vehicles 0.9.0 → 0.9.2

data/data/plates/us-pr.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-pr.yml — Puerto Rico (PRD-PLATES gate L2, territories group).
+# plates/us-pr.yml — Puerto Rico (the plates spec gate L2, territories group).
 #
 # WHY PUERTO RICO IS THE BEST-SOURCED TERRITORY IN THIS GROUP: its plate law is
 # a single consolidated statute — Ley Núm. 22 de 7 de enero de 2000, "Ley de
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # the NUMBER OF PLATES are therefore recorded as gaps, not guessed. This is the
 # same shape as Guam (16 GCA § 7120(c)) and it is the territory pattern.
 #
-# WHAT IS DELIBERATELY NOT HERE (PRD-PLATES §2.5): individual specialty DESIGNS.
+# WHAT IS DELIBERATELY NOT HERE (the plates spec §2.5): individual specialty DESIGNS.
 # `us-pr-specialty-index` indexes the SEVEN statutory programmes and nothing
 # more.
 jurisdiction: us-pr
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   are in the served text, and later amendments were not checked (recorded gap).
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4 / §7.1.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4 / §7.1.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: public-domain-favourable
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     factual claim in this file — is unambiguously free to use. This is the
     cleanest legal path for Puerto Rico and it is the one taken here.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies to the FORT / GARITA graphic
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies to the FORT / GARITA graphic
     reported on the current base and to any Commonwealth coat of arms. Seals and
     coats of arms carry protection INDEPENDENT of copyright, and Commons notes
     for Puerto Rico that "Flags and coats of arms seem to follow the same laws
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     - "https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf  # Ley 22-2000 itself — an edict of government, PD at every level"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The US standards chain. Recorded per PRD-PLATES §4. NOTHING here quotes SAE
+# The US standards chain. Recorded per the plates spec §4. NOTHING here quotes SAE
 # J686, whose text is paywalled and unpinned (the standing rule).
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 us_standards:
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ display_rules:
     unserviceable, or is scrapped. The plate is state property, not the owner's.
   sources:
     - "https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf  # Art. 2.18: rear-only including motorcycles, horizontal fixing, colourless illumination, and the delegation of design/size/colour/plate-count to reglamento; Art. 2.11: staggered annual renewal keyed to first-registration month, government/municipal exclusion, 30-day extension power; Art. 2.13: plates are Department property, 30-day return duty"
-    - "http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Puerto_Rico/pry2k.html  # CORROBORATION ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): dated photographs of PR WINDSHIELD registration stickers (Jan 2022, Jan 2023, Feb 2023, Jan 2024 expirations), which is how the marbete practice was confirmed against the statute's silence"
+    - "http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Puerto_Rico/pry2k.html  # CORROBORATION ONLY (the plates spec §4): dated photographs of PR WINDSHIELD registration stickers (Jan 2022, Jan 2023, Feb 2023, Jan 2024 expirations), which is how the marbete practice was confirmed against the statute's silence"
 
 series:
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ series:
         gap, three numerals. That arrangement is NOT in the statute; it is
         reported by a Wikipedia locator and corroborated by dated plate
         photographs, and it is recorded as `matching: strict` because it lies
-        INSIDE the statutory alphabet, never outside it (PRD-PLATES §2.7:
+        INSIDE the statutory alphabet, never outside it (the plates spec §2.7:
         narrower is still strict). `regex_statutory` is the outer legal bound
         from Art. 1.94 and is the honest matcher for a Puerto Rico plate of
         unknown vintage.
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ series:
       rear_differs: false
     previous_base_reported:
       note: >-
-        DELIBERATELY NOT MINTED AS A SERIES, per PRD-PLATES §4's rule that
+        DELIBERATELY NOT MINTED AS A SERIES, per the plates spec §4's rule that
         Wikipedia is a LOCATOR and its era tables are not sourced years. The
         locator reports a March 2023 changeover to the fort / "Isla del Encanto"
         base from a 2007-2023 base, both in ABC 123. NO PRIMARY establishing
         either boundary was obtained: DTOP publishes no plate-design instrument
         that was reachable in this pass, and Ley 22-2000 is design-silent by
         construction. Rather than mint a dated id on a folklore boundary and then
-        have to alias it (PRD-QUALITY I-5/I-6), the boundary is recorded here and
+        have to alias it (the quality spec I-5/I-6), the boundary is recorded here and
         a dated series is added when a reglamento or DTOP order lands.
