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title: "Guidelines, ground truth, and versions"
description: "Annotator instructions, reference links, GT documents, and template versioning."
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# Guidelines, ground truth, and versions

## Annotator guidance (Step 1)

In create/edit project Step 1:

- **Instructions.** Short inline text, shown inside the annotation UI.
- **Reference link.** URL to a longer doc (Notion, Google Doc). Annotators can open it from the annotation screen.

## Step 2: Ground truth (GT)

After **Next**, you get **Select or create GT**.

**GT** is a rich-text guideline that defines correct answers and conventions. It is used as:

- Reference from the annotation UI
- Baseline for [accuracy reports](/operations/reports)

Two tabs:

**Select existing.** Pick a GT already in the organisation. A live preview appears under the dropdown. You can leave this empty if the project does not need GT.

**Create new.** **Template name** plus a rich-text editor. Saved to the organisation and attached to this project.

Click **Create project** (or **Update project**). The project shows on the [list](/projects).

## Versioning templates

Every time you change an existing project’s task template, you must supply a new **version name**. Old batches keep the template they were uploaded with; new batches use the latest version. History is on the Batches screen via **View task template**.

Source: https://bergflow-docs.pages.dev/projects/guidelines/index.mdx