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Source Policy

schoolbus uses claim-level public references and synthetic teaching artifacts. The repository does not redistribute standards text, proprietary databases, private captures, or the maintainer's research workspace.

Rules

  • Canonical standards define protocol authority, but paywalled or non-redistributable text is not copied into source, tests, examples, or docs.
  • Public standards-owner summaries and metadata may be cited for scope, title, document number, and status.
  • Public explainers can cross-check pedagogy, but they are not normative authority.
  • Vendor notes are useful when identified as vendor context, not universal truth.
  • Open-source tools help validate operational behavior and examples, not legal conformance.
  • Synthetic artifacts must be marked with !!! note "Synthetic".
  • Pedagogical omissions must be marked with !!! note "Simplification".
  • Do not cite unofficial mirrors as authority, even when they expose standards-like text.

Citation Specificity

Each page should say whether its canonical citation is metadata-level, URL-level, section-level, or backed by a public redistributable document. If only document-level metadata is available, say so.

The binder teaches structure, timing, authority, ambiguity, and observer reasoning. It is not a standards redistribution archive and should not reproduce large tables, normative wording, or paywalled text.