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Standard / common markup language for user-supplied content?

I guess it might be similar to this question , but I'm wondering if there is a standard / popular markup language for wiki and similar user-provided style content. With the proliferation of various markup syntaxes out there, it seems like one of them would be a deacton to implement. There seems to be at least one group that wanted to create a standard (and an RFC for it), but they seem to have broken down around mid-2005.

Does anyone know what is the standard / most popular? If not, what is easier for users, but has good flexibility for advanced users?

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Markdown is popular in some circles. In addition to the original Perl version, there is a C version called Discount and several other implementations, including one in Lua .



There's a list of lightweight markup languages here .

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There is no standard that I know of.

I would say the most popular (well, in projects I usually stick with at least) seems to be trending towards Markdown and Textile these days.



This is often a matter of preference. My preference is for Markdown, but there wouldn't be much to argue about whether someone prefers a different markdown.

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