referencetemplatetxt

Referencetemplatetxt is a plain text template file used to standardize how references are formatted within a project. It serves as a reusable blueprint that can be processed by documentation systems, content generators, or citation tools to produce consistent reference entries.

A typical referencetemplatetxt contains placeholders such as {author}, {title}, {year}, {journal}, {volume}, {issue}, {pages}, {doi}, and {url}, along with optional fields like {publisher} and {access_date}. In many deployments, lines beginning with a comment marker explain the placeholders, and the file may use a simple key-value layout or a templating syntax.

To use the file, values are substituted by a templating engine or by a script that reads bibliographic data from a database or reference manager. The resulting output can be formatted for different styles or exports, for example generating BibTeX, CSL-JSON, or plain text citations.

Referencetemplatetxt is commonly employed in software projects, academic writing workflows, and documentation pipelines to ensure uniform citation formatting across materials. While flexible, it remains dependent on a defined set of fields and consistent data input.

Related concepts include BibTeX templates, CSL styles, and other template-driven reference generators.