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    "title": "Seattle current dog-license names: 2026 source snapshot",
    "method_version": 2,
    "release_date": "2026-09-20",
    "source_as_of_date": "2026-07-06",
    "source_last_updated": "2026-07-07",
    "retrieved_at_utc": "2026-09-20T04:04:05Z",
    "source": "City of Seattle, Seattle Pet Licenses",
    "source_url": "https://cos-data.seattle.gov/d/jguv-t9rb",
    "catalog_url": "https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/seattle-pet-licenses",
    "source_query_url": "https://cos-data.seattle.gov/resource/jguv-t9rb.json?%24select=license_number%2Canimal_s_name%2Cspecies&%24where=species%3D%27Dog%27&%24order=license_number%20ASC&%24limit=50000",
    "source_fingerprint_note": "SHA-256 of sorted JSON pairs [license_number, normalized_name] for all filtered Dog rows. The hash detects source drift; it cannot recover historical rows if the city changes its live dataset.",
    "method": "Filter species=Dog; select license_number and animal_s_name; require a license number; deduplicate identical license numbers and stop if their normalized names disagree; trim and collapse whitespace, uppercase for grouping; exclude blank, UNKNOWN, and NAME NOT PROVIDED; count distinct license numbers by name; sort count descending then name ascending; publish the first 100 aggregates.",
    "limitations": "This is a dated list of current Seattle pet licenses, not all dogs living in Seattle, puppies named in 2026, annual registrations, or a time trend. License numbers identify license records; this release does not establish unique dogs across other sources. Name spelling and punctuation variants remain separate.",
    "dog_source_rows": 26449,
    "source_rows_sha256": "965fd2c76d0d1080a6f414f8a479ee41c845e1e11313b4152b968b5fabb68179",
    "duplicate_license_rows": 1,
    "distinct_dog_license_numbers": 26448,
    "excluded_blank_or_placeholder_licenses": 13,
    "named_dog_licenses": 26435,
    "distinct_normalized_name_strings": 8372,
    "single_occurrence_name_strings": 5882,
    "single_occurrence_license_share_pct": 22.25,
    "top_ten_licenses": 1553,
    "top_ten_share_pct": 5.87,
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