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+# M03-RND-WMO-PLACEMENT-REGISTRY-001 — WMO placement registry
+
+<!-- OPENWC_CLAIM:M03-RND-WMO-PLACEMENT-REGISTRY-001:sindo-main-codex:2026-07-20 -->
+
+## Ownership
+
+- Target: M03
+- Program: RND
+- Owner/Agent ID: sindo-main-codex
+- Branch: `work/sindo-main-codex/m03-wmo-placement-registry`
+- Lease expires UTC: 2026-07-20
+- Integrator: M03 milestone integrator
+
+## Outcome
+
+Extract WMO placement-key to tile-reference ownership from the loader while
+leaving every Node and renderer-resource lifecycle in the loader.
+
+## Non-goals
+
+- Change placement identity rules or WMO transforms.
+- Move Node maps, world roots, tile state, jobs, queues or cancellation.
+- Move cache/load requests, material refresh or render-group building.
+- Change duplicate ordering, global-WMO lifetime or build budgets.
+- Claim asset-backed WMO fidelity or performance acceptance.
+
+## Paths
+
+- Exclusive: `src/render/wmo/wmo_placement_registry.gd`,
+  `src/tools/verify_wmo_placement_registry.gd`,
+  `docs/modules/wmo-placement-registry.md`, this claim
+- Shared/hotspots: `src/scenes/streaming/streaming_world_loader.gd`,
+  `docs/modules/wmo-placement-resolver.md`, `docs/modules/world-renderer.md`,
+  `docs/modules/README.md`, `RENDER.md`, `targets/03-renderer-facade.md`
+- Generated/ignored: `.godot`, native DLL, generated ADT/WMO resources, caches
+  and proprietary renderer corpus
+
+## Contracts and data
+
+- Input: resolved WMO placement key and tile/global reference key
+- `add_reference` creates a key/ref set or idempotently retains an existing ref
+- `release_reference` erases only the supplied ref and returns true only when the
+  final ref removes the placement key
+- `contains`, `active_count`, detached sorted diagnostics and idempotent `clear`
+- Loader retains key→Node mapping and reacts to final release by cancelling the
+  render build and queue-freeing the corresponding Node
+- Cache/schema/coordinate/profile versions: unchanged
+
+## Dependencies
+
+- Requires: current master `5aa40d6`, `WmoPlacementResolver` identity contract
+- Blocks: WMO build/resource state decomposition
+- External state: none; tests use synthetic placement/tile keys
+
+## Verification
+
+- Commands: dedicated add/shared/idempotent/non-owner/final/global/clear/
+  diagnostics/source/timing verifier; resolver/material/shutdown plus M2/terrain/
+  facade/internal-access/manifest/scheduler/streaming/coordinate/docs/coord gates
+- Fidelity evidence: exact shared-ref and final-release behavior preserved
+- Performance budget: dictionary membership over active WMO keys/refs; no Node,
+  Resource, RID, task, queue, mutex, cache or file access
+
+## Documentation deliverables
+
+- Inline registry API documentation
+- New module spec with inputs/outputs, data-flow, lifecycle/state, ownership,
+  failure/recovery, performance, fidelity limitations and source map
+- Placement resolver, renderer/module registry and `RENDER.md` updates
+
+## Simplicity and naming
+
+- Important name: `WmoPlacementRegistry`
+- Simplest solution: one private key-to-reference-set Dictionary
+- Rejected complexity: generic ref-count registry, signals, callbacks, Resources,
+  weak refs or Node ownership inside the service
+- Unavoidable complexity: loader keeps a parallel key-to-Node map
+- Measured optimization evidence: bounded synthetic add/release loop
+
+## Status
+
+- State: claimed
+- Done: lifecycle, return semantics and ownership split published
+- Next: implement registry, migrate global/tile adapters, tests and docs
+- Blocked by:
+
+## Handoff
+
+- Commit:
+- Results:
+- Remaining risks:
+- Documentation updated: