For the parser itself, there is work being done on something that's more structured. The new parser lets you round-trip from the wikitext to the generated HTML

For the parser itself, there is work being done on something that's more structured. The new parser lets you round-trip from the wikitext to the generated HTML and back, which means that it's entirely possible to work with wiki content by just manipulating a DOM rather than having to work with the wikitext yourself. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Parser_Unification https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Parser_Unification