vehicles 0.9.0 → 0.9.2

data/data/plates/us-co.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-co.yml — Colorado (PRD-PLATES gate L2, mountain group).
+# plates/us-co.yml — Colorado (the plates spec gate L2, mountain group).
 #
 # WHY COLORADO IS UNUSUAL, stated up front: it is the only state in this group
 # whose legislature legislates the SERIAL LENGTH and the COLOURS OF ITS OWN
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # public records. See `artwork_risk` — this is a pinned primary, not an
 # inference from a secondary summary.
 #
-# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE (PRD-PLATES §4): edicts of government are public
+# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE (the plates spec §4): edicts of government are public
 # domain at every level, so every claim that CAN come from Title 42 does. The
 # Colorado Revised Statutes 2023 were read as the Colorado General Assembly's
 # own PDF (Office of Legislative Legal Services). The Division of Motor
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # designs are currently offered, the group-special catalogue, and the
 # manufacture/Print-On-Demand arrangements.
 #
-# WHAT IS NOT HERE (PRD-PLATES §2.5): individual group-special DESIGNS. The
+# WHAT IS NOT HERE (the plates spec §2.5): individual group-special DESIGNS. The
 # index entry `us-co-group-special-index` stands for the whole programme.
 jurisdiction: us-co
 authority:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   it is nevertheless the legislature's own edition, which is what §4 asks for.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: adverse-copyright-authorised-by-statute
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ artwork_risk:
     table. Nothing in the section touches the uncopyrightability of facts, and
     nothing in it reaches the STATUTE itself: § 42-3-201, § 42-3-206.5 and
     § 42-3-211 are edicts of government and public domain at every level
-    (PRD-PLATES §4). So the facts in this file are clean; the RENDERED MOUNTAIN
+    (the plates spec §4). So the facts in this file are clean; the RENDERED MOUNTAIN
     GRAPHIC is the exposure, and it routes through the strict path.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3 placeholder default applies with extra force here. The
+    the plates spec §3 placeholder default applies with extra force here. The
     Colorado mountain-range graphic is the single most recognisable element of
     the plate and it has been continuously in use since 1960 — render
     `graphic: {present: true, rendered: placeholder}` and do not trace, do not
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     adverse-posture state renderable at all.
   sources:
     - "https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-24.pdf  # § 24-72-203(4): the state is 'specifically authorized to obtain and enforce' copyright over public records; the fair-use and mere-lists carve-outs; Source note L. 92 p. 1104 § 3"
-    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4) — this is where the § 24-72-203 pointer was found; the statute above was then read directly and is what is cited"
+    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4) — this is where the § 24-72-203 pointer was found; the statute above was then read directly and is what is cited"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The US standards chain. Recorded per file because each state file must stand
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ series:
         letter, two numerals, six characters in all, which sits exactly at the
         statutory cap. `regex_statutory` encodes what § 42-3-201(5)(a) actually
         permits: up to six alphanumerics, written in PRINTED form per
-        PRD-PLATES §2.6 rule 2 so that it accepts the hyphen the plate shows.
+        the plates spec §2.6 rule 2 so that it accepts the hyphen the plate shows.
       progression: >-
         Not alphabetical in issuance. The DMV's own explanation, via the
         collector record: plates are MANUFACTURED alphabetically but ISSUED from
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-42.pdf  # § 42-3-201(5)(a): the SIX-CHARACTER cap, 'standardized coloring', and the personalized-plate exception; (2): displayed content and the 100-foot legibility rule"
       - "https://dmv.colorado.gov/license-plates  # Colorado DMV: all Colorado plates are printed by Colorado Correctional Industries; the Print-On-Demand programme for low-issuance plates; plate expiry on transfer under SB 21-069"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Colorado  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the mid-2018 arrangement change, the AAA-A00 start, the mountain-base continuity since 1960 and the January 2000 screened redesign. None is asserted as sourced."
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Colorado  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the mid-2018 arrangement change, the AAA-A00 start, the mountain-base continuity since 1960 and the January 2000 screened redesign. None is asserted as sourced."
     notes: >-
       COLORADO STANDARD ISSUE, CURRENT ARRANGEMENT. The id carries 2018 because
       the format boundary is what makes this a distinct series, but
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ series:
       2000 and the mountain motif to 1960 — so a reader must not read this
       series' start as a redesign date. If the department publishes an issuance
       record, this id keeps its meaning and only the period sharpens; if the
-      boundary moves, the PRD-QUALITY I-5/I-6 alias contract applies.
+      boundary moves, the quality spec I-5/I-6 alias contract applies.
