2006-09-04 Wiki Creole

At WikiSym 2006 some developers got together and agreed on a common wiki markup standard called WikiCreole. To be honest, I agreed with the idea, got bored to tears during the workshop and left after half an hour, knowing that I’d implement their recommendations in less time than they needed to make a decision. Anyway, there is now an Oddmuse:Creole Markup Extension. I also left my implementation notes on the Wiki Creole wiki. As I implemented the various rules, I realized how underspecified some of the points were.

=> Oddmuse:Creole Markup Extension | implementation notes

I also wrote lots of unit tests, of course, so I’m happy. 😄

I’m a bit concerned about the process, however. I wasn’t at the workshop (my bad!) and so when I saw the wiki I thought that the things I saw had been decided, and I started implementing. As it turns out, however, several things are yet under discussion, and so I felt a bit “cheated” when things got changed after I had implemented them. I would have loved the feeling of “implementation done, see you next year!” ;)

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