Digital meets Culture https://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/glossary/reference-implementation/ Export date: Sun Sep 1 10:14:50 2024 / +0000 GMT |
Reference implementationImplementation of a standard specification that is to be used as a definitive interpretation for that standard specification. Methodology or objective frame of reference to interpret and implement the standard specifications against the background of the current variations of interpretations and implementations by software vendors, aimed to determine whether a file is what it claims to be, i.e., in this context, what makes a file a valid file that conforms to the specifications of a standard file format. |