Markdown

E182418

lightweight markup language markup language

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain-text formatting syntax to create structured documents, most commonly used for README files, documentation, and web content.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Markdown canonical	6
AsciiDoc	1
Markdown Extra	1
Pandoc Markdown	1
Perl Markdown.pl	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621171 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Markdown
Context triple: [GitHub Pages, supportsLanguage, Markdown]

A. .md
.md is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Moldova, also popularly used by medical professionals and sites related to medicine due to the "MD" abbreviation.
B. LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
C. TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
D. HTM
HTM is the public transport company that operates trams and buses in and around The Hague in the Netherlands.
E. Mandika
Mandika is an alternative name for the Mandinka, a major West African ethnic group known for their rich cultural traditions and historical role in the Mali Empire.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Markdown
Target entity description: Markdown is a lightweight markup language that uses plain-text formatting syntax to create structured documents, most commonly used for README files, documentation, and web content.

A. .md
.md is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Moldova, also popularly used by medical professionals and sites related to medicine due to the "MD" abbreviation.
B. LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
C. TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
D. HTM
HTM is the public transport company that operates trams and buses in and around The Hague in the Netherlands.
E. Mandika
Mandika is an alternative name for the Mandinka, a major West African ethnic group known for their rich cultural traditions and historical role in the Mali Empire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lightweight markup language ⓘ markup language ⓘ
coCreator	Aaron Swartz ⓘ
commonlyUsedWith	Bitbucket ⓘ GitHub ⓘ GitLab ⓘ Hugo ⓘ Jekyll static site generator ⓘ surface form: Jekyll MkDocs ⓘ documentation generators ⓘ static site generators ⓘ
conversionTarget	DOCX ⓘ HTML ⓘ LaTeX ⓘ PDF ⓘ
creator	John Gruber ⓘ
designGoal	convertible to HTML ⓘ easy to write ⓘ lightweight syntax ⓘ readable as plain text ⓘ
fileExtension	.markdown ⓘ .md ⓘ .mdown ⓘ .mdtext ⓘ .mdtxt ⓘ .mkd ⓘ .mkdown ⓘ
hasVariant	CommonMark ⓘ GitHub Flavored Markdown ⓘ Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Markdown Extra MultiMarkdown ⓘ Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pandoc Markdown R Markdown ⓘ
inception	2004 ⓘ
influenced	Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: AsciiDoc org-mode ⓘ surface form: Org mode RDoc ⓘ Textile ⓘ reStructuredText ⓘ
intendedFor	easy conversion to HTML ⓘ human-readable source ⓘ
license	BSD-style license ⓘ
nameOrigin	play on the term markup ⓘ
notableImplementation	Discount ⓘ Hoedown ⓘ Pandoc ⓘ Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Perl Markdown.pl cmark ⓘ
originalImplementationLanguage	Perl ⓘ
paradigm	plain-text formatting ⓘ
primaryUse	README files ⓘ blog posts ⓘ software documentation ⓘ static site generation ⓘ technical writing ⓘ web content authoring ⓘ
programmingLanguage	Perl ⓘ
standardizedBy	CommonMark ⓘ surface form: CommonMark specification
supportsExtensionMechanism	yes ⓘ
supportsFeature	block quotes ⓘ bold text ⓘ code blocks ⓘ emphasis ⓘ headings ⓘ horizontal rules ⓘ images ⓘ inline HTML ⓘ inline code ⓘ italic text ⓘ links ⓘ ordered lists ⓘ paragraphs ⓘ unordered lists ⓘ
syntaxType	plain text ⓘ
typicalEnvironment	code editors ⓘ integrated development environments ⓘ text editors ⓘ web-based editors ⓘ
website	https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

GitHub Pages → supportsLanguage → Markdown ⓘ

RStudio → supportsLanguage → Markdown ⓘ

Atom → supportsLanguage → Markdown ⓘ

Markdown → hasVariant → Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pandoc Markdown

Markdown → hasVariant → Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Markdown Extra

Markdown → influenced → Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: AsciiDoc

Markdown → notableImplementation → Markdown self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Perl Markdown.pl

Jekyll static site generator → supportsContentFormat → Markdown ⓘ

subject surface form: Jekyll

Overleaf → supportsLanguage → Markdown ⓘ

PhpStorm → supportsLanguage → Markdown ⓘ

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