 
   # =========================================================================
   # ONE SERIES BACK. Same base design, previous arrangement.
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ series:
       - "https://dmv.colorado.gov/license-plates  # Colorado DMV: the application-then-approval-then-payment sequence, 6-8 week production, and the $60 one-time / $25 annual figures quoted on the FAQ (note the discrepancy against the statute's $35/$25 — recorded, not reconciled)"
     notes: >-
       PERSONALIZED PLATES. A DISCREPANCY IS RECORDED RATHER THAN AVERAGED
-      (PRD-PLATES §5.3): § 42-3-211(6)(a) states $35 on issuance and $25 on
+      (the plates spec §5.3): § 42-3-211(6)(a) states $35 on issuance and $25 on
       reissuance, while the DMV's own FAQ states "a one-time personalization fee
       of $60 upon their initial registration and are an additional $25 upon
       renewal each year after". Both are cited above with their sources; neither
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ series:
       bound; Colorado has issued personalized plates for decades.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-co-group-special-index
     class: specialty
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ series:
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per authorised programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per authorised programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_measured: 50
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ series:
       - "https://dmv.colorado.gov/group-special-license-plates  # the Colorado DMV's own group-special catalogue — the page the count of 50 was measured from, archived 2024-01-21"
     notes: >-
       THE GROUP-SPECIAL PROGRAM INDEX — one entry for the whole programme, which
-      is what PRD-PLATES §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things worth carrying
+      is what the plates spec §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things worth carrying
       forward. First, Colorado's programme is STATUTE-SHAPED in a way Florida's
       is not: the rulemaking route closed on 1 January 2001, so the catalogue is
       literally a list of sections of Title 42, and a future pass can enumerate

data/data/plates/us-ct.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-ct.yml — Connecticut (PRD-PLATES gate L2, northeast group).
+# plates/us-ct.yml — Connecticut (the plates spec gate L2, northeast group).
 #
 # WHY CONNECTICUT IS UNUSUAL, and what the statute actually carries: Connecticut
 # is one of the few states whose CURRENT BASE HAS A STATUTORY START DATE and
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # are all primary — not brochure, not folklore. What the statute does NOT carry
 # is the SERIAL GRAMMAR: Chapter 246 nowhere states a character count, an
 # alphabet or a dimension. Every serial claim below is therefore secondary and
-# is labelled as such (PRD-PLATES §4: Wikipedia is a LOCATOR; ctplates.info and
+# is labelled as such (the plates spec §4: Wikipedia is a LOCATOR; ctplates.info and
 # licenseplates.cc are enthusiast corroboration, cited because they were used).
 #
 # THE SEPARATOR PROBLEM, recorded here because Connecticut is the first
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # between serial groups (AB·12345), not a hyphen and not a space. U+00B7 is in
 # `_meta/separators.yml`'s FORGIVING set — so a lenient consumer already strips
 # it correctly — but it is NOT in the EMITTED set, so the dataset may not spell
-# it (PRD-PLATES §2.6). Every pattern and regex below therefore writes the gap
+# it (the plates spec §2.6). Every pattern and regex below therefore writes the gap
 # as U+0020 and this note carries the fact. That is a data-honest workaround,
 # not a silent one; whether the emitted set should grow a third member is a
 # `_meta` PR question and is raised in the group dossier, not decided here.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   Assembly and revised to January 1, 2026 — the edition read for this pass.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: adverse-evidence-found
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     property, and nothing in the corpus suggests the standard base is treated
     differently.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3 placeholder default applies without exception here. The
+    the plates spec §3 placeholder default applies without exception here. The
     Connecticut base carries a screened STATE SHAPE at top left; state-shape and
     state-seal protection independent of copyright is unresearched for
     Connecticut (recorded gap, same gap the FL pilot recorded).
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     Commons photographs of Connecticut plates carry the PHOTOGRAPHER's licence,
     not the design's — the uploader had no standing over the design. Because our
     renders are generated from spec and never derived from a photograph, those
-    obligations never attach (PRD-PLATES §4, §6).
+    obligations never attach (the plates spec §4, §6).
   sources:
     - "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm  # C.G.S. § 14-21w(a) 'No use shall be made of such plates except as official registration marker plates'; § 14-21w(e) the reproduction-and-marketing authority over the plate IMAGE — the adverse evidence"
     - "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=Template:PD-CTGov  # queried this pass: Template:PD-CTGov is MISSING on Commons — no Connecticut public-domain tag exists, unlike PD-FLGov/PD-CAGov/PD-MAGov/PD-MEGov"
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ series:
           character-count or character-set rule for standard plates, so this
           exclusion is secondary (Wikipedia locator, sourced there to a Hartford
           Courant report of the September 2015 changeover). It is recorded as a
-          note and deliberately NOT promoted to a `regex_strict`: PRD-PLATES
+          note and deliberately NOT promoted to a `regex_strict`: The plates spec
           reserves the strict twin for the AUTHORITY's own alphabet, and laundering
           a newspaper report into a strict twin is exactly the folklore failure
           §4 forbids.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ series:
         THE PRINTED SEPARATOR IS A RAISED MIDDLE DOT (U+00B7): the plate reads
         AB·12345. U+00B7 is in `_meta/separators.yml`'s FORGIVING set but not its
         EMITTED set, so the dataset spells the gap as U+0020 here and records the
-        true glyph in this note (PRD-PLATES §2.6). A lenient consumer already
+        true glyph in this note (the plates spec §2.6). A lenient consumer already
         strips U+00B7 correctly; a consumer RENDERING from this data must read
         this note, not the pattern, to place the dot.
