Starter contract

automotive_vehicle

16 rules · plain YAML · starts in observation mode

OpenDQV Cloud starter template (v0.1) — your tenant inherits this baseline. First customer edit creates v1.0 in your audit trail; pin by yaml_hash for replay. Automotive vehicle record validation. Enforces ISO 3779 VIN format (17-character Vehicle Identification Number, excluding ambiguous characters I, O, Q), UK vehicle registration plate format, and domain-specific allowed values for fuel type, transmission, and body type. Prevents sentinel/placeholder VINs and malformed registration numbers from entering vehicle data pipelines.

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Rules as at 29 August 2026 — starting points you own, not a maintained regulatory feed. We correct errors in these samples; tracking regulatory change in your active contracts is yours.

Rule	Field	Severity	What it enforces (the message your team sees)
vin_required	vin	error	vin is required
vin_format	vin	error	vin must be a valid 17-character VIN (ISO 3779) — characters I, O and Q are not permitted (e.g. WBA3A5C55DF596249)
vin_check_digit	vin	warning	vin fails the ISO 3779 position-9 check digit — expected for many EU-market VINs; for North-American-market vehicles this indicates a transcription error (valid example: 1M8GDM9AXKP042788)
make_required	make	error	make is required
model_required	model	error	model is required
year_range	year	error	year must be between 1900 and 2100
mileage_km_min	mileage_km	error	mileage_km must be >= 0
mileage_km_anomaly	mileage_km	warning	mileage_km exceeds 500,000 km — verify this is not a data entry error or odometer rollover
fuel_type_required	fuel_type	error	fuel_type is required
fuel_type_values	fuel_type	error	fuel_type must be one of: petrol, diesel, electric, hybrid_petrol, hybrid_diesel, plug_in_hybrid_petrol, plug_in_hybrid_diesel, hydrogen, lpg, mild_hybrid_petrol, mild_hybrid_diesel
registration_required	registration	error	registration is required
registration_uk_format	registration	warning	registration does not match current UK plate format (AB12 CDE) — verify if this is a legacy prefix/suffix plate or personalised registration
transmission_values	transmission	warning	transmission must be one of: manual, automatic, semi_automatic, cvt, single_speed
body_type_values	body_type	warning	body_type must be one of: saloon, hatchback, estate, suv, coupe, convertible, mpv, van, pickup, minibus, motorhome
last_service_date_format	last_service_date	warning	last_service_date must be a valid date (YYYY-MM-DD)
colour_required	colour	warning	colour should be provided

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