# Content Migration Map

Control source-to-destination decisions, redirects, metadata, assets, owners, evidence, localization, analytics, release status, and post-launch validation.

## Usage note

Use this map as the controlled record for every in-scope source asset. A migration succeeds when reader tasks and essential evidence survive, not only when files move.

## How to use this template

1. Define scope, canonical rules, systems, locales, snapshots, stages, and accountable owners.
2. Inventory every source asset and preserve identifiers, content, signals, rights, assets, and dependencies.
3. Assign a destination action based on the reader task and record redirects, preserved material, and approval.
4. Run pre-launch checks for content, technical behavior, accessibility, tracking, security, and localization.
5. Crawl and monitor after release, resolve discrepancies, document exceptions, and transfer maintenance.

## Blank template

### Migration configuration

- **Migration ID, environments, and owners:** [Enter]
- **Domains, directories, types, and locales:** [List]
- **Source snapshot and freeze rules:** [Enter]
- **Canonical and URL normalization rules:** [Describe]
- **Launch stages and target dates:** [Enter]
- **Data sources and reconciliation method:** [Enter]
- **Rollback criteria and authority:** [Enter]

### Source-to-destination record

- **Stable asset ID and source URL:** [Enter]
- **Source status, locale, owner, and template:** [Enter]
- **Reader task and essential evidence/function:** [Describe]
- **Assets, downloads, forms, and integrations:** [List]
- **Rights, permissions, or retention needs:** [Enter]
- **Action:** [Keep / Move / Merge / Split / Rewrite / Archive / Remove / Investigate]
- **Destination canonical URL:** [Enter or None]
- **Redirect/status behavior:** [Enter]
- **Unique material to preserve:** [List]
- **Mapping approver and confidence:** [Enter]

### Validation and release

- **Content/metadata/structured-data QA:** [Result]
- **Links/media/forms/accessibility QA:** [Result]
- **Canonical/redirect/status QA:** [Result]
- **Analytics/events/consent QA:** [Result]
- **Locale and hreflang QA:** [Result]
- **Release batch and deployment reference:** [Enter]
- **Post-launch crawl and discrepancies:** [Enter]
- **Traffic/index/error monitoring:** [Enter]
- **Defect owner, resolution, and closure:** [Enter]