       reported_boundaries: ["1987-2007 ABC 123", "2007-2023 ABC 123", "2023-present ABC 123, fort graphic"]
       evidence: locator-only
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf  # Art. 1.94: the serial alphabet ('números o letras o combinación de ambos') and the ABSENCE of any length cap; Art. 2.05: the register keys each vehicle by VIN plus 'aquel otro número que entienda apropiado el Secretario' and records the 'Identificación o tablilla concedida al vehículo'; Art. 2.17: the Secretary issues plates on registration, renewal, change of authorised use, and transfer where the acquirer holds no plate, and sets design/characteristics/issuance/renewal/use by reglamento against a $10 fee to the DISCO special account; Art. 2.18: content, delegation of design/size/colours, rear-only horizontal display including motorcycles, colourless illumination"
       - "https://www.dtop.pr.gov/  # the issuing authority; DISCO/CESCO is the plate-issuing directorate named throughout Ley 22-2000"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Puerto_Rico  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the ABC 123 arrangement, the reported March 2023 fort base, the reported serial blocks, and the 'rear plate only since 1976' claim. NONE of these is asserted as sourced here; the rear-only rule is instead cited to Art. 2.18, which states it in law and needs no folklore"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Puerto_Rico  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the ABC 123 arrangement, the reported March 2023 fort base, the reported serial blocks, and the 'rear plate only since 1976' claim. NONE of these is asserted as sourced here; the rear-only rule is instead cited to Art. 2.18, which states it in law and needs no folklore"
       - "https://www.aamva.org/getmedia/646bcc8a-219b-47d8-b5cd-726240473163/License-Plate-Standard-Edition-3_September-2025-Update.pdf  # AAMVA Ed.3 geometry, recorded as voluntary recommendation with no evidence of PR adoption"
     notes: >-
       PUERTO RICO STANDARD ISSUE. THE ID IS DELIBERATELY UNDATED, for the same
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ series:
       imposing Florida's law on Puerto Rico.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5. Puerto Rico is the rare
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5. Puerto Rico is the rare
   # jurisdiction where the specialty catalogue is ITSELF STATUTORY: seven
   # programmes, each with its own article. Count and citations only; no designs.
   # =========================================================================
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ series:
       charset: { notes: "specialty plates carry ordinary Art. 1.94 serials; several are DISTINTIVOS carried IN ADDITION to the official plate rather than in place of it — see the index" }
       pattern_note: "illustrative pattern, statutory-bound regex — this is an INDEX entry, not a spec"
     design:
-      plate: { note: "one design per statutory programme; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here" }
+      plate: { note: "one design per statutory 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_statutory: 7
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ series:
         the statute — Roberto Clemente and Roberto Clemente Anniversary,
         Make-A-Wish Foundation, San Juan 500th Anniversary, Olympic Committee, and
         a Veteran plate first issued around 2009. The statute-versus-practice
-        discrepancy is RECORDED, NOT AVERAGED (PRD-PLATES §5.3): either these rest
+        discrepancy is RECORDED, NOT AVERAGED (the plates spec §5.3): either these rest
         on later amendments to Ley 22-2000 that the served scan predates, or on
         separate special acts, or on the Secretary's reglamento power. Resolving
         which is a recorded gap and the highest-value next step for Puerto Rico.
@@ -493,10 +493,10 @@ series:
     sources:
       - "https://bvirtual.ogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/2/0022-2000.pdf  # Arts. 2.20, 2.26, 2.27, 2.28, 2.29, 2.30, 2.31 — the seven statutory specialty programmes, their eligibility, fees, display rules and penalties; Art. 2.31(a) the front-plate inversion; Arts. 2.21-2.24 the disabled placards excluded from this index"
       - "https://www.cesco.pr.gov/  # DTOP/CESCO driver-services portal — the official channel; no enumerated specialty catalogue found (gap)"
-      - "http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Puerto_Rico/pry2k.html  # CORROBORATION + GAP-FINDER (PRD-PLATES §4): dated photographs of Roberto Clemente, Roberto Clemente Anniversary, Make-A-Wish, San Juan 500th Anniversary, Olympic Committee and Veteran plates, plus a trailer plate and a private-truck plate. This is how the statute-versus-practice discrepancy above was FOUND; no text or image was copied"
+      - "http://www.plateshack.com/y2k/Puerto_Rico/pry2k.html  # CORROBORATION + GAP-FINDER (the plates spec §4): dated photographs of Roberto Clemente, Roberto Clemente Anniversary, Make-A-Wish, San Juan 500th Anniversary, Olympic Committee and Veteran plates, plus a trailer plate and a private-truck plate. This is how the statute-versus-practice discrepancy above was FOUND; no text or image was copied"
     notes: >-
       THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX — one entry standing for the whole programme,
-      which is what PRD-PLATES §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things worth
+      which is what the plates spec §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things worth
       carrying forward. First, PUERTO RICO'S SPECIALTY CATALOGUE IS AN EDICT: seven
       programmes, seven articles, all public domain and all citable per claim —
       a materially better provenance than the agency-webpage counts most US states

data/data/plates/us-ri.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-ri.yml — Rhode Island (PRD-PLATES gate L2, northeast group).
+# plates/us-ri.yml — Rhode Island (the plates spec gate L2, northeast group).
