It is actively developed by INTF and ITSEE, in the recent past it was also under development at Leuven.
Free to use
Extraordinarily flexible, not always a convenience
Normal Markdown Example
# A line that begins with a single hash is rendered as an H! element
If no markup, then the line will be rendered as a paragraph element.
Words enclosed with *single asterisks* will be rendered in italics.
Words enclosed with **double asterisks** will be rendered as bold.
Markup <div>tags in angle brakets</div> are pass through unchanged.
Converted HTML
<h1>
A line that begins with a single hash is rendered as an H! element
</h1>
<p>
If no markup, then the line will be rendered as a paragraph
element. Words enclosed with <em>single asterisks</em> will be
rendered in italics. Words enclosed with <strong>double
asterisks</strong> will be rendered as bold. Markup <div>tags in
angle brakets</div> are pass through unchanged.
</p>
MarkdownTEI 'Kitchen Sink' Example
# A Simple Transcription Example
## FirstName LastName
### 2021-05-12
...................................
#### Romans
##### 11
<pb n="323v"/>
<lb/> words are tokenized
<lb/><v n="5">shortcut tag for verse unit
<lb/> [supp]lied [text] in brackets
<lb/> unclear `text` in back`ticks`
<lb/> some text followed by commentary <comm/>
<comm lines="3"/>
<lb/> **marginalia in double-asterisks**
<lb/> a word bro-
<lb n="8"/>ken over two lines
<lb/> {unencoded notes in braces}
<lb/> *encoded editer's note in single asterisks*
<lb/> ++ corrcdet tetx | corrected text ++
<lb/> add attributes to an `element`{reason='damage to page'}</v>
#####
####
MarkdownTEI Converted to TEI
<!DOCTYPE TEI>
<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
<teiHeader>
<fileDesc>
<titleStmt>
<title type="document">A Simple Transcription Example</title>
<respStmt>
<resp when-iso="2021-05-12">Transcribed by</resp>
<name type="person">FirstName LastName</name>
</respStmt>
</titleStmt>
</fileDesc>
</teiHeader>
<text xml:lang="grc">
<body>
<div type="book" n="B06">
<div type="chapter" n="B06K11">
<pb n="323v" type="folio"/>
<lb/><w>words</w><w>are</w><w>tokenized</w>
<lb/><ab n="B06K11V5"><w>shortcut</w><w>tag</w><w>for</w><w>verse</w><w>unit</w>
<lb/><w><supplied>supp</supplied>lied</w><w><supplied>text</supplied></w><w>in</w><w>brackets</w>
<lb/><w>unclear</w><w><unclear>text</unclear></w><w>in</w><w>back<unclear>ticks</unclear></w>
<lb/><w>some</w><w>text</w><w>followed</w><w>by</w><w>commentary</w><note type="commentary">untranscribed commentary text</note>
<lb/><note type="commentary">One line of untranscribed commentary text</note>
<lb/><note type="commentary">One line of untranscribed commentary text</note>
<lb/><note type="commentary">One line of untranscribed commentary text</note>
<lb/><seg type="margin">marginalia in double-asterisks</seg>
<lb/><w>a</w><w>word</w><w>bro
<lb n="8"/>ken</w><w>over</w><w>two</w><w>lines</w>
<lb/>{unencoded notes in braces}
<lb/><note type="local">encoded editer's note in single asterisks</note>
<lb/><app><rdg type="orig" hand="firsthand"><w>corrcdet</w><w>tetx</w></rdg><rdg type="corr" hand="corrector"><w>corrected</w><w>text</w></rdg></app>
<lb/><w>add</w><w>attributes</w><w>to</w><w>an</w><w><unclear reason="damage to page">element</unclear></w></ab>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</text>
</TEI>