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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. '''Standard Markdown''' (released 2014-09) is an attempt to improve on this situation.
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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]].
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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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]
 
* [http://www.w3.org/community/markdown/ Markdown Community Group]
* [http://standardmarkdown.com/ Standard Markdown]
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* [http://commonmark.org/ CommonMark]

Revision as of 02:07, 6 September 2014

File Format
Name Markdown
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Extension(s) .md, .markdown, .mdown, .markdn

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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