 #
 # RHODE ISLAND IS THE ONLY STATE IN THIS GROUP WHOSE STATUTE SPELLS OUT THE FULL
 # CONTENTS OF THE PLATE, and it does so in one tidy section. R.I. Gen. Laws
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   RI legislature hosts being unreachable from this environment (recorded).
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: permissive-policy-no-warranty
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     public body public records open to inspection and copying — an ACCESS statute,
     which is NOT a copyright waiver and is not treated as one here.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3 placeholder default applies. The current base carries a screened
+    the plates spec §3 placeholder default applies. The current base carries a screened
     NAVY BLUE ANCHOR at top left — the state's emblem, which also appears on the
     state flag and seal — and state-emblem protection independent of copyright is
     unresearched for Rhode Island (recorded gap). The State and State Police
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ display_rules:
     for everything outside its enumerated list and says nothing about brackets.
     The disagreement is recorded, not resolved; if a 2026 amendment exists it was
     not located, and the statute text captured here is the one that governs until
-    a later instrument is pinned. This is exactly the class of claim PRD-PLATES
+    a later instrument is pinned. This is exactly the class of claim the plates spec
     §9 warns is folklore-prone.
   sources:
     - "https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-10.HTM  # § 31-3-10: one plate for motorcycle, trailer, semi-trailer, in-transit, transporter, bailee and dealer vehicles; two for every other motor vehicle; all fully reflective. Read via the Wayback Machine (live host unreachable this pass)"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ series:
           by 2023. So the format alone cannot date a Rhode Island plate; only the
           leading letter block can, and that boundary is locator-grade.
         remakes: "the current base is also used for REMAKES of previously issued serials in every older Rhode Island format, so a 2023-base plate may legitimately carry a 1996-era serial shape. A parse API must not infer the base from the serial."
-      separator_note: "printed with a gap (1AB 234). The wave base's 1AL-to-1BQ blocks are reported to have printed the same format with NO space at all, so both spaced and unspaced forms are genuine; the ` ?` quantifier covers both, which is the separator contract working as designed (PRD-PLATES §2.6)"
+      separator_note: "printed with a gap (1AB 234). The wave base's 1AL-to-1BQ blocks are reported to have printed the same format with NO space at all, so both spaced and unspaced forms are genuine; the ` ?` quantifier covers both, which is the separator contract working as designed (the plates spec §2.6)"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in, dimension_note: "OBSERVED — Chapter 31-3 states no plate dimension" }
       background: { finish: retroreflective, statutory_basis: "§ 31-3-10 requires 'fully reflective registration plates' for every class — reflectivity is statutory in Rhode Island, unlike its colour" }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ series:
       - "https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-11.HTM  # § 31-3-11(a): the assigned registration number, the state name with its 'R.I.' abbreviation permission, the year-or-expiration marking, and the mandatory words 'ocean state'"
       - "https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-10.HTM  # § 31-3-10: two fully reflective plates for every motor vehicle outside the enumerated single-plate classes"
       - "https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE31/31-3/31-3-12.HTM  # § 31-3-12: the 100-foot daylight legibility standard and the year-number exemption"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Rhode_Island  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the 2023 'Ocean Plate', its five-wave light blue design with screened navy serial and anchor, the 1AB 234 arrangement continuing from the wave base, the 1LE 100 to 1ZF 266 range as of 30 January 2025, and the remakes practice"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Rhode_Island  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the 2023 'Ocean Plate', its five-wave light blue design with screened navy serial and anchor, the 1AB 234 arrangement continuing from the wave base, the 1LE 100 to 1ZF 266 range as of 30 January 2025, and the remakes practice"
     notes: >-
       RHODE ISLAND CURRENT STANDARD, the "Ocean Plate". The interesting property
       for a parse API is that Rhode Island DOES NOT PARTITION ITS SERIAL SPACE BY
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ series:
           2007-2015; (d) 1AB234 / 1AB 234, 1AA 100 to 1KV 999, 2020-2023. A hit on
           the union says only "this string has a shape Rhode Island issued on the
           wave base".
-      variable_width_note: "the all-numeric form is genuinely VARIABLE WIDTH with no leading zeros — the Delaware problem, and the reason PRD-PLATES §2.2 says regexes quantify rather than fix width. \\d{1,5} makes no width claim beyond five."
+      variable_width_note: "the all-numeric form is genuinely VARIABLE WIDTH with no leading zeros — the Delaware problem, and the reason the plates spec §2.2 says regexes quantify rather than fix width. \\d{1,5} makes no width claim beyond five."
       separator_note: "the AB-12/AB-123 and 123-456 forms print a HYPHEN, which is in the emitted set; the 1AB 234 form prints a space, EXCEPT in the reported 1AL-to-1BQ blocks which printed no separator at all. Every one of those is covered by the optional-separator spelling, which is precisely what §2.6's forgiving/emitted split exists to make sound"
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ series:
       the statute alone. Whether it has held is not verified (recorded gap).
