"reference document" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a document that is being used as a source of information, such as research material. For example, "We used the reference document provided by the library to check our facts."
URS are also particularly useful in case of invitation to tender procedures, where they may represent the basis for tender official documentation, but they are generally considered as a useful reference document to define the intended use of the instrument and related acceptance criteria.
BP's Statistical Review of World Energy is a standard industry reference document.
The DWP has published a useful reference document for local authority-led delivery models that support universal credit.
The timeline is updated, as new information becomes available, and has become the definitive reference document about the event.
The lithograph, a sheet describing United States Patent No. 416,257, was a reference document that had once been stationed in the P.T.O.'s vast library of intellectual-property records; it had banked more than a century of service and, like many of the library's oldest documents, may have passed through thousands of hands.
gDOA (1982) A state functional plan technical reference document.
In the Inception/Desk Phase, the team reviewed the project documentation and all relevant literature and reference documents.
The robot matches the words and phrases directed toward it -- other than requests for a statistic -- with words in its reference documents.
Besides looking at ancient scrolls, the multispectral scanner can compare things like bank notes and passports with reference documents of known provenance.
Combining data from different frequencies has highlighted the old ink and allowed the document to be read.Besides looking at ancient scrolls, the multispectral scanner can compare things like bank notes and passports with reference documents of known provenance.
The Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) publishes and maintains reference documents relating to general aspects in metrology.
