tagged, or tracked as editor-created to distinguish it from author-created material. The designation can apply to full articles, edits, rewrites, captions, summaries, and other editorial contributions made during the production process.

In metadata and workflow tooling, editor_created often appears as a field or flag. It may indicate the user ID of the editor who created the piece or the time of creation. This information supports accountability, workflow routing, and audit trails, and it is commonly paired with fields such as created_by, last_modified_by, and status.

Within publishing environments, editor-created content includes editor-rewritten passages, headline and standfirst generation, captioning, fact-checking notes, and editorial summaries. In collaborative platforms, the label helps teams distinguish between content drafted by writers and content produced or heavily revised by editors, facilitating review cycles and editorial governance while preserving the provenance of each change.

Usage varies by platform and organization, and editor_created is not a universal standard. Some systems use equivalent terms or separate roles; others rely on audit logs rather than explicit labels to track editor involvement.

See also: editor, author, content management system, editorial workflow, metadata, audit trail.