# Template Staged Reference Material
This directory is for support-only staged material used during local source, reference, and evidence work for a project pack.
Typical staged items include:
- copied source excerpts,
- sample payloads or exported artifacts,
- fixture manifests,
- scraped reference snapshots,
- comparison notes,
- temporary indexes showing where evidence lives.
## Canonical versus staged
- `../references.md` is the curated authoritative reference, terminology, and dependency map.
- `../corpus-brief.md` is the canonical statement of source authority and evidence-routing rules.
- Files in this directory are local support material only.
If a staged file contains an important lasting conclusion, promote that conclusion into the canonical pack docs instead of leaving it stranded here.
## Ignore guidance
Copied or bulky source files placed here should normally remain ignored rather than treated as canonical checked-in content. Keep this directory as a workbench, not as the project's source of truth.
It is normal for this directory to begin with only this README.