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Pollen markup is a free-form markup system that lets you add arbitrary @defterm{tags} and @defterm{attributes} to your text. By arbitrary, I mean that you needn't constrain your tags to an existing specification (e.g., the tags permitted by HTML). You can —but that's an option, not a requirement.
Pollen markup is a free-form markup system that lets you add arbitrary @defterm{tags} and @defterm{attributes} to your text. By arbitrary, I mean that you needn't constrain your tags to an existing specification (e.g., the tags permitted by HTML). You can —but that's an option, not a requirement.
I like to think of Pollen markup a way of capturing not just the text, but also my @bold{ideas about the text}. Some of these are low-level ideas (``this text should be italicized''). Some are high-level ideas (``this text is the topic of the page''). Some are just notes to myself. In short, everything I know about the text becomes part of the text.
I like to think of Pollen markup as a way of capturing not just the text, but also my @bold{ideas about the text}. Some of these are low-level ideas (``this text should be italicized''). Some are high-level ideas (``this text is the topic of the page''). Some are just notes to myself. In short, everything I know about the text becomes part of the text.
In so doing, Pollen markup becomes the source code of the book. Let's try it out.
In so doing, Pollen markup becomes the source code of the book. Let's try it out.