RFC 7764 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Guidance on Markdown: Design Philosophies, Stability Strategies, and Select Registrations
Overview
RFC 7764, “Guidance on Markdown: Design Philosophies, Stability Strategies, and Select Registrations”, is an Informational document published in March 2016 by S. Leonard. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document elaborates upon the text/markdown media type for use with Markdown, a family of plain-text formatting syntaxes that optionally can be converted to formal markup languages such as HTML. Background information, local storage strategies, and additional syntax registrations are supplied.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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