The database Linux-based desktop systems use to describe USB devices in lsusb is accessed (through the detour of udev's database maintained at systemd but updated from there) as usb.ids and maintained at https://usb-ids.gowdy.us/.

Is there a regular batch process (possibly automated using mail submit) that is run on the pidcodes data? If so, that could be stated somewhere (if only in this ticket), and if not too, for then applicants can know to just submit their items to https://usb-ids.gowdy.us/ once they're allocated, without fear of upsetting some process.