Re: [apps-discuss] New I-D: text/markdown Media Type - draft-seantek-text-markdown-media-type-00

[Sean Leonard <[e-mail]>]

Wow; well it looks like there is definitely solid interest in this 
proposal. Great!

On 7/9/2014 4:43 PM, Mark Nottingham wrote:
> +1. github's variant is quite popular, as is kramdown.
>
> I think someone needs to go and do a deeper analysis of compatibility between the formats, and then make a proposal along the lines of:
>
> - a "main" markdown media type that also allows profiles / variants that are compatible with it
> - some number of derivative, incompatible-but-widely-used media types

I have started to do just that. A big point of confusion seems to stem 
around just what exactly "Markdown" is, and what "Markdown" means. 
People who view Markdown differently will naturally gravitate to 
different conclusions about how to structure the media type(s).

Other than the users, the most important stakeholders to this Markdown 
discussion are the Markdown developers. The original author, John 
Gruber, has been absent for years. I am getting discussions going in the 
community to understand what *they* think Markdown is. Once we have a 
working definition that both/all communities can agree upon, we can have 
a more goal-oriented discussion about what media type(s) and 
parameter(s) best represent the Markdown universe.

-Sean