Tag: standards
4 items with this tag.
Markdown
A way of writing formatted documents in plain text — a hash for a heading, asterisks for emphasis — so the source stays readable and converts to anything.
Pandoc
A command-line converter that reads a document's structure in one format and writes it out in another — markdown to Word, Word to HTML, anything to PDF — with citations intact.
Plain text
Files made only of readable characters, with no formatting locked inside them. The format every tool can open, and the one that will still open in thirty years.
Model Context Protocol
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI applications to external data and tools through one common interface, in place of a custom integration for every pairing. It makes connections technically cleaner; whether they are wise ones is still a decision for the people who set them up.