info:sid/localhost:CollectionWikiPages:WikiMarkupLanguage info:sid/localhost:CollectionWikiPages CollectionWikiPages http://alcme.oclc.org:80/wikid/search/WikiDb.localhost WikiMarkupLanguage display Wiki Pages userAssigned mailto:jyoung@oclc.org no info:sid/localhost:CollectionSimpleSchemas:wiki info:sid/localhost:CollectionExternalSchemas:xhtml info:sid/localhost:CollectionExternalSchemas:xhtml 1.1 1 6gkt30 300 http://www.oclc.org/schemas/WikiRepository xml http://alcme.oclc.org:80/wikid/docs/WikiRepository info:sid/localhost:CollectionWikiPages:WikiMarkupLanguage SomeBody CollectionWikiPages 2005/07/18/15 inf_3asid_2flocalhost_3aCollectionWikiPages_3aWikiMarkupLanguage_5f20050718152140464 text/xml CollectionWikiPages:WikiMarkupLanguage 2005-07-18 2005-07-18 1 1.1 repos.hasDate = "hasdate" and oai.identifier exact "info:sid/localhost:CollectionWikiPages:WikiMarkupLanguage" cql.any = huh? 1 1 xml default 2005-07-18 http://alcme.oclc.org:80/wikid/docs/WikiRepository/2005/07/18/15/inf_3asid_2flocalhost_3aCollectionWikiPages_3aWikiMarkupLanguage_5f20050718152140464 This page was copied from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiMarkupLanguage in order to further exercise the WikiDParser. ---- The guiding WikiPrinciple, stated on that page, is that the plain text you type should, in general, be pretty close to the text that gets rendered. Starting from that idea, and adding that people have different preferred window widths, and that you want at least ''some'' formatting such as * lists, * '''bold''', * ''italic'' and * WikiLink''''''s, the existing MarkupLanguage has been designed. For its purpose, it does a pretty good job. In general, a wiki is not the web, and the markup language used will not be HyperTextMarkupLanguage (HTML) (although some are). The specific markup used here (see TextFormattingRules) is designed to be simple yet powerful, aiming for a different trade-off from that targeted by HTML. In HTML, the text is often hard to find amongst the markup, but you have far more control over the presentation. In this wiki, the ideas are considered more important, and control over the presentation is minimal. ---- If you're unhappy that this wiki's markup doesn't have feature X, ask yourself if you ''really'' need X to communicate your ideas. Chances are pretty good that you don't. Thousands of other WikiZens communicate their ideas without it. ''Why is Wiki limited to the bare minimum? (I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just asking about the motivation. Perhaps there's a very good reason for it.) Sometimes communication is about more than transferring ideas.'' See WhyDoesntWikiDoHtml. ''There are more states than "bare minimum" and "HTML".'' You'd have to ask WardCunningham if you want an authoritative answer. I suspect he decided to DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork -- not look great, but simply (a) get the point across, and (b) not add so many TextFormattingRules that it's hard to remember them. This discussion should be probably moved to WhyDoesntWikiDoHtml. ---- CategoryWiki This page was copied from http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiMarkupLanguage in order to further exercise the WikiDParser.
The guiding WikiPrinciple, stated on that page, is that the plain text you type should, in general, be pretty close to the text that gets rendered. Starting from that idea, and adding that people have different preferred window widths, and that you want at least some formatting such as the existing MarkupLanguage has been designed. For its purpose, it does a pretty good job.

In general, a wiki is not the web, and the markup language used will not be HyperTextMarkupLanguage (HTML) (although some are). The specific markup used here (see TextFormattingRules) is designed to be simple yet powerful, aiming for a different trade-off from that targeted by HTML. In HTML, the text is often hard to find amongst the markup, but you have far more control over the presentation. In this wiki, the ideas are considered more important, and control over the presentation is minimal.

If you're unhappy that this wiki's markup doesn't have feature X, ask yourself if you really need X to communicate your ideas. Chances are pretty good that you don't. Thousands of other WikiZens communicate their ideas without it.

Why is Wiki limited to the bare minimum? (I'm not saying it shouldn't be, just asking about the motivation. Perhaps there's a very good reason for it.) Sometimes communication is about more than transferring ideas.

See WhyDoesntWikiDoHtml.

There are more states than "bare minimum" and "HTML".

You'd have to ask WardCunningham if you want an authoritative answer. I suspect he decided to DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork -- not look great, but simply (a) get the point across, and (b) not add so many TextFormattingRules that it's hard to remember them.

This discussion should be probably moved to WhyDoesntWikiDoHtml.

CategoryWiki