<s>
Concordion	B-Language
is	O
a	O
specification	O
by	O
example	O
framework	B-Architecture
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Peterson	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
contributors	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Nigel	O
Charman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Fit	B-Protocol
Framework	I-Protocol
,	O
David	O
states	O
the	O
following	O
aims	O
were	O
behind	O
Concordion	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
Concordion	B-Language
specifications	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
Markdown	O
,	O
HTML	O
or	O
Excel	O
and	O
then	O
instrumented	O
with	O
special	O
links	O
,	O
attributes	O
or	O
comments	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
corresponding	O
test	O
fixture	O
class	O
is	O
run	O
,	O
Concordion	B-Language
interprets	O
the	O
instrumentation	O
to	O
execute	O
the	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
forcing	O
product	O
owners	O
to	O
specify	O
requirements	O
in	O
a	O
specially	O
structured	O
language	O
,	O
Concordion	B-Language
lets	O
you	O
write	O
them	O
in	O
normal	O
language	O
using	O
paragraphs	O
,	O
tables	O
and	O
proper	O
punctuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concordion	B-Language
includes	O
a	O
flexible	O
extension	O
mechanism	O
for	O
adding	O
functionality	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
implementing	O
new	O
commands	O
,	O
listening	O
to	O
events	O
,	O
or	O
modifying	O
the	O
output	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concordion	B-Language
enriches	O
agile	O
processes	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
successfully	O
applied	O
in	O
industrial	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Concordion	B-Language
Support	O
plugin	O
for	O
the	O
IntelliJ	B-Language
IDEA	I-Language
Integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
simplifies	O
development	O
of	O
fixtures	O
and	O
specifications	O
with	O
features	O
including	O
autocompletion	O
,	O
navigation	O
between	O
spec	O
and	O
test	O
fixture	O
,	O
renaming	O
,	O
running	O
tests	O
,	O
inspections	O
and	O
quick	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
Concordion	B-Language
plugin	O
is	O
much	O
more	O
limited	O
and	O
has	O
n't	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
author	O
has	O
stopped	O
using	O
Concordion	B-Language
and	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
is	O
unable	O
to	O
accommodate	O
the	O
necessary	O
time	O
to	O
extend	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concordion	B-Language
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
languages	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