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — PROGRAM INDEX ONLY (PRD-PLATES §2.5).
+  # SPECIALTY — PROGRAM INDEX ONLY (the plates spec §2.5).
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-ri-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ series:
     design:
       plate: { w: 12, h: 6, unit: in }
       background: { finish: retroreflective }
-      note: "one design per authorised charity; individual designs are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per authorised charity; individual designs are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_official_in_production: 17
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ series:
         Hampshire's charity decals, this is the group's clearest evidence that US
         specialty-plate artwork frequently belongs to someone other than the state,
         and that a per-state `artwork_risk` posture does not settle the specialty
-        layer. PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default is the correct render posture
+        layer. The plates spec §3's placeholder default is the correct render posture
         and this is a concrete reason for it.
       official_list_url: "https://dmv.ri.gov/registrations-plates-titles/license-plates/charity-plates/currently-production"
       official_preorder_url: "https://dmv.ri.gov/registrations-plates-titles/license-plates/charity-plates/taking-preorders"

data/data/plates/us-sc.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-sc.yml — South Carolina (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group southeast-a).
+# plates/us-sc.yml — South Carolina (the plates spec gate L2, group southeast-a).
 #
 # THE SOUTH CAROLINA FINDING, AND IT IS THE BEST-SOURCED CURRENT SERIES IN THE
 # WHOLE US PASS SO FAR: SOUTH CAROLINA'S PRESENT STANDARD PASSENGER PLATE IS
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "South Carolina Code of Laws, Title 56 (Motor Vehicles), Chapter 3, as served by scstatehouse.gov and read 2026-08-01 — the chapter text incorporates amendments through 2025 Act No. 39 (eff. 12 May 2025) and 2024 Act No. 178 (eff. 20 November 2024)"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: adverse
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     elements NOT in the statute: the exact executed artwork, the colour values,
     and the specialty designs.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies. Note the specific hazard: the
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies. Note the specific hazard: the
     statutorily-mandated element of the current plate is the MOULTRIE FLAG —
     a historic flag, and historic flags are not themselves copyrightable
     subject matter — but the EXECUTED artwork submitted by the South Carolina
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ series:
     region_encoding: none
     sources:
       - "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c003.php  # § 56-3-1230(A): the 6x12 statutory minima, the required plate contents, the weight-class marking authority, the five-year durability floor, the ten-year reissue interval and its exclusions, the hypothecated production fund, the biennial no-sticker rule over 26,000 lb; (B): complete retroreflective treatment, departmental specification, the serialled revalidation sticker; (C): the 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2032 period, the Sestercentennial Commission's design role, 'Where the Revolutionary War Was Won', and the Moultrie Flag minimum; (D): the regular-fee cap. HISTORY line: 2025 Act No. 39 (H.3175), SECTION 1, eff May 12, 2025, which added (C) and (D)."
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_South_Carolina  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the numeral-first serial arrangement and the 101CUV/101DDM/433DEN block progression. Not asserted as sourced."
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_South_Carolina  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the numeral-first serial arrangement and the 101CUV/101DDM/433DEN block progression. Not asserted as sourced."
     notes: >-
       SOUTH CAROLINA CURRENT STANDARD ISSUE — THE MODEL ENTRY FOR THE US PASS.
       Start date, sunset date, slogan, minimum artwork, dimensions, durability,
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ series:
           AND started using the letter O, which had been excluded since the
           2008 base. The regex is the union of the two arrangements and is
           still `strict` — the union is exactly what South Carolina issued on
-          this base, not wider (PRD-PLATES §2.7). No `regex_strict` is given
+          this base, not wider (the plates spec §2.7). No `regex_strict` is given
           precisely BECAUSE the O-exclusion holds for part of the period and
           not the rest: a strict twin would be right for 2016-2023 and wrong
           for 2023-2025, and a twin that is wrong half the time is worse than
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ series:
     notes: >-
       SOUTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURER PLATES. Given `class: dealer` for the same
       reason us-fl-manufacturer is — _meta/classes.yml has no `manufacturer`
-      value and the PRD's definition of dealer ("trade/garage plates bound to a
+      value and the spec's definition of dealer ("trade/garage plates bound to a
       business, not a vehicle") fits the binding if not the trade. CLASS
       VOCABULARY CANDIDATE, recorded a second time in the dataset now: two
       states have legislated a manufacturer plate distinctly from a dealer
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ series:
       axiom by essentially every validator, parse API and ALPR pipeline in
       existence; South Carolina legislates an exception to it. Recorded here
       because it is the kind of fact that only ever surfaces from the statute,
-      which is precisely the argument PRD-PLATES §4 makes for preferring
+      which is precisely the argument the plates spec §4 makes for preferring
       statutes over brochures.
