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Every validated value in Paxman carries provenance — the authority, specification, version, and section that vouches for it. This page is the curated, authority-grouped index of all cited provenance across the 30 shipped capabilities. Use it to audit results, write methods sections, or compare Paxman against another system.

How to read provenance in code: result.candidates[n].provenance[0] is a Provenance (authority, specification_name, version, publication_year, reference_url, kind, lifecycle) and candidate.validation_rule is the section citation (e.g. Section 3.4.1-addr-spec). See Provenance for the object shape.

for c in result.candidates:
p = c.provenance[0]
print(f"{c.validation_rule} — {p.authority} {p.specification_name} ({p.version}), {p.reference_url}")

All entries below are derived from the PUBLICATION constants and citation/name fields on each shipped rule (paxman/capabilities/<Name>/rules/*.py). No network lookup is involved — the data is baked into the installed library build and versioned via version_stamp.


AuthoritySpecificationsCapabilitiesRules
BIPMSI Brochure: The International System of Units (SI), 9th ed. (2019)SI Unit6
IETFRFC 5322, RFC 6761, RFC 791, RFC 5952, RFC 3966, BCP 47 RFC 5646, RFC 5870, RFC 7946, RFC 9562, RFC 1034, RFC 1035, RFC 5893Email, IP, Phone, Language, Coordinates, UUID, Domain12
IANAIANA Language Subtag Registry (Rolling File-Date 2026-08-08); IANA Time Zone Database 2026d; IANA Root Zone Database (tlds-alpha v2026092300)Language, Timezone, Domain8
ISOISO 9362:2022, ISO 27729:2024, ISO 3166-1:2020, ISO 3166-3, ISO 4217, ISO 8601:2019, ISO 8601-1:2019, ISO 2108:2017, ISO 13616-1:2020, ISO 639-1/2/5, ISO 80000-1:2022, ISO 6709:2022, ISO 26324:2025, ISO 6166:2021, ISO 17442-1:2020, ISO/IEC 7812-1:2017BIC, ORCID, ISNI, Country, Currency, Money, Date, ISBN, IBAN, Language, SI Unit, Coordinates, UtcOffset, DOI, ISIN, LEI, CreditCard28
ISSN International CentreISO 3297:2022ISSN1
ANNAANNA ISIN Guidelines V25 (Dec 2025)ISIN1
GLEIFGLEIF LOU prefix list (accredited-LOU directory + concatenated-file census)LEI1
GS1GS1 General Specifications 26.0, GS1 Prefix allocation, Verified by GS1GTIN3
Brand networksBrand IIN/length tables (secondary)CreditCard1
ITU-TE.164 (2010)Phone2
NANPANorth American Numbering Plan (NANP) (2024)Phone2
Unicode Consortium (CLDR)CLDR v45, Unicode CLDR v47, CLDR Language Display Names v46Country, Currency, Money, Language6
Unicode ConsortiumUTS #46 v18.0.0 (shipped table 15.1.0)Domain1
SIL International (ISO 639-3 RA)ISO 639-3:2007Language2
International ISBN AgencyISBN Users’ Manual (2012), ISBN Range Message (2026-08-05)ISBN2
WHATWGURL Standard (Living Standard)URL1
IEEEIEEE Std 802-2024MacAddress1
IUPACIUPAC Periodic Table 04 May 2022, IUPAC Red Book 2005 Ch. IR-3ChemicalElement2
Minor Planet CenterNew- And Old-Style Minor Planet Designations (DesDoc); Packed Provisional and Permanent Designations (PackedDes); How Are Minor Planets Named? (HowNamed)MinorPlanet5
UNDPUNSPSC Code Structure (UNGM Help Center); UNSPSC Codeset (UNGM live export 2026-09-30)UNSPSC3
UNECEClassification Guidelines (Business Function Identifiers) v2.04UNSPSC1
Derived conventionUS locale — MM/DD/YYYY, European locale — DD/MM/YYYYDate2

Note on “Derived convention”: The two Date rules for MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY are locale conventions rather than an external standards publication. They are included here for completeness and carry kind="convention" with no reference_url.


BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures

Section titled “BIPM — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures”

Specification: SI Brochure: The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (2019) — https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure — kind="specification", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2019.

CapabilityRule (validation_rule)CitationPublication
SI UnitSection 2.3.1-base-unitsBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), Table 1SI Brochure
SI UnitSection 2.3.2-derived-unitsBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), Tables 3–4SI Brochure
SI UnitSection 4.1-non-si-unitsBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), Tables 8–9SI Brochure
SI UnitSection 3.2-prefixesBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), Table 5 and §3.2SI Brochure
SI UnitSection-namesBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), Tables 1, 3–4, 8–9 (unit names)SI Brochure
SI UnitSection 3.2-split-word-prefixesBIPM SI Brochure (9th ed., 2019), §3.2 (prefixes attached to unit names)SI Brochure

CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReference
EmailRFC 53222008Section 3.4.1-addr-specSection 3.4.1 (addr-spec)2008https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322
EmailRFC 67612012Section 6.3-localhostSection 6.3 (localhost)2012https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6761
IPRFC 7911981Section 3.2-ipv4-addressSection 3.2 (internet addressing) — dotted-decimal per RFC 1123 §2.11981https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc791
IPRFC 59522010Section 4-ipv6-text-representationSection 4 (IPv6 text representation) + RFC 4291 §2.2 (mixed LS32 ::ffff:192.0.2.1)2010https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5952
PhoneRFC 39662004Section 3-tel-uriSection 3 (tel URI) / Section 3.1 (global numbers)2004https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3966
LanguageBCP 47 RFC 56462009-09Section 2.1-syntaxSection 2.1 (Language-Tag ABNF, well-formed only)2009https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5646.txt
CoordinatesRFC 58702010Section 3.3-geo-uri-validitySection 3.3 (Geo URI validity)2010https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5870.txt
CoordinatesRFC 79462016Section 3.1.1-positionSection 3.1.1 (Position)2016https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7946.txt
UUIDRFC 95622024Section 4-uuid-formatSection 4 (128-bit format; hex-and-dash ABNF, no checksum, no registry)2024https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9562
DomainRFC 10341987Section-3.1-name-syntaxSection 3.1 (null label reserved for root: no empty labels) + Domain policy (≥2-label minimum; single-label scope deferred)1987https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1034
DomainRFC 10351987Section-2.3.4-label-lengthSection 2.3.4 (63 octets/label, 253 chars/name post-encode)1987https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1035
DomainRFC 58932010Section-2-bidi-contextSection 2 (Bidi rule six conditions); ContextJ join-control rejection per RFC 5892 contextual rules2010https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5893

All IETF entries are kind="specification", lifecycle="active".


IANA — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Section titled “IANA — Internet Assigned Numbers Authority”

Specification: IANA Language Subtag Registry, Rolling File-Date 2026-08-08 — https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry — kind="registry", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

CapabilityRuleCitation
LanguageSection-iana-registryIANA Registry Type language/script/region/variant Deprecated Preferred Prefix Suppress-Script
LanguageSection-iana-registry-privateIANA Registry private-use qaa-qtz/Qaaa-Qabx/QM-QZ/AA/XA-XZ/ZZ/x-
LanguageSection-iana-registry-descriptionIANA Registry compositional description phrases (<Language> in <Script/Region>, parenthesized forms)
TimezoneSection zone-key-membershipzone1970.tab col 3 + backward Links + etcetera (vendored File-Date 2026d)
TimezoneSection link-resolutionbackward Link TARGET LINK-NAME lines (vendored File-Date 2026d)
TimezoneSection systemv-zonesbackward SystemV Zones EST5EDT/CST6CDT/MST7MDT/PST8PDT (vendored File-Date 2026d)
TimezoneSection abbreviation-refusaltheory.html abbreviation ambiguity (IST/CST/PST) + backward short-caps Links carve set (vendored File-Date 2026d)
Domainroot-zone-membershiptlds-alpha snapshot membership (encoded TLD must be delegated; 1,438 entries)

Specification for the Timezone rows: IANA Time Zone Database, release 2026d — https://www.iana.org/time-zones (membership/link/systemv) and https://data.iana.org/time-zones/theory.html (abbreviation refusal) — kind="registry", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

Specification for the Domain row: IANA Root Zone Database (tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt v2026092300) — https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt — kind="registry", version="IANA tlds-alpha v2026092300", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.


