diff --git a/docs/reference-database-read-contract.md b/docs/reference-database-read-contract.md
index 7b44a46..879f76d 100644
--- a/docs/reference-database-read-contract.md
+++ b/docs/reference-database-read-contract.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-# Read contract for the WCX reference database
+# Producer contract for read access to the WCX reference database
 
 ## Purpose and ownership
 
-This document defines the current SQLite read contract used by
-`scripts/match_filenames.py` when matching local video filenames against the
-WCX reference database. The contract identifies the database objects that the
-file-management code depends on and the compatibility boundary that the
-reference-data project must preserve.
+This document defines the SQLite read contract that this reference-data
+project provides to the external file-management repository
+`/storage/disk1/WCX-collection`. The contract identifies the database objects
+that WCX-collection depends on and the compatibility boundary that this
+producer must preserve.
 
-The reference-data project owns the database schema, canonical metadata,
-history, and aliases. It is the sole writer to the reference database.
-File-management code is a consumer only and must open the database through a
-SQLite URI with `mode=ro` and `uri=True`.
+This reference-data project owns the database schema and all reference data,
+including canonical metadata, history, and aliases. It is the sole writer to
+the reference database. WCX-collection is an external read-only consumer and
+must open the database through a SQLite URI with `mode=ro` and `uri=True`.
 
 Local file paths, local processing state, matching decisions, and collection
 state are outside this contract and must not be written to the reference
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ database.
 
 ## Connection contract
 
-`scripts/match_filenames.py` resolves the configured database path, converts
-it to a file URI, appends `?mode=ro`, and opens it as follows:
+The consumer in `/storage/disk1/WCX-collection` resolves the configured
+database path, converts it to a file URI, appends `?mode=ro`, and opens it as
+follows:
 
 ```python
 database_uri = f"{database_file.resolve().as_uri()}?mode=ro"
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ The current contract contains exactly three tables and ten selected columns:
 | `movie_name_alias` | `movie_id`, `alias`, `normalized_alias`, `source` |
 | `movie_history` | `movie_id`, `duration_seconds`, `archived_at` |
 
-No other table or column is read by `load_movies()`.
+No other table or column is read by WCX-collection's current database loader.
 
 ### Column meanings for matching
 
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@ must therefore refer to `movie.id`, never to a name as an identifier.
 
 ## SQL queries
 
-The current implementation executes exactly these three queries.
+The current WCX-collection implementation executes exactly these three
+queries.
 
 ### Current movies
 
@@ -138,12 +140,14 @@ historical durations are also compatible with the current query contract.
 
 ## Process for contract changes
 
-Before the reference-data project makes an incompatible change:
+As producer and schema owner, the reference-data project is responsible for
+preserving this contract. Before it makes an incompatible change:
 
 1. Identify the affected table, column, value semantics, or relationship and
    document the proposed replacement.
-2. Update the file-management consumer to support the new contract, preferably
-   with a transition period in which it can read both forms.
+2. Coordinate with WCX-collection and update the consumer to support the new
+   contract, preferably with a transition period in which it can read both
+   forms.
 3. Create a disposable database containing representative current names,
    aliases, current durations, and historical durations under the proposed
    schema.
@@ -155,5 +159,6 @@ Before the reference-data project makes an incompatible change:
 7. Remove the old contract only after both projects explicitly agree that no
    active consumer depends on it.
 
-The projects must coordinate any incompatible change; the reference-data
-project must not silently break or reinterpret the documented read contract.
+The reference-data project must not deploy an incompatible schema or semantic
+change until a compatible WCX-collection version is available. It must not
+silently break or reinterpret the documented read contract.