a description of the zen markup language format can be found at:

http://snowy.arsc.alaska.edu/bowerbird/test-suite/zml11rules.txt

i didn't examine this old file closely to see if i would update any of it, but i'm sure that the vast majority of what it includes is still current... the aim is to make the format simple enough that a fourth-grader can understand it and use it productively, so i'm interested in the feedback that any fourth-graders out there might have... :+) -bowerbird