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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]].
  
== Software ==
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== Specs and format descriptions ==
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* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ Official 2004 specification and markdown to HTML conversion tool]
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* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-text-markdown/ Draft application for text/markdown media (MIME) type]
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* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license Markdown license]
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== Software and Tools ==
 
* [http://markdownpad.com/ Markdownpad: edit Markdown] (Windows; commercial, with free-of-charge version)
 
* [http://markdownpad.com/ Markdownpad: edit Markdown] (Windows; commercial, with free-of-charge version)
 
* [http://macdown.uranusjr.com/ MacDown] (OS X; open source)
 
* [http://macdown.uranusjr.com/ MacDown] (OS X; open source)
 
* [http://www.appsonthemove.com/trunk.htm Trunk Notes: note-taking app that uses Markdown] (iOS; commercial, paid)
 
* [http://www.appsonthemove.com/trunk.htm Trunk Notes: note-taking app that uses Markdown] (iOS; commercial, paid)
 
* [http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/ Babelmark: tool to show differences in Markdown implementations] ([http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/faq.html FAQ])
 
* [http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/ Babelmark: tool to show differences in Markdown implementations] ([http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/faq.html FAQ])
 
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* [https://github.com/scholmd/scholmd/wiki scholmd: Tools and resources for Markdown documents]
== Links ==
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* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ Official 2004 specification and markdown to HTML conversion tool]
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* [http://bywordapp.com/markdown/guide.html Byword MultiMarkdown Guide]
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* [http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/ Markdown Extra] - includes support for tables, definition lists, footnotes, etc.
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* [http://dillinger.io/ Dillinger: cloud-enabled HTML5 Markdown editor]
 
* [http://dillinger.io/ Dillinger: cloud-enabled HTML5 Markdown editor]
* [http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]
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* [http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark]
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== Commentary ==
 
* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2014/08/29/switching-to-markdown-for-scholarly-article-production/ Switching to Markdown for Scholarly Article Production]
 
* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2014/08/29/switching-to-markdown-for-scholarly-article-production/ Switching to Markdown for Scholarly Article Production]
 
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10701983/what-is-the-mime-type-for-markdown What is the mime type for Markdown?]
 
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10701983/what-is-the-mime-type-for-markdown What is the mime type for Markdown?]
* [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-appsawg-text-markdown/ Draft application for text/markdown media (MIME) type]
 
 
* [http://talk.commonmark.org/t/ietf-request-for-input-text-markdown-media-type/700 Discussion of media type application]
 
* [http://talk.commonmark.org/t/ietf-request-for-input-text-markdown-media-type/700 Discussion of media type application]
* [http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/license Markdown license]
 
* [https://github.com/scholmd/scholmd/wiki scholmd: Tools and resources for Markdown documents]
 
 
* [http://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/09/07/commonmark-and-the-future-of-scholarly-markdown/ Commonmark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown]
 
* [http://blog.martinfenner.org/2014/09/07/commonmark-and-the-future-of-scholarly-markdown/ Commonmark and the Future of Scholarly Markdown]
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== Other links ==
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* [http://bywordapp.com/markdown/guide.html Byword MultiMarkdown Guide]
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* [http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/ Markdown Extra] - includes support for tables, definition lists, footnotes, etc.
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* [http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]
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* [http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark]

Revision as of 14:16, 5 October 2014

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

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.

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