       progression: "AA 00001 upward; reported at BW 99865 as of 31 October 2025 (licenseplates.cc — enthusiast corroboration, cited because used)"
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ series:
     region_encoding: none
     sources:
       - "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm  # § 14-21b(a): fully reflectorized plates for registrations issued on and after January 1, 2000; the 'Constitution State' and 'Connecticut' legends; two plates issued. § 14-18: display"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Connecticut  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the August 2015 introduction of the seven-character AB·12345 arrangement, the I/O/Q exclusion, and the AA·00001 start. Its own citation for the changeover is a Hartford Courant news report of 18 September 2015"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Connecticut  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the August 2015 introduction of the seven-character AB·12345 arrangement, the I/O/Q exclusion, and the AA·00001 start. Its own citation for the changeover is a Hartford Courant news report of 18 September 2015"
       - "https://www.licenseplates.cc/CT  # enthusiast corroboration, cited because used: the reported serial high-water mark BW·99865 as of 31 October 2025. No text or image copied"
     notes: >-
       CONNECTICUT CURRENT STANDARD. THE ID IS DATED 2015, NOT 2000, and that is a
       deliberate schema decision: the DESIGN base is statutory from 1 January 2000
       (§ 14-21b) but the SERIAL GRAMMAR changed twice on that base — to the interim
       1ABCD2 and 1AB·CD2 shapes in 2013, and to the present AB·12345 shape in
-      August 2015. PRD-PLATES §2.3 makes a format change its own series, so the
+      August 2015. The plates spec §2.3 makes a format change its own series, so the
       2000 base carries three passenger series, of which this is the current one.
       PERIOD EVIDENCE: `secondary-dated` — the 2015 date is a news/locator claim,
       not a statutory one; the STATUTORY date that is beyond doubt is 2000, and it
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ series:
           Reported: the 'O' series was not used and the 'V' series was reserved
           for Veteran plates. Secondary (locator) — not promoted to a strict twin,
           for the reason given on us-ct-standard-2015.
-      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (123·ABC); spelled U+0020 here per PRD-PLATES §2.6 — see the file header"
+      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (123·ABC); spelled U+0020 here per the plates spec §2.6 — see the file header"
       progression: "100 NZN to 999 ZZX — i.e. it CONTINUED the sequence of the 1987-1999 base rather than restarting, which is why the 2000 base's first plate is not 100 AAA"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ series:
       pattern: "00 LLLL"
       regex: '\A00 ?[A-Z]{4}\z'
       charset: { notes: "a literal '00' prefix followed by four letters — the two zeros are part of the serial, not a pad. Reported secondary; no statutory grammar exists" }
-      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (00·ABCD); spelled U+0020 here per PRD-PLATES §2.6"
+      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (00·ABCD); spelled U+0020 here per the plates spec §2.6"
     design:
       plate: { w: 7, h: 4, unit: in, dimension_note: "MOTORCYCLE PLATE SIZE NOT OBTAINED — Connecticut's statute states no dimension for any plate and no departmental spec was found. This entry is a PLACEHOLDER carrying the conventional US motorcycle size and must not be treated as sourced (recorded gap)" }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ series:
       MOTORCYCLE. The 00·ABCD block is reported to be SHARED with the Classic
       Vehicle series — two different classes drawing from one serial space, which
       means a serial alone does not determine the class and a parse API must
-      return both candidates. That is precisely the ambiguity model PRD-PAID's
+      return both candidates. That is precisely the ambiguity model the paid-API spec's
       parse endpoint is specified to expose (ranked candidates, not one answer),
       and Connecticut is the first US case of it in this dataset.