 
   - id: us-sc-specialty-index

data/data/plates/us-sd.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-sd.yml — South Dakota (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group midwest-b).
+# plates/us-sd.yml — South Dakota (the plates spec gate L2, group midwest-b).
 #
 # SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATED ITS REDESIGN CADENCE, WHICH ALMOST NOBODY DOES. SDCL
 # 32-5-83, in seven words that matter more than their length suggests: the number
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ binding: vehicle
 statute_edition: "South Dakota Codified Laws Title 32, Chapter 32-5 (Registration and Taxation of Motor Vehicles), individual sections as served by sdlegislature.gov and fetched for this pass. SDCL 32-5-83 and 32-5-84 carry 2020 amendments (SL 2020, ch 135, §§ 1-2) and 32-5-85 a 2025 amendment (SL 2025, ch 44, § 15), so the design provisions read here are current."
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: unresearched
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     right, so a replica of it on a plate raises questions — about the sculpture, about NPS
     marks, and about the memorial's name — that are entirely independent of whether South
     Dakota claims copyright in its plate design. NONE of those questions was researched.
-    Flagged prominently because it is exactly the kind of layered exposure PRD-PLATES §3's
+    Flagged prominently because it is exactly the kind of layered exposure the plates spec §3's
     placeholder rule exists to sidestep, and because an unwary renderer would treat a
     statutory authorization as a clearance. It is not one.
   edict_carve_out: >-
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ artwork_risk:
     ({{PD-US-GovEdict}}), so the seven-year design duty, the two-plate rule, the dealer 77
     and the reflectorization requirement are all affirmatively clean.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's placeholder default applies with unusual force here — to the current
+    the plates spec §3's placeholder default applies with unusual force here — to the current
     base graphic, and above all to the Mount Rushmore replica for the reasons above. Render
     `emblem: {present: true, rendered: placeholder}` and do not render Mount Rushmore even
     schematically until the federal-memorial question is researched. South Dakota state-seal
     misuse statutes are unresearched.
   sources:
-    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): read to establish that South Dakota has NO section in the survey — a negative result, recorded as such"
+    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): read to establish that South Dakota has NO section in the survey — a negative result, recorded as such"
     - "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-5-88.html  # SDCL 32-5-88, the Mount Rushmore replica authorization — an edict, PD, and the source of the layered non-copyright hazard recorded above"
 
 us_standards:
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ series:
         nor a statement that the leading number IS the county rather than some other
         departmental designation. The county-to-number table is therefore NOT published here
         and NOT asserted. It is universally reported in secondary sources; that is precisely
-        why asserting it without a primary would be the kind of laundering PRD-PLATES §4
+        why asserting it without a primary would be the kind of laundering the plates spec §4
         forbids, and why 66 wrong decode rows would be worse than none.
       reserved_values: { "77": "dealer, manufacturer and demonstration plates (SDCL 32-5-89) — statutory" }
       cross_state_note: >-
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ series:
         could NOT be pinned the same way in us-ne-dealer. Same fact, two states, and the DSL
         permits it in one and not the other — worth knowing when reading the two files
         together. The separator is written as the sanctioned separator-only class `[- ]`
-        (PRD-PLATES §2.8) because the statute prescribes no glyph and the printed form was
+        (the plates spec §2.8) because the statute prescribes no glyph and the printed form was
         not observed.
     design:
       note: "the dealer plate is prescribed by the department under SDCL 32-5-89; no design property beyond the 77 is stated in the Codified Laws"
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ series:
       regex: '\A[A-Z0-9](?: ?[A-Z0-9]){1,6}\z'
       pattern_note: "REPRESENTATIVE SHAPE ONLY; neither SDCL 32-5-123 as summarised by the agency nor the agency page states a serial grammar for tribal plates, so the regex is wide and `matching: recall-only` follows"
     design:
-      note: "one design per participating tribe; the designs themselves are L4 scope (PRD-PLATES §2.5) and none is described here"
+      note: "one design per participating tribe; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
       emblem_caution: >-
         TRIBAL EMBLEMS ARE A DISTINCT IP AND SOVEREIGNTY QUESTION, not a state-copyright one.
@@ -367,11 +367,11 @@ series:
       `specialty`, since _meta/classes.yml has no tribal or sovereign-nation class — the fit
       is poor and is flagged, because a tribal plate is not an 'optional-design program on
       standard serials' in the way a cause plate is. If the vocabulary grows to accommodate
-      sovereign-nation issuance, this series should move; the id contract (PRD-QUALITY I-5)
+      sovereign-nation issuance, this series should move; the id contract (the quality spec I-5)
       keeps that safe. SDCL 32-5-123's own text was not read (gap).
