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<h1>Document Formatting Act 2022</h1>
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<p>This document outlines the required usage of the CommonMark Markdown specification within Arsenio Pact documents for the purpose of standardization.</p>
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<p>For information about the Markdown format not covered within the contents of this document, consult the <a href="https://spec.commonmark.org/">CommonMark Specification</a>.</p>
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<p>This document was written by members of the Anyakovan Institute of Technology (AKIT) to promote concise writing & easy dissemination of legal material to the public.</p>
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<h2>Motivation</h2>
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<p>There is an unnecessary overhead for auditors of the Arsenio Pact's documents, and a simple, foolproof standard would greatly improve the archival process.</p>
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<p>Markdown is a good compromise between functionality & ease of use; it is readable as both plaintext or parsed in a variety of formats, namely HTML, PDF, or ODT.</p>
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<p>The CommonMark specification is an ideal default specification to adhere to, due to its barebones feature set and loose formatting.</p>
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<h2>Implementation</h2>
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<p>The Arsenio Pact & its member states must do the following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Write all future documents in the CommonMark Markdown specification.
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<ul>
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<li>Documents must use the <code>.md</code>, <code>mkdn</code>, <code>.mdown</code>, or <code>.markdown</code> file extensions.</li>
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<li>Documents must not use unsupported extensions of the Markdown format that are not present within CommonMark. This is especially important when converting documents using GFM (Github Flavoured Markdown).</li>
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<li>For compatibility, documents must not contain inline HTML.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Convert all previous documents to Markdown.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Additionally, writers are encouraged (but not required) to do the following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Use a proper CommonMark compatible editor, such as <a href="https://vscodium.com/">VSCodium</a>, <a href="https://atom.io/">Atom</a>, <a href="https://brackets.io/">Adobe Brackets</a>, or <a href="markdown.pioul.fr/">MOME</a>.</li>
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<li>Use a Markdown Linter, such as <a href="https://github.com/DavidAnson/vscode-markdownlint">vscode-markdownlint</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Applicable Documents</h3>
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<p>The usage of the term "official document" describes legislation, treaties, guidelines, and any other information intended for distribution to an administrative body.</p>
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<h2>Exemptions</h2>
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<p>This law may be reevaluated to further extend the list of supported formats.
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Another format can be introduced if it adheres to the following:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Can be written without a compatible editor.</li>
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<li>Can be quickly converted to HTML & PDF.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Common examples of compatible text formats include <code>.textile</code>, <code>.rdoc</code>, <code>.org</code>, <code>.creole</code>, <code>.mediawiki</code>/<code>wiki</code>, <code>.rst</code>, <code>.asciidoc</code>/<code>adoc</code>/<code>asc</code>, & <code>.pod</code>.</p>
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