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ series:
       pattern: "LL 99999"
       regex: '\A[A-Z]{2} ?\d{5}\z'
       charset: { notes: "commercial trailers now draw the same AB·12345 grammar as passenger plates; the older V·12345 and W·12345 prefixed forms are reported to remain on the road (secondary)" }
-      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot; spelled U+0020 here per PRD-PLATES §2.6"
+      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot; spelled U+0020 here per the plates spec §2.6"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ series:
       TRAILER. Connecticut differentiates several non-passenger classes by SERIAL
       COLOUR (red) on an otherwise identical base — Trailer, Commercial,
       Apportioned, Construction, Factory, Farm and Fire Apparatus all reportedly
-      share the red-serial treatment. Under PRD-PLATES §2.3 a colour-only variant
+      share the red-serial treatment. Under the plates spec §2.3 a colour-only variant
       of the same format+period is a sub-entry rather than a series; these are
       given separate entries only where the FORMAT also differs. Trailer earns its
       own entry because it also carries a distinct bottom legend, which is a
@@ -312,13 +312,13 @@ series:
           this series is `recall-only`: the regex is a union across five reported
           width combinations per prefix and is wider than any single issuing
           grammar.
-      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (XA·0); spelled U+0020 here per PRD-PLATES §2.6"
+      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot (XA·0); spelled U+0020 here per the plates spec §2.6"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
       legend_bottom: "Dealer"
     binding: business
-    region_encoding: "the NUMERIC SUFFIX identifies the DEALERSHIP, not a geography — a business decode, not a region decode. No decode table was obtained (recorded gap); it would be a per-dealer registry, which is out of PRD-PLATES scope in any event"
+    region_encoding: "the NUMERIC SUFFIX identifies the DEALERSHIP, not a geography — a business decode, not a region decode. No decode table was obtained (recorded gap); it would be a per-dealer registry, which is out of the plates spec scope in any event"
     sources:
       - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Connecticut  # LOCATOR ONLY: the X/D/MX/MD dealer prefixes, the five reported width combinations each, and the rule that the numeric suffix signifies the dealership"
       - "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_246.htm  # § 14-21c: number plates for manufacturers of motor vehicles or automotive equipment — the statutory hook for the manufacturer end of this class; the dealer grammar itself is not in Chapter 246 (recorded gap)"
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ series:
           Reported structure: one to three digits, then TWO OR THREE LETTERS THAT
           NAME THE MUNICIPALITY. Six width combinations are reported (1·AB, 12·AB,
           123·AB, 1·ABC, 12·ABC, 123·ABC), which is why this is `recall-only`.
-      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot; spelled U+0020 here per PRD-PLATES §2.6"
+      separator_note: "printed as a raised middle dot; spelled U+0020 here per the plates spec §2.6"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ series:
       MUNICIPAL — Connecticut's government class, and the one Connecticut series
       that encodes geography. Modelled `government` rather than `police` even
       though police cars carry it, because the class is defined by OWNERSHIP (the
-      town) and not by function; PRD-PLATES's `police` class is for fleets with a
+      town) and not by function; the plates spec's `police` class is for fleets with a
       series distinct from general government, which this is not.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — PROGRAM INDEX ONLY (PRD-PLATES §2.5). No individual designs.
+  # SPECIALTY — PROGRAM INDEX ONLY (the plates spec §2.5). No individual designs.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-ct-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ series:
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per authorised program; individual designs are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per authorised program; individual designs are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_statutory: 13
@@ -406,11 +406,11 @@ series:
         phrase-count is thirteen, because § 14-19b's heading spells the program
         differently ("collegiate commemorative number plates") and § 14-21e's does
         not use the word "commemorative" at all. The discrepancy is recorded, not
-        resolved by picking a number — PRD-PLATES §5.3.
+        resolved by picking a number — the plates spec §5.3.
       open_ended_route: "§ 14-19a additionally lets the commissioner issue SPECIAL number plates by REGULATION to members of qualifying organizations and to colleges, and to DISCONTINUE them — an open-ended route whose current membership is not countable from statute. So the true program count is 'thirteen-to-fourteen named in statute, plus an unknown number authorised by regulation'."
       further_statutory_types: "Chapter 246 separately authorises non-commemorative special plates that are NOT part of the specialty program: § 14-20 (antique/rare/special interest, including year-of-manufacture plates), 14-20a (volunteer firefighters), 14-20b/c/d (veterans, war-period service, families of those killed in action), 14-21 (amateur radio), 14-21a (foreign consul), 14-21d (POW and Congressional Medal of Honor), 14-21h (animal population control), 14-27 (public service vehicles), 14-27a (vanpool)."
       official_list_url: "https://portal.ct.gov/dmv"
-      official_list_caution: "CT DMV's own specialty-plate page was NOT successfully fetched in this pass (portal.ct.gov returns 404 on every guessed path and the Wayback CDX index for portal.ct.gov/dmv surfaces only image assets). The count above therefore rests on the STATUTE, which PRD-PLATES §4 prefers anyway — but the DMV's live catalogue remains unpinned (recorded gap)."
