Advantages of STAR

What are the key advantages of STAR?

• Easy to learn and use - in fact you can learn it in about 60 seconds
• You can create STAR documents using any text editor that supports plain text. You don't need fancy wordprocessors, development tools or editing features - you can enter STAR text straight into an HTML form field if you need to
• It is very flexible - you can define your own schema
• You can render STAR markup as HTML, XML or anything else you care to write (or procure) a renderer for
• STAR schema are self-documenting and written in STAR
• STAR schema can contain true semantics (unlike XML schema)
• It is ideal for web enabled products
• "No chrome" - STAR focuses your attention on capturing the essential information in a structured way. You can style STAR documents however you like, but STAR clearly separates document content from document semantics from document styling
• It is free software under the GNU copyleft - you can do what you want with it