ISO — International Organization for Standardization

Section titled “ISO — International Organization for Standardization”

Across 18 ISO publications (28 rules):

CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReference
BICISO 9362:20222022Section 5-bic-structure-countrySection 5 (BIC structure)2022https://www.iso.org/standard/84108.html
ORCIDISO 27729:20242024-11Section 4-orcid-structureSection 4 (16 chars: 15 digits + MOD 11-2 check character)2024https://www.iso.org/standard/87177.html
ORCIDISO 27729:20242024-11Section A-mod11-2-check-characterAnnex A (MOD 11-2 over the first 15 decimal digits)2024https://www.iso.org/standard/87177.html
ISNIISO 27729:20242024-11Section 4-isni-structureSection 4 (16 chars: 15 digits + MOD 11-2 check character)2024https://www.iso.org/standard/87177.html
ISNIISO 27729:20242024-11Section A-mod11-2-check-characterAnnex A (MOD 11-2 over the first 15 decimal digits)2024https://www.iso.org/standard/87177.html
CountryISO 3166-1:20202020Section-alpha2-codesISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes2020https://www.iso.org/guest/en/ISO3166-1/RegistrationTable/Active%20country%20list.html
CountryISO 3166-1:20202020Section-alpha3-codesISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes2020https://www.iso.org/guest/en/ISO3166-1/RegistrationTable/Active%20country%20list.html
CountryISO 3166-1:20202020Section-numeric-codesISO 3166-1 numeric (M49) codes2020https://www.iso.org/guest/en/ISO3166-1/RegistrationTable/Active%20country%20list.html
CountryISO 3166-1:20202020Section-namesISO 3166-1 official English short names2020https://www.iso.org/guest/en/ISO3166-1/RegistrationTable/Active%20country%20list.html
CountryISO 3166-32020Section-historical-namesISO 3166-3:2020 (formerly used names)2020https://www.iso.org/standard/72484.html
CurrencyISO 4217—Section-codeISO 4217:2015 alpha-3 currency codes, as amended by the ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency amendment series (SIX List One, 2026-01-01)2015https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html
MoneyISO 4217—Section-codesISO 4217 currency codes2015https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html
DateISO 86012019Section 5.2.1.1-calendar-dateSection 5.2.1.1 (calendar date)2019https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html
DOIISO 26324:20252025Section 4-doi-syntaxSection 4 (DOI name syntax: prefix/suffix, no checksum, no registry)2025https://www.iso.org/standard/88862.html
ISINISO 6166:20212021Section 4-isin-structure-check-digitSection 4 (ISIN structure + modulus 10 Double-Add-Double check digit)2021https://www.iso.org/standard/78502.html
LEIISO 17442-1:20202020Section 4-lei-structure-mod97-10Section 4 (LEI structure + whole-string MOD 97-10, via ISO/IEC 7064:2003)2020https://www.iso.org/standard/78829.html
ISBNISO 2108:20172017Section 5.3-isbn13-check-digitSection 5.3 (ISBN-13 check digit)2017https://www.iso.org/standard/65483.html
ISBNISO 2108:20172017Section 4.2-gs1-prefixSection 4.2 (GS1 prefix)2017https://www.iso.org/standard/65483.html
IBANISO 13616-1:20202020Section 4-iban-structure-mod97Section 4-5 (structure + MOD 97-10, via ISO/IEC 7064:2003)2020https://www.iso.org/standard/81090.html
CoordinatesISO 6709:20222022Section 6-coordinate-structureSection 6 (Coordinate structure)2022https://www.iso.org/standard/75147.html
CoordinatesISO 6709:20222022Section Annex-h-string-expressionAnnex H (String expression of a point)2022https://www.iso.org/standard/75147.html
LanguageISO 639-1:20022002Section 4-alpha-2-codeSection 4 (alpha-2 code, 184 entries)2002https://www.iso.org/standard/22109.html
LanguageISO 639-1:20022002Section-english-name-mappingSection 4 (English language names → alpha-2)2002https://www.iso.org/standard/22109.html
LanguageISO 639-2:19981998Section 4-alpha-3-codeSection 4 (alpha-3 code, 487 entries T/B)1998https://www.iso.org/standard/4767.html
LanguageISO 639-5:20082008Section 4-collective-codeSection 4 (collective code, 115 entries)2008https://www.iso.org/standard/39536.html
SI UnitISO 80000-1:2022 Quantities and units — Part 1: General2022Section 6.5-compoundsISO 80000-1:2022, §6.5 (unit symbols in products and quotients)2022https://www.iso.org/standard/76921.html
UtcOffsetISO 8601-1:20192019Section offset-structureISO 8601-1:2019 Section 3 (offset representations); RFC 3339 Section 5.6 (time-numoffset +-HH:MM, Z)2019https://www.iso.org/standard/70907.html
CreditCardISO/IEC 7812-1:20172017Section 5-pan-structure-luhnISO/IEC 7812-1:2017 Section 5 (structure) + Annex B (Luhn MOD-10)2017https://www.iso.org/standard/70484.html

