"foundational reference" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You would use this phrase to describe a source that provides fundamental facts, knowledge, understanding, or works as a basis for further analysis or research. For example, "The novel provided a foundational reference for our understanding of the Victorian era."
In this paper, we present an overview of cffdrs and highlight some of its functionality; we provide foundational references in the introduction and more extensive descriptions in the package documentation for users who require more details about the background of the system or specific application information.
We populated the site with some foundational references to Karen and Chip's work and some statements about why we were starting the company.
The HAO is being developed as a foundational data source for all biologists referencing hymenopteran anatomy.
This chapter introduces practitioners, researchers, and students to foundational concepts and reference models associated with the architecture of self-adaptive software.
The promise was generous, but it soon became evident that one of the problems created for teachers was their human capacity to actively engage with massive numbers of diverse students studying globally from different time zones, at different rates of progress and with different frames of reference and foundational skills for the course that they are studying.
John Rawls in his Theory of Justice defines a conscientious objector as an individual prepared to undertake, in public (and often despite widespread condemnation), an action of civil disobedience to a legal rule justifying it (also in public) by reference to contrary foundational social virtues (such as justice as liberty or fairness) and the principles of morality and law derived from them.
With reference to this foundational work, the aims of this study were to (a) complete the first pan-Canadian environmental scan to identify programs for managing obesity in adults and (b) evaluate the degree to which programs adhere to recommendations from the CCPGO and ASPQ.
The Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) is the reference ontology regarding human anatomy.
