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'''Markdown''' is a lightweight and human readable [[markup]] format for text formatting created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is similar to various forms of [[wiki markup]].
 
'''Markdown''' is a lightweight and human readable [[markup]] format for text formatting created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is similar to various forms of [[wiki markup]].
  
 
There is no formal specification for the original Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. An attempt to improve on this situation was done (released 2014-09) by a group unrelated to the originators of Markdown, and was originally dubbed '''Standard Markdown''' until John Gruber objected to this name, and it was first renamed "Common Markdown" and later [[CommonMark]].
 
There is no formal specification for the original Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. An attempt to improve on this situation was done (released 2014-09) by a group unrelated to the originators of Markdown, and was originally dubbed '''Standard Markdown''' until John Gruber objected to this name, and it was first renamed "Common Markdown" and later [[CommonMark]].
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[[Markdeep]] is an extended Markdown implemented in [[JavaScript]] for [[web]] use.
  
 
== Specs and format descriptions ==
 
== Specs and format descriptions ==
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* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-text-markdown/ Draft application for text/markdown media (MIME) type]
 
* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-text-markdown/ Draft application for text/markdown media (MIME) type]
 
* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license Markdown license]
 
* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license Markdown license]
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* RFC 7763: The text/markdown Media Type
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* [https://www.iana.org/assignments/markdown-variants/markdown-variants.xhtml IANA: Registered Markdown variants]
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* [https://github.github.com/gfm/ GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec]
  
 
== Software and Tools ==
 
== Software and Tools ==
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* [http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]
 
* [http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]
 
* [http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark]
 
* [http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark]
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* RFC 7764: Guidance on Markdown

Latest revision as of 11:54, 29 September 2018

File Format
Name Markdown
Ontology
Extension(s) .md, .markdown, .mdown, .markdn
MIME Type(s) text/markdown, text/x-markdown
PRONOM fmt/1149

Markdown is a lightweight and human readable markup format for text formatting created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It is similar to various forms of wiki markup.

There is no formal specification for the original Markdown, and it has ambiguities that are handled inconsistently by different implementations. An attempt to improve on this situation was done (released 2014-09) by a group unrelated to the originators of Markdown, and was originally dubbed Standard Markdown until John Gruber objected to this name, and it was first renamed "Common Markdown" and later CommonMark.

Markdeep is an extended Markdown implemented in JavaScript for web use.

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