referencon
Referencon is a proposed standard framework for representing and exchanging bibliographic references across digital documents. It defines a common data model and serialization formats to enhance interoperability among publishers, repositories, and citation tools. A referencon entry can encode metadata, linkage information, and provenance, enabling consistent rendering of citations and reliable navigation to source materials.
The name is a portmanteau of reference and convention. The concept emerged in scholarly informatics discussions
Core components include: a unique identifier (such as a DOI or stable URI); metadata fields for authors,
Adoption is currently experimental, with usage in select digital libraries and publisher prototypes. The framework aims
{
"@context": "https://referencon.org/context.jsonld",
"@type": "Referencon:Reference",
"title": "An Example Article",
"authors": [{"givenName": "A.", "familyName": "Author"}],
"container": "Journal of Examples",
"uri": "https://doi.org/10.1000/example"
}