Lightweight markup language

A lightweight markup language is a markup language with simpler syntax, so that it is easier for a human to enter with a simple text editor. Lightweight markup languages are used in applications where there is relatively little bandwidth and so conciseness is important.

Some languages are used for entry in web publishing, where the input interface is a simple text box like weblogs and Wikis. The server software need to convert the input to a common document markup language like HTML or XHTML.

=See also=

*List of lightweight markup languages *Comparison of lightweight markup languages