IABot uses a template syntax description language for mapping the many different citation templates across the many different wikis.

Example for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Webarchive:

@default: {{Webarchive|url=|1={archiveurl}|date=|2={archivetimestamp:automatic}|title={title}}}
}

This syntax should be documented and defined to (1) make it easier for others to contribute template maps of their own and (2) encourage the development of more tooling that successfully maps functionally equivalent (but syntactically different) across wikis.