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-sd-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ series:
       regex: '\A[A-Z0-9](?: ?[A-Z0-9]){1,6}\z'
       pattern_note: "REPRESENTATIVE SHAPE ONLY; the index stands for programs whose arrangements are not individually stated"
     design:
-      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: null
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ series:
       - "https://dor.sd.gov/individuals/motor-vehicle/cars-trucks-vans/personalized-specialty-plates/  # SD DOR: the three-year reissue cycle for conservation specialty plates, the personalized and tribal programs and their statutory hooks"
       - "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-5-77.html  # SDCL 32-5-77: 'Historical license plates--Application and fee--Permanent plates--Use of vehicle restricted' — the existence and shape of the historic regime, whose text was not read"
     notes: >-
-      THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX — present as required by PRD-PLATES §2.5, CARRYING NO COUNT.
+      THE SPECIALTY PROGRAM INDEX — present as required by the plates spec §2.5, CARRYING NO COUNT.
       South Dakota joins Kansas and Minnesota as the three states in group midwest-b that
       yielded no specialty figure, in each case because the issuing agency's pages were
       unreachable or absent. The substantive find here is not a number but a CADENCE: South

data/data/plates/us-tn.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# plates/us-tn.yml — Tennessee (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group southeast-b).
+# plates/us-tn.yml — Tennessee (the plates spec gate L2, group southeast-b).
 #
 # THE FINDING THAT MAKES TENNESSEE WORTH MODELLING CAREFULLY: Tennessee's two
 # standard-issue options are not a colour variant of one another. The plain
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 # THREE LETTERS THEN FOUR NUMERALS versus THREE NUMERALS THEN FOUR LETTERS. The
 # arrangement itself tells the two apart, so a parse API can identify which
 # standard option a Tennessee plate is from the string alone, with no image and
-# no lookup. Under PRD-PLATES §2.3 that is two SERIES, not one series with a
+# no lookup. Under the plates spec §2.3 that is two SERIES, not one series with a
 # flag, and this file models it that way. Contrast Kentucky in this same group,
 # which offers the identical pair of options and draws BOTH from one serial pool,
 # so a Kentucky serial cannot distinguish them at all. Same policy, opposite
 # implementation, opposite consequence for the parse layer — that contrast is the
 # single most useful thing in this group's output.
 #
-# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE, AND ITS LIMIT: PRD-PLATES §4 prefers the statute.
+# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE, AND ITS LIMIT: The plates spec §4 prefers the statute.
 # Tennessee Code Annotated is published exclusively through a LexisNexis portal
 # that serves a JavaScript shell, and Justia/FindLaw/Casetext all refuse a plain
 # fetch. But Tennessee publishes two things that are better than a brochure and
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ statute_edition: >-
   the plate-design sections proper — is a recorded gap.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: unresearched
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     chain of title on a competition-selected design is a question in its own right.
     Unresearched.
   emblem_rule: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3 placeholder default applies. Three devices are in scope on the
+    the plates spec §3 placeholder default applies. Three devices are in scope on the
     current base and all render as placeholders: the OUTLINED STATE MAP containing
     the word TENNESSEE at the top, the STATE FLAG EMBLEM that occupies the serial
     gap, and — on the In God We Trust option — what a locator calls "the state's
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ series:
       - "https://www.tn.gov/revenue/title-and-registration/license-plates/additional-license-plate-information/standard-plate-faq.html  # TN Dept of Revenue: 'The new design will be available beginning January 1, 2024, OR upon depletion of the county's inventory of the current blue plate'; the Public Chapter 250 changes; the new design is for new registrations only, not renewals; the eligibility rules for a replacement"
       - "https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0250.pdf  # Public Chapter No. 250 (2023), the amending instrument itself"
       - "https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2021/10/5/gov--lee-unveils-new-license-plate-design-picked-by-tennesseans.html  # the blue base's own origin, the statutory legend list, and the eight-year conditional redesign cycle"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Tennessee  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the ABC-1234 arrangement, the flag-emblem separator, blue/white colours, the outlined state map, the white county sticker, the reported BRC-8001 to BVP-2252 range as of December 2025, and a November 16, 2023 start date that DISAGREES with the Department's own January 1, 2024 — see notes"
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Tennessee  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the ABC-1234 arrangement, the flag-emblem separator, blue/white colours, the outlined state map, the white county sticker, the reported BRC-8001 to BVP-2252 range as of December 2025, and a November 16, 2023 start date that DISAGREES with the Department's own January 1, 2024 — see notes"
     notes: >-
       TENNESSEE STANDARD ISSUE, PLAIN OPTION. A RECORDED DISAGREEMENT ON THE START
-      DATE, NOT AN AVERAGE OF ONE (PRD-PLATES §5.3): the Department of Revenue says
+      DATE, NOT AN AVERAGE OF ONE (the plates spec §5.3): the Department of Revenue says
       the redesigned plate becomes available "beginning January 1, 2024, OR upon
       depletion of the county's inventory of the current blue plate", while a locator
       dates the change to November 16, 2023. Both dates can be literally true —
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ series:
       2022 twins in legend POSITION as well as in content.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-tn-specialty-index
     class: specialty

data/data/plates/us-tx.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# plates/us-tx.yml — Texas (PRD-PLATES gate L2, group: southcentral).
