---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Virgil Ierubino <virgil.ierubino(a)gmail.com> Date: 22-Jan-2007 00:00 Subject: [Foundation-l] EBNF of Wikitext To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org I'm working on writing out an EBNF description of Wikitext at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wikiWikitext_Metasyntax , which I hear is much needed, but have encountered a snag. I don't think EBNF has the power to describe Wikitext. If anyone here can work out how EBNF can describe Wikitext's system for bullet points, I'd like to see it. The problem is that bullet points can build on each other, except each new level has to retain the markup from the old level, plus a new symbol. e.g. **#* then **#* * then **#** * then **#*** # etc. On the topic of "things that need to be done" if writing an EBNF of Wikitext isn't going to be beneficial for MediaWiki's longstanding success, I'll not bother, but is there anything that needs to be done like this to create a standard? Please forward to any other mailing lists in which this might be appropriate. Thanks! _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l