All ISO entries are lifecycle="active". ISO 3166-1 entries are kind="registry"; ISO 3166-3, ISO 8601, ISO 2108, ISO 13616-1, ISO 639-* and ISO 80000-1 are kind="specification"; ISO 4217 is kind="specification" with version=None (the code list is maintained by the ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency — see citation).


Specification: ISO 3297:2022, https://www.iso.org/standard/84536.html, kind="specification", version="2022", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2022.

CapabilityRuleCitation
ISSNSection 4-issn-check-digitSection 4 (check digit)

ANNA — Association of National Numbering Agencies

Section titled “ANNA — Association of National Numbering Agencies”

Specification: ANNA ISIN Guidelines, V25 (Dec 2025) — https://anna-web.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ISIN-Guidelines-Dec-2025_Amendment_clean.pdf — kind="policy", version="2025-12 (V25; superseded by V26 Jun 2026)", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2025.

CapabilityRuleCitation
ISINSection 5-country-and-special-prefixSection 5 (country and special prefix: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 plus Guidelines-attested EU/XS/XA–XD/XT, RA-attested EZ, validator/user-assigned XF/XK/QS/QT; ZZ provisional, excluded)

V26 note: the ANNA ISIN Guidelines V26 (Jun 2026) supersedes V25. The ISIN capability pins V25 as its v1 authority; re-attest the prefix table against V26 before adopting it.


Section titled “GLEIF — Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation”

Specification: GLEIF LOU prefix list — https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-concatenated-file/download-the-concatenated-file — kind="registry", version="Rolling", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

CapabilityRuleCitation
LEISection 1-lou-prefix-membershipSection 1 (accredited-LOU prefix membership: 4-char issuer blocks from the accredited-LOU directory + concatenated-file census; append-only)

Specifications: GS1 General Specifications — https://ref.gs1.org/standards/genspecs/ — kind="specification", version="26.0", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

GS1 Prefix allocation — https://www.gs1.org/standards/id-keys/company-prefix — kind="registry", version="Rolling 2026", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

Verified by GS1 — https://www.gs1.org/services/verified-by-gs1 — kind="registry", version="Rolling", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2019.

CapabilityRuleCitation
GTINSection 1-gtin-structure-check-digitSection 1 (GTIN structure + Mod-10 check digit)
GTINSection 2-gs1-prefixSection 2 (GS1 prefix allocation)
GTINSection 3-verified-livenessSection 3 (Verified by GS1 liveness)

Specification: Brand IIN/length tables (secondary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payment_card_number — kind="registry", version="Rolling 2026", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

CapabilityRuleCitation
CreditCardSection 1-brand-prefix-membershipBrand IIN/length tables (secondary)

ITU-T — International Telecommunication Union

Section titled “ITU-T — International Telecommunication Union”

Specification: E.164, https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.164, kind="specification", version="2010", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2010.