+      official_list_caution: "CT DMV's own specialty-plate page was NOT successfully fetched in this pass (portal.ct.gov returns 404 on every guessed path and the Wayback CDX index for portal.ct.gov/dmv surfaces only image assets). The count above therefore rests on the STATUTE, which the plates spec §4 prefers anyway — but the DMV's live catalogue remains unpinned (recorded gap)."
       ip_note: "§ 14-21w(e) — the reproduction-and-marketing authority over a plate image — sits inside this program and is the file's artwork_risk evidence. See artwork_risk above."
     region_encoding: none
     sources:
@@ -423,5 +423,5 @@ series:
       versioned, PD as an edict of government, and it cannot silently drift.
       Second, the count is NOT a clean integer and the file says so — the
       phrase-count (13) and the section-enumeration (14) disagree because two
-      sections word their headings differently, and PRD-PLATES §5.3 forbids
+      sections word their headings differently, and the plates spec §5.3 forbids
       averaging a disagreement away.

data/data/plates/us-dc.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-dc.yml — District of Columbia (PRD-PLATES gate L2, mid-Atlantic group).
+# plates/us-dc.yml — District of Columbia (the plates spec gate L2, mid-Atlantic group).
 #
 # THE DISTRICT IS THE ONLY JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES WHOSE STANDARD
 # PLATE LEGEND IS A POLITICAL DEMAND, AND THE DEMAND IS IN THE STATUTE.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # licence what you do not own. The Commons tag and the District's own statement
 # cannot both be right, and the District's own statement is the better authority
 # about the District. See `artwork_risk`; this is recorded as a folklore
-# correction, exactly as PRD-PLATES §4 asks.
+# correction, exactly as the plates spec §4 asks.
 #
 # period_evidence / format_evidence vocabularies as in us-ny.yml.
 jurisdiction: us-dc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "Code of the District of Columbia, Title 50, Chapter 15, as served by code.dccouncil.gov and read 2026-08-02. DCMR Title 18 § 422 ('Display of Identification Tags', effective 11 August 2017) was identified in the DC Register index but its TEXT was not retrieved — the register serves rule metadata and puts the text behind a per-notice viewer. Recorded gap."
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: asserted-but-openly-licensed
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     17 U.S.C. § 101 defines a 'work of the United States Government' as one
     prepared by an officer or employee OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, and the
     District government is a municipal government created by Congress, not a
-    federal agency. RECORDED AS A FOLKLORE CORRECTION per PRD-PLATES §4's
+    federal agency. RECORDED AS A FOLKLORE CORRECTION per the plates spec §4's
     standing treatment of circular and unsupported claims. Anyone relying on
     {{PD-DC}} for a DC plate design should stop.
   practical_effect: >-
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/50-1501.02  # § 50-1501.02(f)(3) the Mayor designs the tags; (f-1) the mandated 'End Taxation Without Representation' phrase, its four carve-outs, and the individual opt-out to an alternate design"
       - "https://dmv.dc.gov/service/dmv-vehicle-tags  # DC DMV: two tags front and rear — the agency-page-in-force evidence for the display regime"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Washington,_D.C.  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): August 2017 base, 'WASHINGTON, DC' at top with 'END TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION' at bottom, AB-1234 from FN-4000, blue on reflective white"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Washington,_D.C.  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): August 2017 base, 'WASHINGTON, DC' at top with 'END TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION' at bottom, AB-1234 from FN-4000, blue on reflective white"
     notes: >-
       END TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION (2017-) — THE CURRENT DISTRICT
       STANDARD ISSUE, and the only standard-issue plate in the United States
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ series:
       agency service pages, and should be the first place a US pass looks.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-dc-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ series:
       charset: { notes: "specialty tags carry ordinary serials on an alternative design. § 50-1501.02(f-1) excludes 'motor vehicles bearing organization plates' from the mandated phrase, so a District specialty tag is legally free of the political legend." }
     design:
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per approved programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per approved programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_official: 13

data/data/plates/us-de.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# plates/us-de.yml — Delaware (PRD-PLATES gate L2, mid-Atlantic group).
+# plates/us-de.yml — Delaware (the plates spec gate L2, mid-Atlantic group).
 #
 # DELAWARE IS THE SCHEMA STRESS TEST THE US/WORLD DOSSIER NAMED IN ADVANCE.
 # The dossier flagged it as one of two rows that "break the fixed-width
 # alphanumeric on a 6x12 rectangle assumption", because its serial is a BARE
 # NUMBER of VARIABLE LENGTH with no leading zeros — 4 through 999999, one to six
 # digits, nothing else. Every regex here quantifies rather than fixes width, and
-# the no-leading-zeros rule lives in `regex_strict` exactly as PRD-PLATES §2.7
+# the no-leading-zeros rule lives in `regex_strict` exactly as the plates spec §2.7
 # says a charset restriction must.
 #
 # DELAWARE ALSO HAS THE OLDEST DESIGN STILL IN USE IN THE UNITED STATES. The
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "Delaware Code Title 21 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 21, Subchapter II (Plates), as served by delcode.delaware.gov and read 2026-08-02."
