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Markdown isn't a means of communicating information?

• BerislavLopac 12y ago
  Only partially. Technically, it is simply a conversion mechanism that converts one form of formatted text (the "Markdown" syntax) to another (HTML). Now, since the original format has never been formally specified, instead only being loosely defined by years of practice in email and Usenet messages, Gruber had to specify some constraints for his script to follow, but this is far from a standard. If we assume there is a standard, it's not called "Markdown", as Gruber heavily opposes that. On the other hand I'll agree that, if we extend the meaning of the term "Markdown" to cover a stantard like CommonMark, in that case yes, Markdown is a means of communicating relatively minor elements of information -- such as emphasis or lists -- as any other markup language.