CapabilityRuleCitation
PhoneSection 6.1-international-numberSection 6.1 (number structure)
PhoneSection 6.2-country-codeAnnex A (table of assigned country codes)

NANPA — North American Numbering Plan Administrator

Section titled “NANPA — North American Numbering Plan Administrator”

Specification: North American Numbering Plan (NANP), https://www.nanpa.com/, kind="registry", version="2024", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2024.

CapabilityRuleCitation
PhoneSection 1.1-nanp-structureNANP numbering plan structure (NPA NXX-XXXX)
PhoneSection 1.2-service-npaNANPA service NPA assignment table

CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReferenceKind
CountryCLDR v4545Section-localized-namesCLDR v45 localized country names2024https://cldr.unicode.org/registry
CurrencyUnicode CLDR47Section-symbolsCLDR v47 currency symbols2025https://cldr.unicode.org/specification
CurrencyUnicode CLDR47Section-namesCLDR v47 currency display names2025https://cldr.unicode.org/specification
MoneyUnicode CLDR47Section-symbolsCLDR v47 currency symbols2025https://cldr.unicode.org/specification
MoneyUnicode CLDR47Section-namesCLDR v47 currency display names2025https://cldr.unicode.org/specification
LanguageCLDR Language Display Names46Section-localized-namesCLDR v46 localized language display names2025https://www.unicode.org/cldr/charts/46/summary/root.htmlregistry

Authority field in provenance is either "Unicode" (Country) or "Unicode CLDR" (Currency/Money/Language), both referring to the Unicode CLDR project. All are lifecycle="active".

Specification: UTS #46 v18.0.0, Unicode IDNA Compatibility Processing — https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr46/ — kind="specification", version="18.0.0", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026, authority="Unicode". The shipped mapping table is UTS #46 15.1.0 (shared in-tree text with URL); STD3 rules ON, non-transitional processing.

CapabilityRuleCitation
DomainUTS46-statusesStatuses + STD3 + hyphen checks + ACE round trip (shipped table 15.1.0)

SIL International (ISO 639-3 Registration Authority)

Section titled “SIL International (ISO 639-3 Registration Authority)”

Specification: ISO 639-3:2007, https://www.iso.org/standard/39534.html, kind="specification", version="2007", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2007, authority="SIL International (ISO 639-3 RA)".

CapabilityRuleCitation
LanguageSection 4-comprehensive-alpha-3Section 4 (comprehensive alpha-3, 7000+ entries)
LanguageSection 4-private-alpha-3Section 4 (private-use qaa-qtz)

CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReferenceKind
ISBNISBN Users’ Manual2012Section 6-isbn10-check-digitSection 6 (ISBN-10 check digit)2012https://www.isbn-international.org/sites/default/files/ISBN%20Manual%202012%20-corr.pdfspecification
ISBNISBN Range Message2026-08-05Section 4-registrant-rangeSection 4 (registrant range)2026https://www.isbn-international.org/range_file_generationregistry

WHATWG — Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group

Section titled “WHATWG — Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group”

Specification: URL Standard, Living Standard — https://url.spec.whatwg.org/, kind="specification", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

CapabilityRuleCitation
URLWHATWG URL StandardSection 4.4 (basic URL parser); RFC 3986 §3.1 / RFC 3987 §2 grammar

IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Section titled “IEEE — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers”
CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReference
MacAddressIEEE Std 802-20242024Section 8.2-eui-structureSection 8.2 (Universal addresses; EUI-48/EUI-64, I/G and U/L bits)2024https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802/10894

All IEEE entries are kind="specification", lifecycle="active".

IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Section titled “IUPAC — International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry”
CapabilitySpecificationVersionRuleCitationYearReference
ChemicalElementIUPAC Periodic Table of the Elements04 May 2022Section PTOE-element-registryTable I names and symbols (118 elements, Z 1-118)2022https://iupac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IUPAC_Periodic_Table-04May22_CRA.pdf
ChemicalElementIUPAC Red Book 2005, Ch. IR-3 (Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry)2005Section IR-3.1-names-and-symbolsChapter IR-3, Table I (names and symbols)2005https://iupac.qmul.ac.uk/RedBook2005.pdf

The registry entry is kind="registry"; the Red Book entry is kind="specification"; both are lifecycle="active".

