The syntax for MoniWiki is the same as that of MoinMoin. Any of the WikiEngines that have PikiPiki›1 heritage will share a similar syntax.

It could be argued that all wikis share some similarity in syntax to the Text Formatting Rules for the Portland Pattern Repository. Nevetheless, no standard for wiki syntax yet exists.

The point of Wiki syntax is to be as simple and understandable as possible. Nevertheless, different developers have various ideas as to what is the simplest substitution for an HTML tag.

There have been some interesting discussions about wiki syntax, e.g., here, here and here.

Some suggested standards for wiki syntax include:

• Wikipedia Text Syntax
• Structured Text
• Textile
• Tiki Text
  
  

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See TwinPages:WikiSyntax

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