Markdown file standards
CommonMark and GitHub Flavoured Markdown explain the plain-text structure behind headings, lists, links, code blocks and tables.
CommonMark specification GitHub Flavoured Markdown
Back home
Outside references.
These links leave this project family. They are included so readers can check the background for Markdown, artificial intelligence context, identity, public records and plain public writing.
Source trail
Use these as background reading, not as a pile of homework. They explain the public standards and guides behind the practical habits used on this site.
Prompting and context
These references support the practical pattern used here: give context, define the task, provide examples and separate instructions from source material.
OpenAI prompting guide OpenAI Codex agent instruction filesAgent skill files
Agent skill files use Markdown to package instructions, examples and supporting files. That is the same broad idea as a public form creating a reusable context file.
OpenAI skills guide Anthropic Claude Code skillsIdentity and portable claims
Decentralised identifiers and verifiable credentials are useful background for civic wallets, identity control and portable claims.
World Wide Web Consortium decentralised identifiers World Wide Web Consortium verifiable credentialsPublic records and integrity
These references show why procurement, conflicts, decisions, spending and official promises need records that people can follow.
Open Contracting Data Standard Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Public Integrity HandbookPlain language and digital confidence
Clear public writing and basic digital confidence matter when a page is meant for people of many ages and computer skill levels.
Australian Government plain language guide Be Connected digital confidence learning