Reference implementation - Wikipedia
Reference implementation
In the software development process, a reference implementation (or, less frequently, sample implementation or model implementation) is a program that implements all requirements from a corresponding specification. The reference implementation often accompanies a technical standard, and demonstrates what should or what must1 be considered the “correct” behavior of any other implementation of it.
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MUST according to the RFC 2119 ↩