<s>
MakeDoc	B-Language
is	O
a	O
lightweight	B-Protocol
markup	I-Protocol
language	I-Protocol
created	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Carl	O
Sassenrath	O
for	O
creating	O
documentation	O
and	O
web	O
pages	O
using	O
simple	O
text	O
notations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
is	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
the	O
REBOL	B-Application
community	O
for	O
documentation	O
,	O
websites	O
,	O
and	O
wikis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MakeDoc	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
authors	O
to	O
create	O
formatted	O
documentation	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
word	O
processing	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
ordinary	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
including	O
web	O
input	O
forms	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
input	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
output	O
can	O
be	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
or	O
ordinary	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
goal	O
of	O
MakeDoc	B-Language
was	O
that	O
the	O
text	O
input	O
format	O
itself	O
should	O
be	O
readable	O
—	O
uncluttered	O
with	O
markup	O
notations	O
commonly	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
SGML-based	O
markup	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
of	O
MakeDoc	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
for	O
input	O
and	O
editing	O
from	O
any	O
text	O
editor	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
often	O
used	O
in	O
shell-environments	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
vi	B-Application
and	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MakeDoc	B-Language
language	O
is	O
processed	O
using	O
a	O
free	O
script	O
under	O
an	O
open	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
REBOL	B-Application
language	O
and	O
is	O
only	O
about	O
17KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scanner	O
output	O
is	O
in	O
REBOL	B-Application
block	O
format	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
input	O
into	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
output	O
formatters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
output	O
generator	O
for	O
HTML	B-Language
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
standard	O
MakeDoc	B-Language
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Output	O
generators	O
for	O
PDF	B-Application
are	O
separate	O
.	O
</s>