+# plates/us-tx.yml — Texas (the plates spec gate L2, group: southcentral).
 #
 # WHY TEXAS IS THE HARD ONE IN THIS GROUP, and what this pass actually settled:
 #
 # 1. THE ARTWORK-RISK QUESTION IS NOW ANSWERED, ADVERSELY, FROM A PRIMARY. The US
-#    research dossier (aux/research/plates-2026-07, §4.2) recorded Texas as
+#    research dossier (§4.2) recorded Texas as
 #    "Not established — treat as default (copyrighted)". It is no longer a
 #    default: Tex. Transp. Code § 504.002(a)(3) says, in terms, that "the
 #    department is the exclusive owner of the design of each license plate", and
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #    `design` — so `pattern` spells `-` and `design.separator_glyph` records what
 #    is physically printed. It is flagged to `_meta/separators.yml`'s
 #    `never_separator` discussion, because no consumer may treat the silhouette
-#    as serial content (PRD-PLATES §2.6 rule 3).
+#    as serial content (the plates spec §2.6 rule 3).
 #
 # 3. HB 718 (2023, eff. 1 JULY 2025) KILLED THE PAPER TEMPORARY TAG. Texas is
 #    the loudest US registration-law change of the decade: dealers now hand the
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #    publishes the regime in detail but publishes no serial format for the four
 #    new plates (recorded gap).
 #
-# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE (PRD-PLATES §4): the statute over the brochure.
+# SOURCING RULE APPLIED HERE (the plates spec §4): the statute over the brochure.
 # Every design-authority, ownership, display and penalty claim below cites
 # Transportation Code Chapter 504. Where Chapter 504 is deliberately silent —
 # and it is silent about the alphanumeric pattern, because § 504.005(a) delegates
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 # JS shell for /Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm, /SOTWDocs/... and the .pdf path alike —
 # no statute text is retrievable by fetch. The section texts quoted here were
 # read from texas.public.law's reproduction. The TEXT IS AN EDICT OF GOVERNMENT
-# and public domain at every level (PRD-PLATES §4); the canonical citation below
+# and public domain at every level (the plates spec §4); the canonical citation below
 # is the official URL, and the reproduction is named for reproducibility.
 jurisdiction: us-tx
 authority:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ statute_access_note: >-
   URL is cited as the authority and the reproduction is named as the fetch path.
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by PRD-PLATES §4.
+# artwork_risk — required per jurisdiction by the plates spec §4.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 artwork_risk:
   posture: copyright-asserted-by-statute
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     affirmatively-claimed. Nothing was found asserting a PD rule for Texas state
     works; no {{PD-TXGov}} tag exists on Commons in the sampled set.
   practical_effect: >-
-    PRD-PLATES §3's neutral-placeholder default is MANDATORY here, not optional.
+    the plates spec §3's neutral-placeholder default is MANDATORY here, not optional.
     Render facts, layout geometry (AAMVA Ed.3) and colours; never trace or
     approximate the state-shaped silhouette separator, the security-thread
     artwork or any specialty graphic. Note the asymmetry that makes the program
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ artwork_risk:
     the department's design claim attaches to a photograph we never touch.
   sources:
     - "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm  # § 504.002(a)(3): 'the department is the exclusive owner of the design of each license plate'; § 504.005(a): sole control over design, typeface, color and alphanumeric pattern (text read via texas.public.law reproduction — see statute_access_note)"
-    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): confirms §105 does not reach the states and that no Texas PD rule is listed; used only to establish the ABSENCE of a favourable rule"
+    - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): confirms §105 does not reach the states and that no Texas PD rule is listed; used only to establish the ABSENCE of a favourable rule"
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The US standards chain. Recorded once per US file, verbatim from the pinned
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ series:
           VOWELS AND Q ARE REPORTED EXCLUDED FROM TEXAS SERIALS SINCE 1990, and
           the report is LOCATOR-GRADE ONLY (Wikipedia, whose own citation is the
           collector site licenseplates.cc). It is NOT promoted to a
-          `regex_strict` here, because PRD-PLATES §2.7 defines the strict tier as
+          `regex_strict` here, because the plates spec §2.7 defines the strict tier as
           "the authority's own alphabet" and TxDMV publishes no alphabet at all.