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: unresearched
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ series:
           VARIABLE from one digit to six, and the reported rule is that there are
           NO LEADING ZEROS — a one-digit plate is '4', not '000004'. The no-
           leading-zeros rule is what `regex_strict` carries; `regex` cannot,
-          because PRD-PLATES §2.7 requires `regex` to round-trip against
+          because the plates spec §2.7 requires `regex` to round-trip against
           `pattern` and a pattern of six 9s generates leading zeros freely.
           Reported issued range: 4 to 999999, with 1, 2 and 3 reserved for the
           Governor, the Lieutenant Governor and the Secretary of State
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ series:
         `pattern` shows the SIX-DIGIT form because that is the modal printed
         plate and a pattern must be a concrete printed shape; the regex is what
         carries the variability. A consumer must read the regex, not the pattern,
-        for width. This is the shape PRD-PLATES §2.2 anticipated when it said
+        for width. This is the shape the plates spec §2.2 anticipated when it said
         Delaware's variable-width serials mean 'regexes quantify rather than fix
         width'.
       progression: "strictly sequential ascending; the space has NEVER been reset, which is why Delaware serials are an unusually good age proxy — a low number is an old registration or an expensive one."
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title21/c021/sc02/index.html  # 21 Del. C. § 2121: one plate per vehicle, 'the registration number assigned to the vehicle, the name of this State', 'Number plates shall be of such design, size, material and color as the Department may determine', 'Gold letters on a blue background'; § 2125 ownership of plates; § 2126 rear display"
       - "https://www.dmv.de.gov/VehicleServices/tags/index.shtml  # DelDOT DMV's own plate index - the agency-page-in-force evidence that this scheme is current"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Delaware  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the 2008 beveled-edge revision, the 4-999999 range, the 1/2/3 reservations for Governor / Lieutenant Governor / Secretary of State, the no-leading-zeros rule and the low-number market"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Delaware  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the 2008 beveled-edge revision, the 4-999999 range, the 1/2/3 reservations for Governor / Lieutenant Governor / Secretary of State, the no-leading-zeros rule and the low-number market"
     notes: >-
       DELAWARE STANDARD ISSUE — VARIABLE-WIDTH NUMERIC, THE SCHEMA'S NAMED
       STRESS TEST. `start: 2008` is locator-grade and marks a MANUFACTURING
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ series:
       - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Delaware  # LOCATOR ONLY: 1969 base, flat, 'Screened gold serial on reflective dark blue plate with gold border', 'THE FIRST STATE' centred at top - identical description to the current base but for the bevel"
     notes: >-
       DELAWARE, FLAT (1969-2008). Recorded as its own series because
-      PRD-PLATES §2.3 makes DESIGN difference a series test and the physical
+      the plates spec §2.3 makes DESIGN difference a series test and the physical
       construction differs — but recorded with the honest caveat that this is
       the THINNEST series boundary in the mid-Atlantic group. Format, colours,
       legends and serial space are all identical across it. A consumer that
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ series:
       serial is all-numeric in a parallel space, the string '12345' is a
       well-formed serial in BOTH the passenger and the motorcycle series and no
       amount of regex resolves it. A parse API must return both candidates for
-      Delaware numerics, which is exactly the multi-parse behaviour PRD-PLATES
+      Delaware numerics, which is exactly the multi-parse behaviour the plates spec
       §6's prior-art survey admired in @randock's formatter.
 
   - id: us-de-trailer
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ series:
       belongs in a later gate.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-de-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ series:
       charset: { notes: "specialty plates carry the ORDINARY Delaware numeric serial on an alternative background - confirmed by reading DelDOT DMV's own specialty thumbnails, which show a six-digit numeric sample. The numeric space and the no-leading-zeros rule are unchanged." }
     design:
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one background or organisational design per approved programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one background or organisational design per approved programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
       eligibility_note: "DelDOT DMV: 'Special plates are restricted to passenger vehicles or trucks with a 3/4-ton or less manufacturers gross vehicle weight rating.' A WEIGHT CEILING ON SPECIALTY ELIGIBILITY - the only weight-keyed plate rule in this group, and the reason this series' categories are [car, truck] and not the full list."
     program_index:

data/data/plates/us-fl.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us/fl.yml — Florida (PRD-PLATES gate L0 pilot; the federated case).
+# plates/us/fl.yml — Florida (the plates spec gate L0 pilot; the federated case).