UNDP — United Nations Development Programme

Section titled “UNDP — United Nations Development Programme”

Specification: UNSPSC Code Structure (UNGM Help Center) — https://help.ungm.org/hc/en-us/articles/360012816160-What-are-UNSPSC-codes- — kind="specification", version="2025-07-08", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2025.

UNSPSC Codeset (UNGM live export) — https://www.ungm.org/Public/UNSPSC — kind="registry", version="UNGM live export 2026-09-30 (13,482 stems)", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026. Partial: the UNDP v26.0801 XLSX (158,448 items) is access-gated; the table holds the live-directory subset.

CapabilityRuleCitation
UNSPSCSection 1-hierarchy-structureFour-level hierarchy, purely numeric codes
UNSPSCSection 2-level-paddingLevel padding (segment 000000, family 0000, class 00)
UNSPSCSection 3-codeset-membershipCodeset membership (stem + SS000000/SSFF0000/SSFFCC00 live)

UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Section titled “UNECE — United Nations Economic Commission for Europe”

Specification: Classification Guidelines (Business Function Identifiers) — https://unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trade/agr/meetings/ge.11/2005/2005_i04_UNSPSC.pdf — kind="specification", version="v2.04", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2005. Direct fetch is access-gated; no value table is cited — the suffix is informative-only.

CapabilityRuleCitation
UNSPSCSection 4-business-function-suffixBusiness Function Identifiers (optional 2-digit suffix)

Minor Planet Center — International Astronomical Union

Section titled “Minor Planet Center — International Astronomical Union”

Specification: New- And Old-Style Minor Planet Designations (DesDoc) — https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/DesDoc.html — kind="specification", version="living document (fetched 2026-10-07)", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

Specification: Packed Provisional and Permanent Designations (PackedDes) — https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/PackedDes.html — kind="specification", version="living document (fetched 2026-10-07)", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

Specification: How Are Minor Planets Named? (HowNamed) — https://minorplanetcenter.net/iau/info/HowNamed.html — kind="specification", version="living document (fetched 2026-10-07)", lifecycle="active", publication_year=2026.

CapabilityRuleCitation
MinorPlanetSection 1-unpacked-provisional-structureYear lane, half-month/second letter sets, cycle digits, A/ lane
MinorPlanetSection 2-survey-designationPalomar-Leiden / Trojan survey number + identifier
MinorPlanetSection 3-packed-provisional7-char, survey-pack, and extended decode coherence
MinorPlanetSection 4-packed-number5-char, letter, and tilde number decode coherence
MinorPlanetSection 5-permanent-numberParenthesized positive integer, no leading zeros

Derived conventions — Date (non-authoritative)

Section titled “Derived conventions — Date (non-authoritative)”

These two Date rules carry authority="Derived convention", kind="convention" and no reference_url. They document widely-used locale conventions rather than an external specification.

CapabilitySpecificationRuleCitationYear
DateUS locale — MM/DD/YYYYDerived-US-date-formatDerived convention — MM/DD/YYYY (US locale, en-US)2023
DateEuropean locale — DD/MM/YYYYDerived-European-date-formatDerived convention — DD/MM/YYYY (European locale)2010

A methods section can cite both Paxman itself and the underlying authority:

“Country names were canonicalized to ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes using Paxman v0.2.0 (Paxman Library, https://github.com/nexusnv/paxman-python) with provenance ISO 3166-1:2020, Section-names (official English short names), publication year 2020.”

Include result.version_stamp.paxman_version and result.version_stamp.recognition_revision alongside provenance for full reproducibility. All provenance above is baked into the library — no runtime network access is needed to reproduce a citation.


  • Provenance — the Provenance object shape and how validation_rule + provenance form a complete citation
  • Execution Result — reading candidates and version_stamp on every status
  • Capabilities — per-capability guides with provenance per page
  • API Reference — Provenance, Candidate, VersionStamp type reference