It is not legal, tax or customs advice.
Procurement decisions depend on the authority, the procedure, the contract and the facts. A dictionary entry cannot assess those.
About the reference
A field guide,not a rulebook.
Source Craft explains procurement vocabulary and practice in everyday language, with a source trail and regional context. It is an editorial preview, not legal advice and not a certified training product.
Content mode: preview122 visible terms0 human-reviewed72 source records
Purpose
Make the language of buying easier to use.
Procurement carries a dense vocabulary. Acronyms hide simple ideas, regional practice is mixed into global explanations, and half-remembered definitions get reused in live commercial decisions. This reference separates the canonical meaning from the local context and shows its sources.
The scope is deliberately narrow. It does not run sourcing events, store supplier data, calculate prices, draft contracts or manage approvals. It is a reference library with learning tools, comparison and a regional lens.
Global baseline
One canonical definition and practical example for every term.
Regional context
Additive notes for India, the United States and each UK nation.
Source trail
Every term and regional note points to records in a central register.
Static and local
No account, no database, no analytics. Saved terms stay in your browser.
Review and publication
The human gate is still closed.
Status labels are not decoration. A record moves forward only when a named person accepts responsibility for it.
What is true in this build
- 122 terms are visible in editorial preview.
- 0 terms are human-reviewed.
- 0 terms are published.
- All 9 region packs remain draft.
- The preview banner is shown on every page.
- The publication gate fails honestly at 100 published terms.
What publication requires
- A named human reviewer. Name, role and organisation where applicable. A model, a checklist or the content owner alone does not count.
- A review date and next review date. Legal and regulatory notes carry an as-of date and a schedule to check again.
- A source check. The reviewer confirms the cited records still support the statement and that the scope is not overstated.
- Regional sign-off where needed. UK content is reviewed with nation scope in mind. India and US content names the jurisdiction and the limits.
- The launch threshold. At least 100 published terms before a public production build is treated as launch-ready.
Status vocabulary
- Draft
- Prepared but not submitted for review. Not safe to cite as settled.
- In review
- Waiting for a named reviewer. It may change without notice.
- Reviewed
- A named human has reviewed it. It is not necessarily published or current forever.
- Published
- Approved for the published-only mode and carrying a review record.
- Expired
- The review window has passed. Do not treat it as current.
- Retired
- Kept for history but no longer part of the working reference.
Regional policy
One UK umbrella, four nations.
How the regional lens behaves
Global meaning stays canonical. A country or nation note is shown only when it exists. If a chosen region has no note, the page says so and keeps the global definition visible. The regional layer is not allowed to rewrite the term.
The United Kingdom is not treated as a single procurement regime. The GB selector is an umbrella that asks you to choose England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland. California is a sample state overlay for the United States, not a model for every state.
India
Central framework context. The DPDP Act and its Rules schedules are kept separate with an as-of date. State, public-sector and private rules can differ.
United States
Federal context plus a California overlay. State and local rules are not assumed to match federal practice.
United Kingdom
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each carry their own pack. The umbrella page routes rather than blends.
Date-sensitive regional content uses the as-of date 5 November 2026. A note can be out of date after that date even when the page is still available.
Privacy
What stays on your device.
No account, no tracking, no server-side profile.
This is a static application. There is no authentication, database, analytics script, advertising tracker or AI service. Search runs in the browser against a static JSON file. Saved terms, recent terms and the selected region stay in local storage.
- Local storage keys
source-craft:favourites:v1andsource-craft:recent:v1- What is stored
- Term slugs only for saved and recent terms. No name, email or account data.
- How to remove it
- Use Clear on the saved terms page, or clear site data in your browser.
- Offline cache
- A service worker may cache pages, data and icons so the reference works offline. It is a cache, not a fresh source check.
Accessibility
Designed for keyboard and screen reader use.
What the build aims for
- Semantic landmarks, headings and a skip link on every page.
- Visible focus states and controls that work without a pointer.
- Text alternatives for charts, icons and status marks.
- Reduced motion support and no essential animation.
- Target: WCAG 2.2 level AA where the static format allows it.
What is not claimed
Automated checks and a code review are not a manual screen reader audit. A named accessibility reviewer has not signed this build off. The accessibility gate is therefore Blocked, not passed.
If something blocks you, record the page, browser and assistive technology. A contact channel is not configured in this preview build.
Licensing and reuse
What you may do with this text.
Code is MIT. Content is not yet openly licensed.
The application source code in this repository is released under the MIT licence, so you may run, study, change and redistribute the software with attribution. The term text, editorial notes and regional notes under src/content remain (c) Digi Tracks, all rights reserved: no public licence, commercial reuse right or redistribution permission has been granted for the content yet. Do not republish the library as your own reference.
External sources keep their own rights. Standards bodies, legislation portals and professional bodies control their material. The library links to them and does not reproduce protected rule text. Incoterms is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce. Use the official ICC source and attribution.
Citing a single term with its status and date, for internal discussion, is fine. A citation must not describe a draft as reviewed, published or legal advice.
Limits
What this reference cannot do.
It does not prove current law.
A source was checked on a date. Rules, guidance and regulator practice can change after that date, including the India DPDP phased commencement.
It does not cover every authority.
Public procurement scope varies by country, state, nation and organisation type. A regional note is a limited statement, not a complete map.
It does not replace human review.
All 122 visible terms are in review. The library is useful for orientation and vocabulary, not for sign-off.
It does not measure usage.
There is no analytics. The project cannot know which terms help, which pages confuse, or where people give up.
It does not guarantee offline freshness.
Cached content can be older than the live build. The offline state is labelled but cannot recheck a source.
Contact and ownership
Who owns this edition.
Content owner: Source Craft editorial team (unnamed in this build). No named reviewer has been assigned. No public contact address is configured in this preview.
The product name, term IDs and storage keys are independent. A future rename must not change a term URL or a locally saved slug.