ODL

ODL, which stands for Onwebed Document Language, is a markup language which defines documents (essentially pages). It's an alternative to the visual editing method.

Introduction

The conventional way to create content of pages is to use the visual way for creating/editing boxes. Moreover, there are times when visual editing isn't efficient, that's when a markup language comes into play. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Onwebed Document Language, aka ODL!

With ODL, you can define everything you could have done in a visual way. The concept behind ODL is simple, it lets you define boxes, that's it!

Solid Box

Solid boxes in ODL are defined using the starting and ending tags, <! and !> respectively.

Inside it, the label (optional) may be defined using the starting and ending tags, [ and ] respectively. The content is anything that follows the label (if it exists).

Examples:

<! !>

Above, the ODL represents an empty solid box with no label.

<! [ div ] !>

Above, the ODL code represents an empty solid box with the label, div.

<! [ div ]
    <! [ span ] !>
    
    <! [ span ] !>
!>

Above, we got a solid box just like the previous example; however, inside this one, we got two solid boxes, both having the label of span.

Liquid Box

Liquid boxes in ODL are defined using the starting and ending tags, [! and !] respectively.

Inside it, the label (optional) may be defined, just like solid boxes, using the starting and ending tags, [ and ] respectively. The content is anything that follows the label (if it exists).

Examples:

[! Hello World !]

Above, we got a liquid box with no label, holding the text "Hello World".

[! [ span ] Hello World !]

Above, we got a liquid box with text "Hello World" just like that in the previous example, but this time it has a label, span.

Formatting

Formatting is extremely important in ODL. Consider the following points:

• ODL is whitespace-sensitive. There is difference between putting inappropriate spacing and appropriate spacing.

• The starting and ending tags of label, solid box, and liquid box should be separated from anything else (label, plain-text, another starting/ending tag, etc) using a white-space.

• White-spaces in plain-text will be preserved, feel free to format it any way you prefer.