TXT Files
Several similar text standards already exist for specification of various aspects of a website. Examples include:
robots.txt
robots.txt contains information and instructions for robots (so it should be read/used by web crawlers, spiders and other types of bots).
security.txt
security.txt is a standard that allows websites to define security policies.
- security.txt website
- security.txt Twitter profile
- security.txt GitHub profile
- security.txt GitHub repository
- security.txt RFC editor
- security.txt RFC editor
- security.txt IANA Fields
- security.txt Wikipedia
humans.txt
humans.txt contains useful information that can be consumed by humans.
ads.txt
ads.txt specifies a text file that companies can host on their web servers, listing the other companies authorized to sell their products or services.
hackers.txt
hackers.txt should be targeted towards hackers, so it should contain any information the site owner might want to transmit to a hacker.
licence.txt
licence.txt is simply a generic name for any license file. There is no web "standard" or convention for "license.txt" files like there is for, say, robots.txt or humans.txt. However, many web "applications" (those written in scripting languages, for example) will use a "license.txt" file to convey the terms under which the application is distributed (common to open source projects especially). This file often resides in the root of an application directory.