1. a reference identification and resolution method for (i) identifying: reference text fragments in a document and (ii) associating referenced object text fragments in the document with the identified reference text fragments, the method comprising: deriving reference profiles from the document, each reference profile including at least a reference number and an object type indicator; identifying candidate object text fragments from the document, each candidate object text fragment including a reference number; pairing reference profiles with object text fragments selected from the candidate object text fragments, each reference profile-object text fragment pair having a same reference number for the paired reference profile and object text fragment; and resolving at least some references in the document by a process including associating a reference text fragment in the document that matches the reference number and object type indicator of a reference profile with the object text fragment paired with the matching reference profile.