 #
 # WHY FLORIDA IS THE PILOT STATE, restated from the source law: the US has NO
 # federal plate mandate and per-state IP posture VARIES. Florida is the
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 #
 # SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE: Florida's plate FACTS come from the STATUTE, not
 # the brochure. Edicts of government are public domain at every level, and
-# PRD-PLATES §4 says always prefer the statute over the brochure. So every
+# the plates spec §4 says always prefer the statute over the brochure. So every
 # format, dimension, legend, display and replacement-cycle claim below cites
 # Chapter 320 or Chapter 316 of the Florida Statutes. The FLHSMV brochure and
 # the specialty portal are cited only for the two things the statute does not
 # carry: which standard VARIANTS are currently offered, and how many specialty
 # programs exist.
 #
-# REGEX FORM (PRD-PLATES §2.6, issue #124): every regex in this file is written
+# REGEX FORM (the plates spec §2.6, issue #124): every regex in this file is written
 # in PRINTED form — the separator is spelled where the plate shows it. That is
 # why `regex_statutory` reads '\A[A-Z0-9](?: ?[A-Z0-9]){0,6}\z' and not
 # '\A[A-Z0-9]{1,7}\z': the statutory claim is § 320.06(3)(a)'s SEVEN
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # claimed the plate is printed without a gap, so it rejected "ABC 123" —
 # every real Florida plate. The cap is the claim; the gap is not.
 #
-# WHAT IS DELIBERATELY NOT HERE (PRD-PLATES §2.5): the individual specialty
+# WHAT IS DELIBERATELY NOT HERE (the plates spec §2.5): the individual specialty
 # DESIGNS. L2 indexes the programs with official links and counts; individual
 # designs are L4. `us-fl-specialty-index` is that index entry and nothing more.
 #
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "The 2025 Florida Statutes (Title XXIII Motor Vehicles, Chapters 316 and 320) — the current edition read; leg.state.fl.us serves archive editions back to 1997, and the 1997 editions of §§ 320.06 and 320.086 were read for the 2026-08-02 re-dating pass, together with Laws of Florida ch. 99-248 (laws.flrules.org, accessed 2026-08-02)"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: public-domain-favourable
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     Wikimedia Commons carries and actively uses the {{PD-FLGov}} tag. Contrast
     Arizona, which expressly asserts copyright, and NY/PA/WA, which are adverse.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default still applies to the ORANGE BLOSSOM and
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default still applies to the ORANGE BLOSSOM and
     STATE MAP graphic until the emblem is affirmatively cleared per-emblem. Even
     under a favourable copyright posture, state seals and emblems carry
     protection INDEPENDENT of copyright (state-seal misuse statutes), and that
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ series:
       - "https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/specialtyplates/FLPB.pdf  # official FLHSMV 'Florida License Plates' brochure, 27 pp — confirms the four standard variants: Sunshine State, County Name, In God We Trust (State Motto), America 250"
       - "https://www.aamva.org/getmedia/646bcc8a-219b-47d8-b5cd-726240473163/License-Plate-Standard-Edition-3_September-2025-Update.pdf  # AAMVA Ed.3 §1.1 replacement-cycle recommendation Florida's 10 years sits at the top of"
       - "https://www.flhsmv.gov/2025/12/15/flhsmv-launches-america-250-license-plate/  # FLHSMV press release, 15 December 2025 (accessed 2026-08-02), verbatim: 'Unlike specialty plates, the America 250 plate serves as an alternative to the standard Florida license plate, with all regular fees applying.' — the agency's own words for the standard-variant relationship, and primary evidence the standard frame recorded here is current issue"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Florida  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4), re-checked 2026-08-02: the December 2003 introduction of the current base, the February 2026 rollout of its successor, and the seven historical serial arrangements ALL carry no footnote in the article's tables — folklore-grade. The 2003 start below is recorded as this locator's claim, flagged, not asserted as sourced."
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Florida  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4), re-checked 2026-08-02: the December 2003 introduction of the current base, the February 2026 rollout of its successor, and the seven historical serial arrangements ALL carry no footnote in the article's tables — folklore-grade. The 2003 start below is recorded as this locator's claim, flagged, not asserted as sourced."
     notes: >-
       FLORIDA STANDARD ISSUE ON THE CURRENT BASE. RE-DATED 2026-08-02: the L0
       pass shipped `start: 2025`, the statute-edition year — an instrument date,
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ series:
       Sunshine State bottom legends) is reported to have entered issuance in
       DECEMBER 2003 by the Wikipedia table, WHOSE ROW CARRIES NO FOOTNOTE —
       so `period_evidence: secondary-locator-unverified` and 2003 is the
-      locator's claim, flagged, not asserted (PRD-PLATES §9: primary-source-or-
+      locator's claim, flagged, not asserted (the plates spec §9: primary-source-or-
       marked). What WAS verified, and why nothing better exists to pin: (1)
       FLHSMV has NO plate-history page — the department's full sitemap (3,988
       URLs) was enumerated on 2026-08-02 and nothing on flhsmv.gov dates any
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ series:
       new dated series when an agency primary lands. THE ID STAYS UNDATED under
       the id contract: minting `us-fl-standard-2003` on a folklore boundary
       would build a dated id on sand; when a primary lands, the dated id is
-      added and this id becomes its former-id alias (PRD-QUALITY I-5/I-6).
