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Copilot AI commented Dec 6, 2025

Part-DB's IPN generation and synonym system lacked user-facing documentation. These features enable automatic part numbering schemes and terminology customization, but users had no guidance on configuration or usage.

Documentation Added

  • IPN Generation (docs/usage/ipn_generation.md, 306 lines)

    • Automatic IPN generation with category-based prefixes and sequential numbering
    • Configuration of regex patterns, separators, digit counts, and global prefixes
    • Integration with labels, barcodes, and EDA tools
    • Best practices for prefix design and numbering schemes
    • Environment variable overrides for Docker deployments
  • Synonym System (docs/usage/synonyms.md, 346 lines)

    • Terminology customization for 16 element types (part, category, manufacturer, etc.)
    • Language-specific synonym configuration
    • Use cases for non-electronics contexts (libraries, manufacturing, retail, laboratories)
    • Translation mechanism using placeholder injection
    • Current limitations as experimental feature

Cross-References Updated

  • Added IPN documentation link in docs/concepts.md Part section
  • Added both features to main feature list in docs/index.md

Both documents follow existing Jekyll/Just-the-Docs patterns with proper navigation ordering and validated cross-references.

Original prompt

Write documentation for the end user, about how IPN generation and the synonym system work.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Add documentation for IPN generation and synonym system Add end-user documentation for IPN generation and synonym system Dec 6, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from jbtronics December 6, 2025 22:47
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