Lightweight markup language
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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-based 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.