           It is recorded because it is CORROBORATED BY THE ISSUED RANGE the same
           locator gives — BBB-0001 to YZS-4943 as of 2026-03-29 — which begins at
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ series:
       - "https://www.txdmv.gov/motorists/license-plates  # TxDMV: 'Current Design: The Texas Classic. Introduced in July 2012'; 'the first license plate in the country to feature two, high-visibility security threads'; 'As of November 1, 2016, the State of Texas no longer requires automatically replacing your plates after 7 years'; general-issue plate numbers 'assigned to you by TxDMV and cannot be personalized'"
       - "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.504.htm  # § 504.005(a) sole control over design/typeface/color/alphanumeric pattern; § 504.005(c) the half-inch Texas silhouette between letters and numerals, omittable on specially designed plates; § 504.005(d) reflectorized material; § 504.007 $6 replacement fee; § 504.010(b) one plate or set per registration period"
       - "https://www.txdmv.gov/sites/default/files/body-files/ENF%20HB%20718%20FAQ%20Dealer%20Handout%20032125.pdf  # 'The general issue plates MUST be distributed in sequential order' — the progression claim"
-      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas  # LOCATOR ONLY (PRD-PLATES §4): the ABC-1234 arrangement, the range BBB-0001 to YZS-4943 (as of 2026-03-29), the vowel/Q exclusion since 1990, and 12x6 in dimensions. None of these is asserted as sourced."
+      - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas  # LOCATOR ONLY (the plates spec §4): the ABC-1234 arrangement, the range BBB-0001 to YZS-4943 (as of 2026-03-29), the vowel/Q exclusion since 1990, and 12x6 in dimensions. None of these is asserted as sourced."
     notes: >-
       TEXAS CLASSIC, THE CURRENT GENERAL ISSUE. Note what Texas does NOT have: no
       statutory dimension, no statutory colour, no statutory character cap, no
@@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ series:
       entire specification lives in § 504.005(a)'s delegation, which makes Texas
       the cleanest example in this group of a state whose plate facts are
       administrative rather than legislative — and therefore the state where the
-      PRD's "prefer the statute over the brochure" rule yields the LEAST, because
+      The spec's "prefer the statute over the brochure" rule yields the LEAST, because
       the statute deliberately says almost nothing. The one thing the statute
       does specify is the silhouette separator, and that turns out to be the
       normatively interesting fact in the whole file. PERIOD: `start: 2012` is
       TxDMV's own "Introduced in July 2012" and is a real claim, not an upper
       bound; TxDMV separately dates the predecessor's launch to June 2009 while
       the locator says July 2009, a disagreement that integer-year periods
-      dissolve and which is recorded here rather than averaged (PRD-PLATES §5.3).
+      dissolve and which is recorded here rather than averaged (the plates spec §5.3).
 
   # =========================================================================
   # ONE SERIES BACK — "Lone Star Texas", the seven-character transition.
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ series:
       at a vendor site rather than at a government catalogue.
 
   # =========================================================================
-  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX ONLY, per PRD-PLATES §2.5.
+  # SPECIALTY — THE PROGRAM INDEX ONLY, per the plates spec §2.5.
   # =========================================================================
   - id: us-tx-specialty-index
     class: specialty
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ 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. § 504.008(a): 'The department shall prepare the designs and specifications of specialty license plates.'"
+      note: "one design per authorised program; the designs themselves are L4 scope (the plates spec §2.5) and none is described here. § 504.008(a): 'The department shall prepare the designs and specifications of specialty license plates.'"
       emblem: { present: true, rendered: placeholder }
     program_index:
       count_secondary: "506 available"
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ series:
         every fetch attempt in this pass, so the figure could not be confirmed at
         source. Compare Florida, where FLHSMV states "over 100" in its own words.
         Recorded as a locator claim with its provenance, NOT reconciled and NOT
-        averaged (PRD-PLATES §5.3).
+        averaged (the plates spec §5.3).
       statutory_frame:
         - "§ 504.008: the department prepares specialty designs and specifications; any motor vehicle other than one manufactured for off-highway use only is eligible"
         - "§ 504.601(a): the default specialty issuance fee is $30, of which the department keeps $8 for administrative costs"
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ series:
       - "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas  # LOCATOR ONLY: the '506 available' figure and the claim that Texas leads the US in specialty count — recorded unreconciled because the cited TxDMV page 403s"
     notes: >-
       THE TEXAS SPECIALTY INDEX — ONE ENTRY STANDING FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM, which
-      is exactly what PRD-PLATES §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things are worth
+      is exactly what the plates spec §2.5 asks for at this gate. Two things are worth
       carrying forward. First, Texas is the US state where the specialty program
       is most thoroughly PRIVATISED: § 504.851 puts a vendor in the middle and
       §§ 504.6011-504.6012 route the money through it, so the operative catalogue
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ series:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes Texas separately serializes that are DELIBERATELY NOT given series
 # here, because no serial format was obtainable from any authority source and
-# PRD-PLATES forbids inventing one. Each is a named target for the next pass.
+# the plates spec forbids inventing one. Each is a named target for the next pass.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 notable_classes_not_specced:
   - class: dealer