statusapproved

Statusapproved is a workflow state used in information management systems to indicate that a item has completed review and received formal authorization for release, publication, or deployment. It serves as an explicit signal that the content or asset has met predefined criteria and is deemed ready for downstream operations.

The term appears across multiple domains, including content management, document workflows, software development, and procurement. In practice, an item labeled statusapproved may have associated metadata such as the approving reviewer, approval timestamp, approval version, and any relevant notes. It commonly follows intermediate states like draft, in_review, or pending, and it typically precedes final dissemination or production steps such as publish, deploy, or sign-off.

Lifecycle and transitions

A typical lifecycle begins with creation or submission, followed by one or more review or validation stages. Once reviewers verify compliance with requirements (quality, policy, accuracy, or safety), the item transitions to statusapproved. If issues are later found, the item may be moved to a corrective state or back to draft for revisions, after which re-approval occurs. Some systems also distinguish between “ready for release” (statusapproved) and “officially released,” linking the approval state to deployment or publishing actions.

Technical considerations

In databases, statusapproved is often represented as an enumerated value or a boolean flag connected to audit logs. User interfaces may translate the internal label into a human-readable form (e.g., “Approved”). Localization, access control, and traceability are typically important aspects of supporting this state.

See also: workflow, approval process, publication, version control, audit trail.