Two follow-ups based on the chunk 3 verification re-run findings.
src/cmos/runtime_validator.py — revert chunk 3 fix#3 (carve-out)
Chunk 3 fix#3 added a carve-out so shortened-form notes ("Rosen,
7.", "Ettarh.") would pass the validator without italics, saving
retry cost. Chunk 3 verification on the Anti-Communist draft
showed the carve-out also let GPT-5's variance produce
under-italicized variants of shortened forms WITH short titles
(e.g., "A Restudy, 73." instead of the more CMOS-correct
"*A Restudy*, 73."). The user explicitly chose accuracy over
the cost saving and asked for the carve-out to be reverted.
The strict italics check now applies uniformly. Simple shortened
forms (Mitchell, 197., Ettarh.) get retried unnecessarily and
waste API cost without producing better output. Shortened forms
with short titles get a fair shot at the italicized version on
the retry. Cost ↑, accuracy ↑.
Removes _SHORTENED_FORM_RE, _looks_like_shortened_form, and the
carve-out check from validate(). Updates module docstring with
history note. Inverts the 2 carve-out tests in
test_runtime_validator.py to assert shortened forms now FAIL
the strict check, documenting the design intent for future
reviewers.
src/cmos/note_formatter.py — expand rule 18 publisher exception list
Chunk 3 verification showed [6] Batterson getting "NYU Press"
expanded to "New York University Press", losing the publisher's
canonical brand. Rule 18's exception list previously only named
MIT Press, ALA Editions, and MLA. Expanded to include NYU Press,
Routledge, IEEE Press, ACM Press, WHO Press, plus "Pew Research
Center" as a non-Press canonical example.
Also added a "when in doubt" guidance paragraph: if the
abbreviation contains "Press" and is widely used as the
publisher's own branding, leave it alone. The risk of losing a
brand name (NYU Press) is worse than the risk of leaving an
obscure abbreviation. v2 only.
Tests: 151/151 green (was 150). The +1 is the new NYU Press
prompt-content test; the 2 inverted runtime_validator tests stayed
at the same count.
Path B: runtime_validator change crosses the v1/v2 boundary
(shared infrastructure), per the same approval that authorized
the original chunk 3 fix#3. v1's bibliography formatter is
unaffected in practice because v1 outputs always have italics.
Mark Eaton
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