+      added and this id becomes its former-id alias (the quality spec I-5/I-6).
       THE IMMEDIATELY-PRIOR BASE (the green-serial county base the locator
       dates to the late 1970s in several sub-forms) is deliberately NOT
       authored: no primary and no CITED secondary dating it was found, and
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ series:
       `regex_statutory` and are a recorded gap, per pattern_note.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5. Count and official
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5. Count and official
   # links only; no individual designs.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-fl-specialty-index
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ series:
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per authorised program; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per authorised program; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_official: "over 100"
       count_official_quote: "FLHSMV, in its own words: 'Florida offers over 100 different specialty license plates for various organizations in support of the causes they represent.'"
-      count_secondary: "over 120 per Wikipedia — LOCATOR ONLY, not reconciled with FLHSMV's own figure; the discrepancy is recorded, not averaged (PRD-PLATES §5.3)"
+      count_secondary: "over 120 per Wikipedia — LOCATOR ONLY, not reconciled with FLHSMV's own figure; the discrepancy is recorded, not averaged (the plates spec §5.3)"
       official_list_url: "https://www.flhsmv.gov/motor-vehicles-tags-titles/personalized-specialty-license-plates/specialty-license-plates/"
       official_catalogue_url: "https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/specialtyplates/FLPB.pdf"
       official_military_catalogue_url: "https://www.flhsmv.gov/pdf/specialtyplates/military_brochure.pdf"
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ series:
       - "https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0300-0399/0320/Sections/0320.08056.html  # § 320.08056: specialty plate authorisation, annual use fees, the (8)(a) discontinuation duty with its 3,000/4,000-registration threshold, and the History line whose first entry — 's. 2, ch. 95-282' — dates the framework to 1995 (accessed 2026-08-02)"
     notes: >-
       THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX — one entry standing for the whole program, which
-      is what PRD-PLATES §2.5 asks for at this gate. RE-DATED 2026-08-02:
+      is what the plates spec §2.5 asks for at this gate. RE-DATED 2026-08-02:
       `start: 1995` is the creation year of the § 320.08056 framework — the
       section's History line opens 's. 2, ch. 95-282' (Laws of Florida 1995),
       and a History note is part of the official statute publication, so this
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ series:
           THE STATUTORY HYPHEN IS RECORDED, NOT ENCODED. § 320.0805 permits one
           hyphen INSIDE an owner-chosen configuration — which makes it part of
           the plate's identity rather than a group gap, i.e. exactly the
-          glyph-inside-a-serial case PRD-PLATES §2.6 consequence 3 reserves for
+          glyph-inside-a-serial case the plates spec §2.6 consequence 3 reserves for
           a schema amendment (_meta/separators.yml never_separator), not a data
           entry. No regex tier here accepts it yet; flagged for the separators
           vocabulary owner. The closest existing precedent is the ES military
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ series:
       pre-1997 History entries (78-363, 83-318, 87-197, 96-413 are the
       candidates) because Laws of Florida before 1997 are not served online —
       recorded gap, NOT guessed. The 'Collectible' plate is a genuinely DEAD
-      series that is still lawfully on the road — exactly the case PRD-PLATES's
+      series that is still lawfully on the road — exactly the case the plates spec's
       `ended: true` + `year_end_min:` semantics exist for; it is still not
       given its own entry because no primary for its own FORMAT (as opposed to
       its existence and closure) was obtained.
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ series:
   # =========================================================================
   # STATUTORY LEGEND SERIES. § 320.06(3)(a) mandates a specific bottom legend
   # for five vehicle-tax classes. Each is a design difference on the standard
-  # serial, so each is its own series under PRD-PLATES §2.3.
+  # serial, so each is its own series under the plates spec §2.3.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-fl-apportioned
     class: standard
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ series:
       statute draws the distinction itself, in adjacent sentences, and because
       only the Dealer legend may be displaced by a specialty design. CLASS
       CAVEAT: recorded as `dealer` — _meta/classes.yml has no `manufacturer`
-      value, and the PRD's definition of dealer ('trade/garage plates bound to
+      value, and the spec's definition of dealer ('trade/garage plates bound to
       a business, not a vehicle') fits the binding but not the trade.
 
   - id: us-fl-wrecker